Network Engineer (Clearance Required)

Location: Fort Meade, MD

Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI with Active Full Scope Polygraph; CI Investigation closed within last 5 years

This position supports an Intelligence Community (IC) program at Fort Meade, MD, performing senior-level network engineering services from design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrade of existing networks. The Network Engineer will serve as a technical lead on complex network engineering efforts, operating network analyzers, WAN test equipment, and network simulators, leading large-scale installation projects, and developing algorithms for networking and telecommunications models within a classified, on-site operational environment. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and a CI Investigation closed within the last 5 years, along with a DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III baseline certification held prior to start.

At Level 3, this position expects a senior practitioner with 10+ years of relevant network engineering experience who can lead complex and large-scale network projects, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, serve as the senior technical authority on network architecture decisions, and interface directly with program leadership and mission partners. All work is performed on-site in a classified facility at Fort Meade.

This position requires direct employment with EmergeATS (Kroll subsidiary). No sub-to-sub arrangements.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Architecture and Senior Design Leadership

• Lead network engineering services from design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrade of existing networks

• Analyze design specifications, engineering documents, and related program materials at a senior technical level

• Lead development of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partner requirements

• Perform senior-level engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives in support of strategic modernization efforts for medium and large-scale classified infrastructures

• Translate complex business and mission requirements into telecommunications designs across LAN, CAN, WAN, Voice, and Video domains

• Lead large efforts and installation projects of dynamic requirements and scale

Network Administration and Operations Leadership

• Perform and oversee general LAN/CAN/WAN administration including scheduling conversions and cutovers

• Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations at program scale

• Oversee support to all network equipment and lead resolution of escalated network or system incidents

• Coordinate with all responsible users and sites on complex network incidents requiring senior engineering judgment

• Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior and mid-level Network Engineers

Performance Optimization and Advanced Monitoring

• Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management across complex classified network environments

• Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information and perform advanced analysis

• Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools

• Operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment, and network simulators to resolve complex network problems

• Gather and analyze data to specify system and component performance and interface requirements

Network Device Configuration and Systems Integration

• Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test, and maintain numerous types of network devices, interfaces, and methodologies at scale

• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components across complex program architectures