Senior Network Architect and Technical Leader

Overview Readiness Delivered. At Kratos, we seek an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. The Senior Network Architect and Technical Leader will have 15+ years of progressive experience designing, implementing, modernizing, and supporting large-scale, remote manned/unmanned, mission-critical network environments. The candidate should bring deep expertise across WAN/LAN routing and switching, data center technologies, virtualization, and network security, with a proven ability to lead teams, modernize customer environments, and support complex government customers. This role involves hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance, maintaining technical documentation, modernization initiatives, proactive consulting, and coaching of engineering staff. Experience supporting DoW and/or Intelligence Community customers is highly preferred. Key Responsibilities Work with Program and Customer Leadership to ensure Network Engineering requirements are understood and defined, align solutions, and strengthen long-term technical relationships. Architect, design, implement, and support scalable and secure WAN/LAN network solutions for DoW environments. Lead network modernization efforts, including device refreshes, routing changes, software deployments, and security hardening initiatives. Prototype network designs and issues using modeling environments (e.g., Cisco Modeling Labs) to validate and optimize architectures. Serve as a technical lead guiding teams of engineers through design, configuration, and stabilization of complex customer networks. Provide proactive consulting support, issue troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization. Coach and mentor junior engineers, contribute to knowledge transfer, and support team development. Ensure secure system configuration, risk mitigation, and compliance with DoW and enterprise security standards. Participate in CDRL and technical artifact generation based on internal and customer prescribed schedules. Attend and support highly technical engineering team meetings. Develop and deliver effective customer presentations, communicating comfortably at a system level. Travel as necessary to attend customer meetings and establish/maintain remote system locations. Required Experience U.S. citizenship with active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance. Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. Cisco CCNP (Required) or CCIE (Preferred). DoDM 8140.03 Certification (Security +, CASP+, CEH, CISM, CISSP, or equivalent). Experience supporting programs through SRR, PDR, CDR, or equivalent design reviews. 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in network architecture, engineering, and technical leadership. Extensive experience supporting large-scale enterprise or Department of War networks, ideally including the U.S. Air Force. Hands-on experience with network security technologies including ASA firewalls, hardening, and access control systems. Expertise with routing and switching technologies including OSPF, BGP, multicast protocols, LAN switching, and advanced WAN solutions (DMVPN, SD-WAN, SD-Routing). Strong data center experience across SAN, storage networking, High Availability (HA), power solutions, and virtualization (VMware, Linux). Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams through complex network deployments and upgrades. Strong troubleshooting capabilities and ability to simulate, replicate, and resolve complex issues. Ability to articulate technical concepts orally and in written form for internal teams, external customers, and users. Preferred Skills and Experience 15+ years of experience in network architecture, engineering, and technical leadership. Experience with network modeling and automation principles (e.g., CML). Experience supporting high availability and multi-site environments. Other advanced certifications and specialization tracks beyond CCIE. Experience working alongside or in a network architect role. Experience with cloud networking platforms and integrations. Onsite #LI-Onsite Salary and Benefits The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Salary Range: $170,000-$185,000 #J-18808-Ljbffr Kratos Space Training & Cyber