Sr. Network Architect - Now Hiring

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future

Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first.  At ManTech International Corporation, you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement.

Currently, ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Sr. Network Architectto join our team in Colorado Springs, CO or Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

The Sr. Network Architect role provides technical expertise and guidance to architect, engineer, and design enterprise solutions. The position performs a critical role in understanding strategic program vision, developing effective solutions, and consistently providing high-level customer service. In addition to program wide architecture and engineering responsibilities, the candidate will provide Product Owner (PO) responsibilities for an evolving Data Analytics implementation. This role will be hands on with the candidate able to dig into current solution implementations assessing COTs and custom system integrations for compliance, operational stability with significant focus on security profiles.

Detailed responsibilities include:

• Architect and design enterprise-class systems across multiple environments
• Identify, propose, and present current and emerging technology concepts.
• Conduct design workshops with multiple stakeholders.
• Develop strategic visionary plans for architecture, engineering, and integration.
• Identify risks and develop impact analysis to technology, business objectives and schedule.
• Design, implement and maintain service catalog and service level procedures.
• Support development and delivery of initiative and contractual proposals
• Assisting in rectifying issues and improving service
• Evaluate, document, and prioritize work stream in support of the Data Analytics environment.
• Participate in SAFe PI Planning as Product Owner representing the Data Analytics environment.
• Propose visionary guidance supporting the growth of Data Analytics across the program.
• Installs new releases and system upgrades, evaluates, and installs patches, and resolves network related problems.
• Perform Network system backups and recovery.
• Engineering of future Network projects
• Collaborate with Software and Database Developers, Windows and Linux Server Administrators and Security personnel to analyze Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) requirements, troubleshoot anomalies and determine appropriate firewall configuration implementation.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10-15 years of enterprise level architecture and network engineering experience
• 7-10 years of systems administration, network engineering, and systems automation experience
• Technical leadership in Enterprise Architecture (EA), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and IT Service Delivery
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) or Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification(s).
• Experience in conducting assessments at an Enterprise level, reviewing technical documentation, conducting interviews and workshops, identifying gaps, and developing tailored solutions.
• Experience developing, configuring, and delivering COTS solutions in support of enterprise IT infrastructure design (e.g., network, storage, virtualization, database, 3rd party tools)
• Experience working with Data Analytics methodologies and technologies (Predictive Analytics, Distributed Storage, Data Virtualization, Data Integration, Data Preprocessing, Data Quality)

• Experience with Data Analytics Tooling (IBM Integrated Analytics System, DB2 Warehouse, Podman Containers, Zeppelin Notebook, R, Python, OBIEE)
• Experience in assessing Security findings identified by tools like Tenable, Burp, AppScan

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience working and executing within agile organizations (e.g. SAFe, Scrum)
• Experience implementing technical solutions in complex and heterogeneous environments.
• Experience with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning.
• Experience leading multi-organizational and matrixed resources and teams.
• In depth experience with common scripting languages and modern automation tools
• Broad experience deploying technical solutions into enterprise-wide infrastructure.
• Demonstrated expertise in security policy and operational implementation.
• Experience understanding organizational needs, proposing solutions, and managing projects.
• Strong experience ensuring customer satisfaction, problem resolution, and risk management on several medium to large projects.

• Monitoring of all network components via SolarWinds. Switching experience to include understanding of virtual port-channels (vPC aka MEC), spanning tree, first hop redundancy protocols, and security best practices.
• Experience with firewall concepts and configurations to include creating/modifying access control lists, network/port address translation, and virtual private networks.
• Experience with load balancing concepts and configurations to include layer4/layer7, SSL offloading, and health monitoring.

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.

Security Clearance Requirements:

• Active DOD Secret clearance and ability to obtain agency suitability clearance.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain stationary up to 75% of the time in an office environment.
• Must be able to traverse between one work location to another to accomplish work duties.
• Must be able to operate IT equipment such as a computer, copier, fax machine, etc.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with management and co-workers to exchange information accurately.
• Must be able to read, review and effectively respond to electronic as well as verbal communications.
• This position supports an IT operations environment.  Candidates may need to support work on nights and weekends and may be included in an on-call rotation for after-hours support.
• Currently, the contract work location requirement is to work in the office at the customer’s site once weekly at a minimum.  This is subject to change.

The projected compensation range for this position is $108,200-$180,300. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, ManTech invests in it’s employees beyond just compensation. ManTech’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.