Staff Network Engineer

Railhead Inc. is seeking a Staff Network Engineer to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Fourth Estate Agencies. The Staff Network Engineer will develop, configure, and deploy network services within the Azure Cloud and data centers to fulfill end user requirements.

This position is in Fort Meade, MD working in the DISA location with the option to remote work up to 50% of the time.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, maintain, and operate Wireless and Local Area Networks (LANs/WLAN) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), using Infrastructure as Code and Ansible Automation Platform
• Automate network changes across various vendor platforms and Azure Cloud
• Assist multifunctional team to help optimize and visualize network operations
• Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information
• Provide inputs to the design of the enterprise’s network and mission architecture
• Evaluate network architectures across platforms to ensure alignment to cloud and network modernization strategies, capabilities and requirement sets
• Actively identify opportunities for improvement, including innovations aimed at improving the user experience, improving efficiencies, and lowering sustainment costs
• Enforce security best practices and guidelines, leveraging knowledge of security policies, network security, and data security

 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating software defined networking solutions
• Strong understanding of networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, proxies, routing (L2/L3), firewalls and software defined networking
• Experience implementing dual-stack networking to use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses simultaneously
• Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilizing continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, and leveraging automation platforms such as Ansible or Azure Functions
• Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA
• Ability to work effectively within a distributed technical team, aided by strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence 
• Current IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security CE or CISSP
• Currently posses an active U.S. DoD Secret clearance.
• Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent
• Working experience installing, configuring, and managing Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM)

About Railhead:

Railhead, Inc. is a leader in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; advanced cyber solutions; cloud and managed IT solutions; engineering, and information-based solutions for law enforcement and homeland security. We provide training and logistics in support of readiness operations; and operational support services and solutions in support of organizations not limited to DHS, DoD, and the Intelligence Community (IC). We hire mission enablers whom reflect our communities and proactively embrace diversity and inclusion, in order to advance our corporate culture, develop our family of employees into the best they can be, and in turn grow our market share throughout industry.

Railhead, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.