Network Architect

Description

At MetaPhase, we believe Quirky is Cool and being authentic is the only way to be! We take the work we do very seriously and do a lot of important mission-focused work for our clients. We are individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with. Today, we have a team that is invested in creating new solutions that lean forward, challenge the status quo, but also reflect our intimate knowledge of our customers' business. Over the years we have fostered a culture in which we are united by shared values-passion, solidarity, generosity, curiosity, and boldness-and these come alive in the work we do and how we do it.


Together, we know our people are our difference-for our clients and our colleagues.


Are you ready to:

• Work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people to offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients?
• Learn and grow by taking advantage of every opportunity available to you?
• Join a company which prides itself on its shared values and inclusive culture?
• Be the difference and make it happen?

Role Summary

MetaPhase is seeking an experienced Network Architect with eight or more (8+) years of experience to support a high-impact federal transportation security program. This role will design, implement, maintain, support, and modernize secure communication networks within and across complex government environments.


The ideal candidate brings deep experience supporting government IT networks, distributed systems, Cisco and F5 technologies, multi-site connectivity, network security, and secure network topology management across operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) environments. This individual will work across infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, application, and operations teams to ensure mission systems remain secure, available, performant, and resilient.


What You Will Be Doing

• Designing, building, and modernizing infrastructure architectures across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluating mission, performance, security, cost, scalability, and operational requirements to determine the best-fit infrastructure services and deployment model.
• Leading infrastructure migration projects from legacy or on-premises environments into government-approved cloud platforms.
• Designing and supporting hybrid architectures that integrate data centers, cloud services, networks, storage, compute, identity, monitoring, and endpoint environments.
• Designing for disaster recovery, failover, continuity of operations, backup and recovery, resilience, and mitigation of infrastructure risk.
• Architecting and supporting distributed systems across multi-site environments.
• Installing, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing multi-site infrastructure architectures.
• Installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Dell hardware, including servers, storage, rack infrastructure, and related enterprise components.
• Supporting infrastructure capacity planning, performance tuning, availability planning, and lifecycle modernization.
• Supporting infrastructure modernization activities including virtualization, containerization, automation, configuration management, cloud migration, and environment consolidation.
• Developing infrastructure architecture diagrams, technical configuration documents, migration plans, disaster recovery plans, implementation plans, and operational runbooks.
• Coordinating with cloud, cybersecurity, network, database, application, DevSecOps, and program management teams to ensure infrastructure solutions are secure, supportable, and aligned to mission needs.
• Supporting development, integration, test, staging, production, and disaster recovery environments.
• Troubleshooting infrastructure issues across compute, storage, virtualization, networking, cloud, database platform, monitoring, and hardware layers.
• Providing technical recommendations to improve system performance, reduce cost, increase reliability, simplify operations, and reduce technical debt.
• Supporting release, deployment, and change management activities across controlled production and non-production environments.

What We Need From You (Required)

• Minimum of eight or more (8+) years of progressive experience in network engineering, network architecture, infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or related IT disciplines.
• At least 5 years of experience supporting government IT networks.
• Experience implementing, maintaining, supporting, developing, and designing communication networks within or between organizations.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco network technologies, including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, access control, and network segmentation.
• Hands-on experience with F5 systems, including load balancing, application delivery, traffic management, DNS/GSLB, and high availability configurations.
• Experience with distributed systems architecture and the network patterns required to support resilient, scalable systems.
• Experience designing and managing secure network topologies across OT and IT environments.
• Experience with network security architecture, including segmentation, firewalling, secure remote access, controlled data flows, enclave design, and boundary protection.
• Knowledge of Equinix Mesh or related interconnection, network fabric, and hybrid connectivity concepts.
• Experience designing and supporting multi-site network architectures across data centers, field locations, cloud environments, or hybrid environments.
• Strong understanding of LAN, WAN, VPN, VLAN, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, TLS, certificates, firewalls, NAT, proxies, and load balancing.
• Experience supporting network monitoring, performance management, incident response, root cause analysis, and operational troubleshooting.
• Experience developing network diagrams, topology maps, implementation plans, technical configuration documents, firewall change requests, and operational procedures.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application, DevSecOps, program management, and federal stakeholder teams.

What Sets You Apart (Preferred)

• Prior experience supporting DHS, TSA, transportation security, airport operations, defense, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, or national security missions.
• Experience securing or architecting networks that connect operational technology, connected devices, edge environments, SCADA-adjacent systems, IoT/IIoT, or mission equipment.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, or government-approved cloud networking.
• Experience with Equinix Fabric, Equinix Metal, Network Edge, cloud interconnects, SD-WAN, SASE, zero trust networking, or software-defined networking.
• Experience supporting FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, RMF, ATO, POA&M remediation, STIG hardening, or federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Experience with network automation, Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, or Git-based change workflows.
• Certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, Cisco Security, F5-CTS, F5-CA, CompTIA Network+, Security+, Cloud+, Azure Network Engineer, AWS Advanced Networking, or equivalent.

Work Location

• Washington, DC / Nations Capital Region

Remote Schedule

• Hybrid; Remote work may be supported, with periodic onsite meetings at federal facilities or local field sites as required.

Travel

• Limited travel may be required for stakeholder meetings, integration activities, or OEM coordination.

Education Level

• Minimum bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

Clearance Level

• Ability to obtain and maintain federal suitability or Public Trust is required
• Active DHS suitability, Public Trust, Secret, or higher clearance preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS)

About MetaPhase Consulting

MetaPhase Consulting is different with a purpose - demonstrating a new approach to the industry that puts employees and culture first! We continue to be recognized by industry as one of the fastest growing and most impactful consultancies in the nation, and are aggressively hiring to grow our team:


Fastest Growing

• Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Company - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Washington Technology Fast 50 Award - 2020, 2021
• Financial Times America's Fastest Growing Companies - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026

Best Places to Work

• USA TODAY Top Workplaces - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Washington Post Best Places to Work - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Washington's Business Journal's Best Places to Work - 2021, 2022
• Virginia Businesses Best Place to Work - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Northern Virginia Technology Council Top 100 Technology Firms - 2020

Company & Individual Awards

• 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 Moxie Award Finalist
• 2022 SECAF Government Contractor Awards ($27.5 to $50 Million in Revenue)
• 2022 FedHealth IT and G2XChange Women in in Leadership Awards - Beth Angerman
• 2022 George Mason University Prominent Patriots in Business - Fred Costa
• 2022 TiE DC Capital ELITE Award
• 2023, 2024, 2025 Elev8 Engage GovCon Finalist
• 2023, 2024 Maryland Tech Council ICON Awards Finalist for Government Contracting Company of the Year: Over $50 Million
• 2023 Greater Washington Government Contractor of the Year ($25 to $75 million) Awards Finalist
• 2024 Consulting Magazine Tech Innovator
• 2025 Northern Virginia Technology Council Tech100 Company
• 2026 FORUM Innovation Awards - ChallengeAI by Brian Funk (CTO)
• 2026 FORUM Disruptive Tech Change Agent - Brian Funk (CTO)
• 2026 Orange Slices Elev8[X] Finalist

MetaPhase Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other factors protected by federal, state, or local law.


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