SME Network Engineer

CACI • Ashburn, VA

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About The Position

CACI is seeking a SME Network Engineer for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, supporting the Department of State. The role provides subject matter expertise and technical leadership for enterprise network engineering across a large, geographically distributed federal environment. The GMOS contract modernizes and maintains applications and infrastructure through an integrated IT Service Management approach. The engineer will guide network architecture, modernization, operations, disaster recovery, and DevSecOps initiatives supporting a program of national importance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 13 years of experience in related fields such as network engineering, network architecture, enterprise architecture, infrastructure design, or IT operations leadership; equivalencies are considered.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience providing strategic leadership for enterprise network engineering across large-scale, geographically distributed federal environments.
• Expertise in high-availability network architectures, SDDC technologies, and disaster recovery network design.
• Experience with Zero-Trust Network Architectures and systems such as zScaler, Cloudflare, NSX-T, Illumio, Cisco, or Palo Alto.
• Leadership experience serving as a technical authority, influencing enterprise strategy, mentoring engineering teams, and driving innovation across strategic initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State.
• Professional certifications such as Cisco CCIE or Palo Alto Networks PCN.
• Strong proficiency with DevSecOps tools and advanced CI/CD pipeline architecture, particularly Ansible, Terraform, and enterprise automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and strategic guidance on high-availability network architectures, including load balancing, denial-of-service detection, and dynamic service health checks for public-facing websites.
• Serve as technical authority for WAN upgrade initiatives connecting CONUS and OCONUS facilities and integrating connectivity with 42+ external partner agencies.
• Advise on critical incident management for the Enterprise Operations Center (EOC), including consultation to DT ENMOC and strategic crisis management guidance.
• Establish and govern network standards, procedure manuals, and performance management frameworks, and advise on component tuning in accordance with change management procedures.
• Define technical strategy and best practices for Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) network technologies and guide implementation approaches that optimize resource allocation and security through policy-driven automation.
• Advise on disaster recovery network infrastructure design, including 2N redundancy, automated failover, continuous monitoring, and quarterly DR testing.
• Provide DevSecOps expertise and advise on CI/CD pipeline architecture, including continuous build, testing, security validation, and results-analysis automation.
• Lead enterprise network architecture planning and roadmap development, aligning modernization initiatives with Department of State objectives and federal requirements.
• Provide technical leadership for complex network engineering projects spanning 350+ global facilities and ensure compliance with security policies, performance standards, and operational expectations.
• Evaluate and resolve complex technical challenges, influence enterprise-wide technical direction, mentor engineering teams, and drive innovation across strategic initiatives.

Benefits

• Flexible time off benefit.
• Learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior