Senior Network Architect

V2X•Colorado Springs, CO

About The Position

As part of V2X’s Ground-Based Radar Development (GBRD) team, the Senior Network Architect designs and matures the network architecture supporting mission systems, laboratories, and operational radar sites. The role helps enable a secure, resilient, Modular Open Systems Approach-aligned back-end platform for containerized radar applications and integrates multiple laboratories serving operational radar sites, including UEWR, PARCS, COBRA DANE, and AN/FPS-85.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or related technical discipline and at least 7 years of relevant experience; an advanced degree in a related discipline and at least 4 years of relevant experience may be accepted. Additional directly relevant network engineering experience may be considered in place of a degree or generalized experience.
Minimum 8 years of related experience.
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking, subnetting, VLANs, routing, switching, multicast, DNS, DHCP, NTP, and network management.
Hands-on experience with routing protocols and redundancy technologies such as BGP, OSPF, VRRP, HSRP, STP, and link aggregation.
Experience designing segmented networks using routers, switches, firewalls, access-control lists, VPNs, and network security zones.
Experience developing network diagrams, addressing plans, interface control information, equipment lists, cable schedules, port maps, and implementation instructions.
Experience with network monitoring, packet capture, performance analysis, fault isolation, configuration backup, and capacity planning.
Experience planning or supporting network migration, installation, cutover, rollback, verification, and acceptance activities.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and diagramming tools such as Microsoft Visio or equivalent.
Ability to support occasional CONUS and OCONUS site travel.
U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting radar, missile defense, space surveillance, command-and-control, sensor, weapon, or other mission-critical systems.
Experience with Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, F5, or comparable enterprise network technologies.
Experience with network automation and configuration management using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, or comparable tools.
Experience with Software-Defined Networking, network virtualization, software-defined wide area networking, or infrastructure-as-code practices.
Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, container networking interfaces, service meshes, ingress controllers, and network policies.
Experience with classified networks, cross-domain interfaces, disconnected or degraded environments, and highly regulated Government systems.
Familiarity with Modular Open Systems Approach principles, open architectures, and Government-owned interface definitions.
Familiarity with Risk Management Framework activities, NIST SP 800-53 controls, Security Technical Implementation Guides, Zero Trust principles, and cybersecurity assessment evidence.
Experience with Digital Systems Integration Laboratories, integration test facilities, or lab-to-site transition programs.
Experience with network modeling, simulation, performance analysis, or digital engineering tools.
Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, JNCIE, Network+, CISSP, or equivalent.
Ability to coordinate technical work across systems, software, cybersecurity, hardware, test, installation, and operations teams.
Ability to translate system and mission requirements into network designs and testable technical requirements.
Experience configuring, integrating, and troubleshooting network devices in operational environments.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain network architecture for development laboratories, systems integration environments, computing platforms, and operational radar sites.
Define network requirements for routing, switching, segmentation, redundancy, availability, latency, throughput, quality of service, multicast, timing, and future growth.
Design secure Internet Protocol network solutions using routers, switches, firewalls, virtual private networks, load balancers, and network management services.
Identify and eliminate single points of failure when possible.
Develop logical and physical network diagrams, rack elevations, cable schedules, port assignments, addressing plans, interface definitions, and implementation packages.
Develop and maintain network configuration standards, device templates, naming conventions, backup procedures, and configuration-controlled baseline documentation.
Design and validate high-availability and failover capabilities using appropriate routing, switching, link aggregation, gateway redundancy, and path-diversity technologies.
Coordinate network interfaces with compute, storage, virtualization, container platforms, software applications, cybersecurity tools, and external mission systems.
Support network design for containerized and virtualized environments, including cluster networking, service communication, ingress, egress, load balancing, and network policy enforcement.
Plan and lead laboratory integration, site installation, cutover, fallback, checkout, acceptance testing, and transition to operations.
Develop network integration and test procedures; support troubleshooting, fault isolation, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and retesting.
Monitor and evaluate network performance, utilization, availability, faults, and capacity using approved network management and telemetry tools.
Support centralized logging, time synchronization, audit collection, configuration monitoring, and network telemetry integration.
Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel to implement approved segmentation, access-control, encryption, identity, authentication, hardening, and monitoring requirements.
Provide network design artifacts and technical evidence in support of security assessments and authorization activities.
Evaluate hardware and software alternatives and recommend options based on technical performance, interoperability, lifecycle support, supply-chain risk, cost, and schedule.
Support technical reviews and communicate network status, risks, dependencies, issues, and design decisions to engineering and program stakeholders.
Support occasional travel to integration facilities and operational sites.