Enterprise Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Provide WAN/transport design recommendations for mission networks, including site connectivity, segmentation, resiliency, and performance engineering across classified and unclassified enclaves.
• Provide recommended engineering requirements, interface definitions, and implementable WAN designs (regarding L0 circuit configurations to include providing CLLI circuit route options, available across CONUS and OCONUS locations).
• Propose WAN work package options to technical leadership so that engineering trades can be applied prior to design and implementation by teams.
• Assist Chief Engineer in the development of Methods of Procedure (MOPs), implementation plans, cutover schedules, rollback procedures, and test/validation plans; support technical reviews, change control, and risk identification/mitigation for the assigned tasks within each package.
• Recommend optimized WAN solutions to Chief Engineer in support of current and long-range planning; collaborate with technical leads to select, recommend, and obtain approvals for tools and technologies that improve efficiency, reduce cost, and increase customer satisfaction.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of network engineering and compliance evidence (e.g., network device configuration baselines, DISA STIG implementation notes/checklists, boundary descriptions, diagrams, and implementation status reports) to support audits and RMF/ATO activities.
• Identify opportunities to work with the ongoing DISA contract manager to accelerate delivery and execution of network capability starting with the INDOPACOM Area of Responsibility (AoR).
• As requested, participate in ongoing operational projects and maintenance windows; support implementation teams during turn-ups, migrations, and service transitions.
• Provide recommendations for automation and standardization of repeatable engineering tasks (e.g., configuration generation, validation checks, and documentation workflows) consistent with program approvals.
• When requested, troubleshoot complex hardware/software/network issues; document problems, root causes, and resolutions, and feed lessons learned back into package templates and standards.
• Assist with the management and maintenance of WAN capacity planning across sites and segments (bandwidth, optical/Carrier Ethernet capacity where applicable, routing headroom, power/cooling constraints, and lifecycle/EOL considerations).
• Assist and support with L0 circuit delivery/integration/activation and service migrations, including coordination with providers, validation of acceptance criteria, and updating as-built documentation.
• Provide design review inputs for engineering design review packages; update network drawings (e.g., Visio) and route maps to reflect approved designs and as-built changes.
• Support development rough-order-of-magnitude (ROM) estimates and cost models for equipment and labor to support new sites, routes, and WAN services.

Operational Support, Provider Coordination, and Documentation

• When requested by the PM and/or Chief Engineer, assist with the technical liaison between teams (government, integrators, OEMs, and/or telecommunication providers), to align design intent, circuit turn-up activities, and field execution.
• Provide Tier 3/4 troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex WAN/transport issues (routing instability, path asymmetry, MTU, encryption overlays, QoS, provider impairments) and recommend corrective actions.
• Support RMF/ATO activities by producing required network engineering evidence (diagrams, port/protocol/service documentation, boundary descriptions, STIG checklists/implementation notes, and as-built configurations).
• Deliver technical design reviews, implementation readiness briefings, and mission impact assessments to Client Chief Engineer and Client operational teams.

Qualifications

• IAT Level I/II/III Certification.
• Bachelors (BA/BS) and fourteen (14) to seventeen (17) years or more of related experience; master's and thirteen (13) years or more experience; PhD or JD and ten (10) years or more experience.
• 14+ years of progressive experience in WAN/transport engineering, network architecture, or telecommunications, including designing and delivering deployable implementation/job packages.
• Deep Expertise In:
• Optical Network (OTN) and ITU-T standards such as G.709, G.798, and G.872
• MPLS/IP, Ethernet, VPN/IPsec overlays, and enterprise/carrier WAN design patterns
• Advanced routing and traffic engineering (BGP, OSPF/ISIS), path control, and convergence considerations SDWAN and secure connectivity patterns (SASE/SSE where applicable), including segmentation and policy design, QoS design (marking, queuing and shaping), performance engineering (latency/jitter/loss), and capacity planning.
• Network security technologies, boundary protections, and Zero Trust networking principles
• Demonstrated ability to create field-ready engineering packages: diagrams (logical/physical), IP plans, BOMs, configuration templates, implementation steps, cutover/rollback procedures, and test/validation plans.
• Experience supporting task order/work order execution, including participating in design reviews, coordinating implementation readiness, and resolving design-to-field discrepancies.
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills, including producing clear engineering documentation and briefing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated consultative skills: establish rapport, fact-find, define requirements, present options/recommend solutions, follow through, and maintain customer-focused behavior in a dynamic environment with competing priorities.

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