Network Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

1d•$77,500 - $176,000•Onsite

About The Position

Booz Allen is seeking a Network Engineer to design, develop, upgrade, and support enterprise network infrastructure for Air Force missions. The role focuses on network design and architecture, system interoperability, routing and switching, network transport, MPLS, gateway protocols, virtual routing and forwarding, IP engineering, and encryption integration. The engineer will troubleshoot complex network issues and assess existing infrastructure as the organization expands from on-premises environments to the cloud. The work supports improvements in security, reliability, availability, and modernization of mission-critical network systems. The engineer will also advise clients on network technologies and standards, including firewalls, Cisco hardware, Palo Alto firewalls, cloud migration, and optical infrastructure networking. The position is located at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, and is not remote. Applicants must have an active TS/SCI clearance, a high school diploma or GED, and CompTIA Security+ certification. The projected annualized salary range is $77,500 to $176,000. Booz Allen describes its benefits as including health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Eligibility for benefit programs depends on the employee’s regular weekly hours.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in network engineering, cloud networking, or network security.
Experience integrating commercial cloud environments with on-premises enterprise network services and security architectures.
Experience implementing VCNs, subnets, route tables, security lists, network security groups, gateways, private endpoints, and segmented network designs.
Experience with BGP, route advertisement and filtering, IP address management, DNS, NAT, proxies, firewalls, high availability, and network monitoring.
Ability to document designs, test procedures, operational runbooks, and security requirements, and troubleshoot complex network issues.
TS/SCI clearance.
High school diploma or GED.
CompTIA Security+ certification.

Nice To Haves

Experience with network automation and infrastructure as code, including Terraform, Ansible, APIs, or scripting.
Experience with network observability platforms, flow logs, SNMP, packet capture, NetFlow, dashboards, and alerting.
Experience supporting critical enterprise networks or conducting network security assessments in a government or regulated environment.
Experience designing networks for virtualized, containerized, hybrid cloud, or highly available environments.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field.
CompTIA Network+, Cisco CCNA, CCNP, Red Hat RHCSA, RHCE, VMware VCP, VACP, Azure Network Engineer, or AWS Cloud Engineer certification.

Responsibilities

Design and develop network infrastructure to meet current and evolving Air Force mission needs.
Upgrade and develop enterprise-wide network infrastructure.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues, including routing, DNS, firewall, certificate, MTU, latency, packet-loss, and connectivity problems.
Analyze existing infrastructure during expansion from on-premises environments to the cloud.
Support security, reliability, and availability of mission-critical network systems.
Integrate encryption equipment and apply expertise in routing, switching, network architecture, interoperability, IP engineering, and virtual routing and forwarding.
Advise clients on network operations, modernization, equipment, and emerging technologies.
Document network designs, test procedures, operational runbooks, and security requirements.