Principal Cisco Engineer III - Top Secret Clearance Required

Agile Defense•Pocatello, ID

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Agile Defense is seeking an enterprise-level Network Engineer to design, deploy, test, certify, patch, and troubleshoot network features, components, interoperability, and application dependencies across data center environments. The work includes switches, firewalls, load balancers, software-defined networking, and private cloud infrastructure. The position is hybrid, with four days per week in Pocatello, Idaho, and requires an active Top Secret clearance when applying, SCI eligibility, and the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph. The successful candidate will have at least six years of relevant experience and a Cisco CCNA or the ability to obtain it within six months of starting. Experience with Cisco ACI, NSO, and other advanced Cisco data center technologies is strongly preferred. A bachelor's degree is preferred; one year of experience may substitute for each year of education. Agile Defense offers compensation of $114,000–$125,000 per year. Depending on position, benefits include health and life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement, learning and development opportunities, and optional benefit elections.

Requirements

At least six years of relevant experience.
Active and current Top Secret clearance, with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph.
Ability to pass and maintain a CI polygraph during employment.
Cisco CCNA passed within six months of starting the role.
Bachelor’s degree preferred; one year of experience may substitute for each year of education.

Nice To Haves

CCNP or DevNet Associate certification.
Cisco ACI experience.
Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) experience.
Network Assurance Engine (NAE) experience.
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) experience.
Nexus Insights experience.
Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAC) experience.
Experience with advanced Cisco data center technologies.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and provide ongoing support for networking infrastructure within and between data centers.
Serve as an advanced subject matter expert for data center network environments.
Create and maintain network infrastructure for bare-metal and virtual machines, including LAN, WAN, VLAN, SDN, firewall, and load balancer configurations using OEM and third-party tools such as NSX.
Provision and configure networking for servers, applications, and cloud services.
Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security across data center network infrastructure.
Monitor, diagnose, and correct network issues; develop recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks.
Provide real-time alerts and implement proactive remediation, including redesigns or technology refreshes.
Install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools for network components.
Ensure high levels of network availability, performance, redundancy, and resilience.
Monitor and test application performance, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with developers on solutions.
Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
Develop and maintain automation scripts to improve operational efficiency, including automated provisioning of addresses and VLANs for IaaS.
Participate in the design of information and operational support systems.
Provide final-tier support for complex network issues.
Liaise with vendors and IT personnel on troubleshooting, upgrades, and solution design.
Generate real-time dashboards and reports on network performance, availability, trends, and resource utilization.
Maintain accurate technical documentation, including inventory, patch levels, system configurations, access controls, and credentials.
Transfer knowledge to government staff through training and best-practice guidance.