Principal Network Engineer - DES

Railhead Corp
US - Maryland - Fort Meade
January 5, 2025

Have you ever wanted to work at a company with other like-minded hard workers supporting national security issues? If you're seeking a reputable mid-size company with the pay, benefits, and energy of a Fortune 100 company, then Railhead is for you.
We surround ourselves with top talent across the DoD, Intelligence Community, and commercial sector.
Whether you're working on-site at one of Railhead's corporate locations around the globe, or at a customer site, we inspire a culture of fun and creativity while performing some of our Nation's most critical and impactful work.

Program Summary:

The Defense Enclave Services (DES) program supports a highly demanding mission and requires expert technical and professional management support to DISA enterprise Information Technology (IT) services.
You will be working in a large and complex IT consolidation, migration and modernization effort towards a Single Server Provider model that provides sustainment, maintenance, Problem and Change management services to help ensure secure, reliable and uninterrupted availability of the Department of Defense networks and services.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide thought leadership to team of network engineers, actively identifying opportunities for improvement including innovations aimed at improving the user experience, improving efficiencies, and lowering sustainment costs
Design, maintain, and operate Wireless and Local Area Networks (LANs/WLAN) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), using Infrastructure as Code and Ansible Automation Platform
Lead the migration of DISA and other DoD organizations to IPv6
Automate network changes across various vendor platforms and Azure Cloud
Provide inputs to the design of the enterprise's network and mission architecture
Evaluate network architecture across platforms to ensure alignment to cloud and network modernization strategies, capabilities and requirement sets
Enforce security best practices and guidelines, leveraging knowledge of security policies, network security, and data security
Working experience installing, configuring, and managing Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM)
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience
Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance
Experience designing, deploying, and operating software defined networking solutions
Expert 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
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 + or CISSP
Preferred Qualifications:

Possess active DoD Secret clearance
Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent

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 ready-made 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 who 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.

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.

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