Principal Network / Systems Architect
Koniag Government Services · Fort Lee, VA · 4 days ago
Full-time
About the Role
Koniag IT Systems, LLC is seeking a Principal Network / Systems Architect to support KITS and our government customer in Carson, CA. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity. The customer may need support as needed at other locations Columbus, OH, Bedford, MA, Fort Lee, VA, and Smyrna, GA.
The Principal Network/Systems Architect ensures that the network transport layer and the systems/server layer work in perfect synchronization to support the customer's mission-critical applications.
Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties
- Converged Infrastructure Design: Architect integrated solutions where Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI), such as Nutanix or VMware vSAN, overlap to provide a resilient foundation for agency data.
- Zero Trust & Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): Lead the design of a Zero Trust environment that integrates identity-based systems (Active Directory/ICAM) with network-level micro-segmentation.
- Hybrid-Cloud Orchestration: Design the "on-ramps" and "inter-connects" between the customer on-premises data centers and DoD Impact Level 5/6 cloud environments (AWS/Azure), ensuring seamless data flow and high availability.
- Virtual Environments: Architect, Manage, and Support Remote Access - Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
- Disaster Recovery & Continuity Of Operations (COOP): Architect high-level strategies for cross-site failover, ensuring that both the network routing and the system data replication can recover within agency-mandated RTO/RPOs.
- Innovation & Technical Whitepapers: Act as the primary author for technical proposals, exploring the use of AI for network/system telemetry, automated remediation, and predictive maintenance.
Technical Proficiencies
- Network Engineering & Traffic Shaping
- Network Access Control (NAC) & Firewalls
- Vulnerability Remediation
- Intrusion Prevention & Web Proxy
- Log Aggregation & Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- XaaS (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)
Required Qualifications
- Clearance Requirement: Most roles require at least a Secret clearance, with some requiring Top Secret (TS/SCI) depending on the sensitivity of the systems.
- Education: Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related Engineering field.
- Certifications (DoD 8570/8140): IAT Level III (e.g., CISSP or CASP+). Expert Level CE: Dual-domain expertise is expected (e.g., CCIE for Network + MCSE/Azure Solutions Architect for Systems).
- Experience: 15+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, with at least 7 years in a leadership/architectural role managing large-scale DoD enterprise environments.