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The Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group of SAIC is seeking a Network Architect SME to support a transformational infrastructure program for DCSA.\nSAIC is proud to be supporting DCSA in safeguarding our nation's information. DCSA is the designated oversight authority on the accreditation of classified facilities, information systems, and the insider threat program. This involves security oversight of more than 10,000 companies and approximately 13,000 facilities involved in classified work throughout the DoD and 31 Federal agencies.\nSpecifically, on the DCSA One IT program, SAIC will provide an enterprise IT solution that delivers highly secured and adaptable IT infrastructure, provides customer support, an cutting-edge technologies that support operations and advance the DCSA mission under a single IT environment (i.e., One IT).\nJob Description\nDevelop advanced, scalable, and resilient enterprise network architectures that align with mission objectives and regulatory requirements, including NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, and Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) frameworks.\nDesign end-to-end solutions, including LAN/WAN, data center, cloud, and hybrid network connectivity, ensuring integration with identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and multi-factor authentication protocols.\nConduct capacity planning to ensure scalability, assess emerging 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