Connectivity Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Connectivity Engineer to support the design, implementation, modernization, and sustainment of mission-critical enterprise networking infrastructure. This role is ideal for a highly skilled network engineer who thrives in complex environments supporting global enterprise networks and secure communications.

As a Connectivity Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and optimizing high-performance network solutions while collaborating with systems engineers, cybersecurity teams, and mission stakeholders to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity across the enterprise.

Position Overview

The Connectivity Engineer will provide advanced engineering support for enterprise network infrastructure, including Wide Area Networks (WAN), Campus Area Networks (CAN), Data Center Networks (DCN/DCI), Network Security (NETSEC), and tactical networking environments. The successful candidate will design, implement, troubleshoot, and optimize secure network solutions while supporting mission-critical operations with minimal downtime.

Location: Columbia, MD.

Schedule: Full-Time

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI Full Scope Polygraph

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and modernize enterprise network infrastructure supporting mission operations.
• Engineer and sustain Wide Area Networks (WAN), Campus Area Networks (CAN), Data Center Networks (DCN/DCI), Network Security (NETSEC), and tactical networking systems.
• Analyze network performance, traffic patterns, transmission speeds, latency, throughput, and overall network health.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues using network analyzers, WAN test equipment, and network simulation tools.
• Conduct site surveys, network installations, configuration management, maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle sustainment activities.
• Perform engineering support for network connectivity before and after system deployments.
• Design and implement network solutions supporting server infrastructure, including load balancing, VPN technologies, firewall contexts, and Network Address Translation (NAT).
• Configure and optimize enterprise routing, switching, and segmentation technologies including BGP, OSPF, VRF, VSS, and VLANs.
• Design and implement secure interconnections across enterprise networks, security boundaries, and data centers using Government security standards.
• Validate data flows, optimize end-to-end network performance, and maximize system capacity and availability.
• Coordinate with systems engineers, mission partners, and cross-functional teams to refine technical requirements and support enterprise integration efforts.
• Develop technical documentation, engineering designs, configuration management artifacts, and implementation plans.
• Perform quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC), and configuration management (CM) support.
• Design, deploy, test, integrate, and maintain enterprise networking technologies while ensuring secure and fault-tolerant network operations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance network performance, resiliency, scalability, and mission effectiveness.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience supporting programs of similar scope, complexity, and technical requirements. Four additional years of network engineering experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of WAN, LAN, CAN, DCN/DCI, and enterprise networking technologies.
• Experience with enterprise routing and switching protocols including BGP and OSPF.
• Experience configuring VLANs, VRF, VSS, VPNs, firewalls, and Network Address Translation (NAT).
• Experience supporting secure enterprise networking and Government security standards.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to develop engineering documentation and technical implementation plans.

Required Certifications

• DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification.
• Candidates with an IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, GSEC, or SSCP) may be considered if they can obtain an approved IAT Level III certification (CISSP, CASP+, CISA, GCIH, or GCED) within one year of contract award.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification or higher.
• ITIL v3 Foundation certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise data center networking
• Network architecture and design
• Cisco enterprise networking technologies
• Firewall engineering
• VPN technologies
• Load balancing
• Enterprise routing and switching
• Network performance optimization
• Configuration management
• Network security engineering
• Large-scale systems integration
• Department of Defense or Intelligence Community networking experience