Network Lead

Job Description

Job Description

• Location : Hybrid / Remote with travel to CNIC HQ (Millington, TN) and field installations
• Eligibility : U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate background investigation level (specific level determined at task order).
• Status : Full-time

Position summary

The Network Lead owns network operations and engineering across CNIC F&FR's 70+ installations. You will lead network engineers, systems administrators, and Tier 1–3 help desk supporting an enterprise environment spanning ERP, HR, payroll, financial management, point-of-sale, and BI platforms. Your operating discipline is cross-domain — every network change is evaluated for application performance impact, security implications, and downstream dependencies before implementation, with pre-validation in our Integrated Test Environment.

What you will own

• Network operations across 70+ distributed F&FR installations: routing, switching, WAN optimization, secure remote access.
• Cross-system change impact analysis against the configuration management database (CMDB) before any change advisory board.
• Pre-validation of material changes in the Integrated Test Environment (ITE) before production deployment.
• Network performance and availability metrics feeding the live Performance Dashboard.
• Coordination with the Cybersecurity Lead on every change with ATO boundary implications.
• Workforce: network engineers, systems administrators, Tier 1–3 help desk.
• Standing seat on the Integration Review cycle and Joint Change Advisory Board.

Required qualifications

• Active CCNP certification (CCNP Enterprise or higher preferred).
• Active Security+ certification (DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level 2 baseline) — required for privileged access per RFP C-12.2.
• 10+ years network engineering and operations leadership in distributed federal environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise platforms (ERP, financial systems, POS) at multi-site scale.
• Working knowledge of ITIL v4 incident, change, and problem management.
• S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate background investigation level.

Preferred qualifications

• CCIE or equivalent senior-level network certification.
• Cloud networking certifications (AWS Advanced Networking, Azure Network Engineer, or equivalent).
• Active or recent Secret clearance (likely required at the task order level for network roles touching DoD-connected systems).
• Prior NAF or Navy network operations experience.
• SD-WAN / SASE deployment experience at distributed-installation scale.