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This role owns enterprise and solution-level network architecture, designing secure, resilient network environments that support mission-critical systems and shared services across both cloud and on-premises boundaries, and driving the standards, target-state direction, and modernization roadmap that keep the network ready to scale.\nThis is a hands-on architecture role. You'll be expected to produce real technical designs and see them through implementation, not just set direction from a distance.\nThis is a hybrid role based out of Washington, DC. Candidates must be U.S. citizens.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Network Architecture & Design\nDevelop, review, and implement secure, resilient enterprise network architectures supporting mission systems and shared services.\nProduce and assess physical/logical diagrams, routing/segmentation, interfaces, connectivity, capacity, availability, and monitoring requirements.\nDesign hybrid connectivity architecture spanning on-premises and cloud environments.\n2. Standards & Target-State Direction\nDefine and maintain network architecture standards, reference patterns, and technical decisions.\nSet target-state network direction and modernization roadmap, balancing scale, security, resilience, and performance.\nAlign network architecture with enterprise architecture governance and repository requirements.\n3. Technical Reviews & Governance\nSupport technical reviews, architecture compliance reviews, phase gates, and implementation-readiness reviews.\nEvaluate proposed deviations and provide recommendations grounded in risk and architectural impact.\n4. 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Documentation & Operational Handoff\nMaintain standards, reference patterns, technical decisions, configurations, risks, and dependencies in approved repositories.\nSupport implementation, testing, migration, and stabilization, and troubleshoot complex cross-domain problems, communicating root cause, options, and corrective actions.\nRequirements\n12+ years of experience in network engineering, including significant architecture responsibility at enterprise scale.\nStrong fundamentals in TCP/IP, routing, switching, segmentation, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing, resiliency, performance, monitoring, and security.\nDemonstrated experience producing technical network designs and supporting implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and operational transition.\nAbility to work across cloud and on-premises boundaries and through formal security/architecture review processes.\nStrong documentation and communication skills, with experience presenting designs and tradeoffs to both engineers and leadership.\nU.S. Citizenship Required.\nPreferred Certifications\n Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) - Enterprise Infrastructure or equivalent\n Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Enterprise\n Juniper Networks Certified Professional (JNCIP) or equivalent\nAWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate\nCompTIA Security+ or equivalent security certification\n Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - preferred for candidates with significant network security responsibilities\n TOGAF - preferred for candidates with enterprise architecture/governance experience\nCore Capabilities:\nAdvanced and Managed IT Services\nAgile Software Development\nDevSecOps\nCybersecurity\nHealth IT\nC4ISR & SIGINT\nData Center Engineering & Operations\nEngineering & Installation\nWhy ActioNet?\nAt ActioNet, our Passion for Quality is at the heart of everything we do:\nCommitment to Employees: We are committed to making ActioNet a great place to work and continue to invest in our ActioNeters.\nCommitment to Customers: We are committed to our customers by driving and sustaining Service Delivery Excellence.\nCommitment to Community: We are committed to giving back to our community, helping others, and making the world a better place for our next generation.\nActioNet is proud to be named a Top Workplacefor the twelfth year in a row (2014 - 2025). We have a 98% customer retention rate. We are passionate about the inspirational missions of our customers, and we entrust our employees and teams to deliver exceptional performance to enable the safety, security, health, and well-being of our nation.\nWhat's in It ForYou?\nAs an ActioNeter, you get to be part of an exceptional team and a corporate culture that nurtures mutual success for our customers, employees, and communities. We give you the tools to be successful; all you need to do is bring your best ideas, your energy, and a desire to develop your skills, experience, and career. Are you ready to make a difference?\nActioNet is an equal-opportunity employer and values inclusion at our company. 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