Principal Network Engineer III

Agile Defense
Huntsville
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["LAN","WAN","VLAN","NSX","SDN","Firewall","Load balancer","Automation","Scripting"]

Lead design, deployment, testing, and certification of data center networks across multiple sites, including switches, firewalls, load balancers, software defined networking (SDN), and private cloud requirements. Serve as the advanced SME for all data center network environments, ensuring security, availability, and performance, while automating provisioning and coordinating with vendors and government staff.

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Agile Defense
Agile Defense
2 months ago

Principal Network Engineer III

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Job Summary

Lead design, deployment, testing, and certification of data center networks across multiple sites, including switches, firewalls, load balancers, software defined networking (SDN), and private cloud requirements. Serve as the advanced SME for all data center network environments, ensuring security, availability, and performance, while automating provisioning and coordinating with vendors and government staff.
Location: Huntsville
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the advanced subject matter expert for all data center network environments.
  • •Create and maintain network infrastructure for both bare-metal and virtual machines with LAN/WAN/VLAN, SDN, firewall, and load balancer configurations using OEM and third-party tools (e.g., NSX).
  • •Provision/configure the required networking for servers and applications.
  • •Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security across the data center network infrastructure.
  • •Monitor and resolve critical network issues, implement recovery processes, and provide real-time alerts and dashboards for performance and availability.

Key Requirements

  • •Minimum six (6) years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting data center network infrastructure
  • •Active TS/SCI clearance or higher (with ability to obtain CI Polygraph)
  • •Cisco CCNA with Cisco CCNP or similar preferred
  • •Experience with LAN, WAN, VLAN, SDN, firewall and load balancer configurations; NSX or similar virtualization/networking tools
  • •Bachelor's degree preferred
Experience:6+ yearsData centerNetwork infrastructureNSXPrivate cloud
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LANWANVLANNSXSDNFirewallLoad balancerAutomationScripting
Certifications:CCNACCNP
Tech Stack:NSXCisco CCNACisco CCNPLANWANVLANSDNFirewallLoad balancerIaaS

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS/SCI

Company Brief

Agile Defense
Provides cybersecurity services including managed detection and response, incident response, vulnerability assessments, and security operations to help organizations detect, respond to, and remediate cyber threats while meeting regulatory and compliance requirements.
Industry: Cybersecurity
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