Job Description
Job Description
The Opportunity:
Illuminate Technologies (ILT) is seeking a Network Engineer at the Senior level to support a federal customer on the SCOR 55 Adaptive Engineering & Machine Learning Operations mission. This role focuses on resilient enterprise networks and secure cross-enclave connectivity.
This role leads the design, implementation, and optimization of resilient, secure network infrastructures supporting mission-critical operations. The SME provides strategic and technical leadership in network modernization, security architecture, and performance optimization while ensuring secure and reliable communications across complex, multi-enclave environments.
Responsibilities:
• Design and implement enterprise network architectures that support secure, mission-critical operations.
• Lead zero-trust network design initiatives and cross-enclave interoperability solutions.
• Optimize network performance, reliability, and security across complex, multi-enclave environments.
• Establish and enforce network security architecture standards and governance processes.
• Drive network modernization efforts aligned with enterprise strategy and zero-trust principles.
• Ensure secure communications and connectivity across classified and highly regulated environments.
• Provide technical leadership for network infrastructure planning and implementation.
• Partner with security, architecture, and operations teams to maintain resilient network systems.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience performing the duties described above.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise network environments.
• Strong expertise in routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, network security, and access control technologies.
• Experience implementing zero-trust architectures and secure communications solutions.
• Advanced troubleshooting and network performance analysis skills.
• Experience supporting mission-critical, highly secure, or regulated environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and technical documentation skills.
Mission-Specific Technical Environment:
The following technologies and capabilities are drawn from the customer role description. Specific platform assignments vary by team and position.
• Networking
• Cisco: Switching, Routing, Firewalling, and Site-to-site functionality (such as IPSEC, DMVPN, and SD-WAN)
• Arista: Switching
• Tunneling & VPNs: GRE, IPSEC, SSH, SSL, OpenVPN, Wireguard, and specialized multi-tiered applications
• Virtual Distributed Switching: VMWare, Proxmox, and Nutanix
• Solutions & Hardware: Client-Server VPNs, Site-to-site VPNs, and ad-hoc vendors or equipment
• Virtualization / Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
• VMWare / Broadcom: ESXi (vSphere), vCenter, VSAN, VxRail, Cluster management, and Licensing
• Proxmox: Host and cluster configuration/management, Networking, and Ceph configuration/management
• Nutanix: Host and cluster configuration, management with Prism Central, and NDFS configuration/management
• Large Data Storage Technologies
• Hardware/Vendors: QNAP, Synology, TrueNAS, and NetApp
• File Transport Protocols: Samba, SSH, SFTP, and NFS
• Monitoring & Security
• Monitoring: Network-based and Host-based collection and monitoring
• Alerting & Scanning: Internal and external alerting (including SMTP configuration), and Active vulnerability scanning (such as Nessus)
• SIEM: Splunk familiarity
• System Administration
• Operating Systems: Linux (e.g., Rocky, RedHat, Amazon, Ubuntu), Windows, and Mac OS
• Identity & Access Management: IPA / FreeIPA, LDAP / OpenLDAP, Keycloak, and Linux-based SSSD host-based access control (HBAC)
• Applications
• Splunk, Nginx, Confluence, Jira, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, and Jupyter
• Specialized Skillsets
• Advanced Networking: Multi-tiered
Preferred:
• Master's degree in Information Technology, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Experience supporting federal, defense, intelligence, or classified network environments.
• Expertise with multi-enclave or cross-domain network architectures.
• Experience with cloud networking, software-defined networking (SDN), and hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of security accreditation processes and compliance frameworks.
• Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, JNCIP, JNCIE, AWS Advanced Networking, or equivalent.
Eligibility Requirements:
• United States citizenship is required for all contractor personnel associated with this SCOR 55 effort.
• Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI); active, transferable TS clearance is required before assignment to government-facility work.
• Compliance with FBI security vetting, criminal and credit checks, and required polygraph screening for Cyber Division (CyD) and Counterterrorism Division (CTD) assignments; final access adjudication is performed by the Government.
Additional Information:
This is an onsite position supporting government facilities in the Chantilly, Virginia / Washington, DC metropolitan area, with alternate sites if assigned. Telework is not represented as an entitlement.
The program generally observes core operating hours of 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern within a weekday scheduling window of 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Eastern. Individual schedules, team assignments, onsite requirements, and travel are set by the customer and may change with mission need.
The Government may adjust qualification requirements and require role-specific skills assessments. Clearance eligibility, polygraph requirements, and access to facilities or systems are determined by the customer, not ILT.
What You Can Expect:
A small, focused team.
At Illuminate Technologies, you will join a small team focused on placing the best personnel in the right positions.
A mission-driven culture with balance.
We carry a Special Operations Forces (SOF) culture dedicated to national security. We hold that superior mission execution and a good quality of life go together, and we work to protect both.
Room to grow.
Your growth is not limited to your job description. You will have the opportunity to develop and take on work beyond your specified position.
Pay Range:
There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. At Illuminate Technologies, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as: healthcare, retirement, and time off benefits.
The proposed annual base salary range for this position is: $105,000 - $135,000
Compensation is based on the specific level, skills, experience, work location, and applicable customer requirements; final range requires ILT review and approval.
Illuminate Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are evaluated on the qualifications stated above, without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
\nCompany Description
Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it. We combine decades of cyber, intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.
Company Description
Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it. We combine decades of cyber, intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.