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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of prior relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 3 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience setting up restricted or compliant networks and securing inter-domain or enclave communication.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking services such as VPCs, VNets, peering, and transit gateways.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Practical knowledge of multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic handling.
• Experience with both software-defined and hardware-defined networking technologies.
• Direct experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting networking within Kubernetes clusters.
• Ability to create and manage secure routing paths between isolated domains or enclaves.
• Must possess an active secret clearance.
• Must provide full-time onsite support.
• Must be a resident of the North Alabama area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with one or more Container Network Interfaces (CNI), such as Cilium, Calico, or Multus.
• Background deploying and supporting enterprise-grade applications in production environments.
• Experience defining and governing network access protocols, firewall rules, and zero-trust policies.
• Familiarity with container-based network meshes such as Istio or Linkerd and service mesh concepts.
• Experience routing traffic between multiple cloud service provider instances.
• Proven work with hybrid-cloud models linking remote clouds to on-premises resources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, including troubleshooting complex network issues.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset focused on security, reliability, and scalability.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Relevant certifications, such as CCNA/CCNP, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy secure networks, including restricted computer networks and secure inter-domain routes.
• Implement network segmentation, access controls, and policy enforcement across cloud and on-premises resources.
• Build and manage cloud networking infrastructure, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Configure and troubleshoot multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic for high-throughput applications.
• Deploy and maintain software-defined network platforms and hardware-based network appliances.
• Integrate network services with Kubernetes using CNI plugins and container-based networking.
• Connect remote cloud instances to on-premises data centers, ensuring reliable routing and latency optimization.
• Support hybrid-cloud architectures and remote enclave connectivity.
• Automate network provisioning and changes using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for network health and security events.
• Collaborate with security, DevOps, and application teams to define network access protocols and rules.
• Produce documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles for network solutions.