Principal / Sr. Principal Network Engineer

Description

You would join the Foreign Military Sales department within the Global Command and Control Solutions business unit, working with engineers from many disciplines to build the company's technology.

The role is on site at a company facility in Huntsville, AL. It can be filled at Principal Network Engineer or Senior Principal Network Engineer level.

Secret clearance is required to start.

Responsibilities

• Give on-site engineering and administrative help to a group of engineers and testers, sometimes departing from standard industry practice to meet mission needs while keeping system security intact.
• Build, roll out and sustain solutions for mission critical and mission essential infrastructure.
• Review current systems and networks, then propose changes that improve them and cut waste.
• Produce and keep up clear, correct network diagrams and topology records for troubleshooting, change control and teamwork across groups.
• Work with mission system developers to design and deploy solutions for customer mission needs.
• Maintain, assess, test and apply STIG settings on network devices.
• Handle security findings and break fix incidents across the infrastructure.
• Write and maintain network documentation, such as standard operating procedures and Visio diagrams.

Requirements

• Principal Network Engineer: Be a US citizen holding an active clearance at the DoD Secret level.
• Principal Network Engineer: Hold a bachelor's degree in a STEM field plus 5 years of experience, a master's degree plus 3 years, or 10 years of experience in place of a degree.
• Principal Network Engineer: Understand IP networking well, including routing, switching, TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, QoS, DNS and DHCP.
• Principal Network Engineer: Have engineered, implemented or run SD-WAN solutions such as Cisco, Viptela, Fortinet or Versa.
• Principal Network Engineer: Have worked with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP) on networking, covering VPC/VNet, security groups or NSGs, load balancers, site-to-site VPNs, and Direct Connect or ExpressRoute.
• Principal Network Engineer: Have hands-on network automation with Python and Ansible, including playbooks, roles, dynamic inventory and templates.
• Principal Network Engineer: Have worked with Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) or similar automated onboarding and configuration workflows.
• Principal Network Engineer: Know FedRAMP and/or other US government security and compliance frameworks, such as NIST 800-53 and RMF, as they apply to cloud and network designs.
• Principal Network Engineer: Have shown you can design, implement and troubleshoot complex networks spanning on-prem and cloud.
• Principal Network Engineer: Communicate well in writing and speech, including documenting designs and implementation steps.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Be a US citizen holding an active clearance at the DoD Secret level.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have 8 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, 6 years with a master's, 4 years with a PhD, or 12 years in place of a degree.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, engineering or a related STEM field, or an equivalent mix of education and experience.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have 5+ years of hands-on network engineering in an enterprise or service provider environment.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Understand IP networking fundamentals, including routing, switching, TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, QoS, DNS and DHCP.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have engineered, implemented or operated SD-WAN solutions such as Cisco, Viptela, Fortinet or Versa.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have worked with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP) on networking, including VPC/VNet, security groups or NSGs, load balancers, site to site VPNs, and Direct Connect or ExpressRoute.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have hands-on network automation with Python and Ansible, including playbooks, roles, dynamic inventory and templates.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have worked with Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) or similar automated onboarding and configuration workflows.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Know FedRAMP and/or other US government security and compliance frameworks, such as NIST 800 53 and RMF, as they apply to cloud and network designs.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Have shown you can design, implement and troubleshoot complex networks across on prem and cloud environments.
• Senior Principal Network Engineer: Communicate well in writing and speech, including documenting designs and implementation procedures.
• Preferred: Understanding of dynamic routing protocols.
• Preferred: Solid grasp of commands and firewall concepts.
• Preferred: Past experience troubleshooting network procedures and practices, including integration problems with COTS systems and capacity analysis.
• Preferred: Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Preferred: Experience with virtualization tools such as Red Hat KVM, VMware, libvirt/virsh, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Preferred: Previous involvement in building ATO packages.
• Preferred: Experience working in Agile and O&M environments.
• Preferred: Experience with Foreign Military Sales programs.

Conditions

Secret clearance is required before start.

Travel is 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Applications are expected to remain open about 20 days from the posting date, though this may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Benefits

• Primary level base salary: $98,900.00 to $148,300.00. Secondary level base salary: $123,400.00 to $185,000.00. These ranges are a general guideline, and offers depend on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
• Depending on the role, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company paid holidays and paid time off for vacation or personal business.