Network Engineer

Ardent Principles, Inc.

13h•Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a Network Engineer who can deliver disciplined, high‑reliability support across a complex ecosystem of beaconing technologies, communications servers, cloud resources, and LAN/WAN infrastructure. Ardent Principles offers advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management. Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients. Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
Network Engineering focused experience
Demonstrated experience in managing beacon and communications servers, applications, and equipment, ensuring maximum reliability of tracking solutions for training course attendees
Demonstrated experience in creating, changing, adding, removing, and maintaining user accounts, via script and coding, of the beacon and communication servers, applications and equipment
Demonstrated experience in configuring, setting up, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN equipment such as, but not limited to, firewalls, switches, and routers
Demonstrated experience in maintaining maximum system uptime and stability
Demonstrated experience in bringing programmatic discipline to the management of complex systems.
Demonstrated experience in administering communications solutions.
Demonstrated experience in administering beaconing solutions.
Demonstrated experience in managing cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated experience in integrating systems and managing technical programs.
Demonstrated experience in system assessment and Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes.
Demonstrated experience in handling sensitive data, exercising discretion and sound judgment, and achieving mission outcomes.
Demonstrated experience in customizing, deploying and maintaining Android cellular telephones.
Demonstrated experience in using beaconing and tracking hardware, software, scripts, and code.
Demonstrated experience in managing cell phones, laptops, and tablet devices, all of which require configuration and maintenance while maximizing uptime and communications reliability.
Demonstrated experience in configuring, setting up, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting and running firewalls, switches, routers, or other WAN and LAN systems or equipment.
Demonstrated experience in using encryption hardware and software and virtual private network (VPN) applications.
Demonstrated experience in gathering and vetting new technical requirements.
Demonstrated experience in identifying requirements and constraints pertaining to technical capabilities and solutions in support of training and educational exercises.
Demonstrated experience in providing technical leadership.
Demonstrated experience in utilizing and executing regulatory and data retention policies and modifying such policies with input and direction from key stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience in cross-skilling and backfilling for teammates.
Demonstrated experience in utilizing Microsoft cloud-based tools including Office 365, Azure, Entra, Intune, and Teams.
Demonstrated experience in using communication tools including push-to-talk technology.
Demonstrated experience in using map imagery applications.

Nice To Haves

Administering complex unclassified systems.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with all levels of personnel.
Working with system assessment and Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes.
Supporting and troubleshooting proprietary map imagery applications.

Responsibilities

Managing beacon and communications servers, applications, and equipment, ensuring maximum reliability of tracking solutions for training course attendees
Creating, changing, adding, removing, and maintaining user accounts, via script and coding, of the beacon and communication servers, applications and equipment
Configuring, setting up, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN equipment such as, but not limited to, firewalls, switches, and routers
Maintaining maximum system uptime and stability
Bringing programmatic discipline to the management of complex systems.
Administering communications solutions.
Administering beaconing solutions.
Managing cloud infrastructure.
Integrating systems and managing technical programs.
System assessment and Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes.
Handling sensitive data, exercising discretion and sound judgment, and achieving mission outcomes.
Customizing, deploying and maintaining Android cellular telephones.
Using beaconing and tracking hardware, software, scripts, and code.
Managing cell phones, laptops, and tablet devices, all of which require configuration and maintenance while maximizing uptime and communications reliability.
Configuring, setting up, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting and running firewalls, switches, routers, or other WAN and LAN systems or equipment.
Using encryption hardware and software and virtual private network (VPN) applications.
Gathering and vetting new technical requirements.
Identifying requirements and constraints pertaining to technical capabilities and solutions in support of training and educational exercises.
Providing technical leadership.
Utilizing and executing regulatory and data retention policies and modifying such policies with input and direction from key stakeholders.
Cross-skilling and backfilling for teammates.
Utilizing Microsoft cloud-based tools including Office 365, Azure, Entra, Intune, and Teams.
Using communication tools including push-to-talk technology.
Using map imagery applications.