Network Automation Engineer
About the job
- High school education with 9+ years of experience or commensurate experience.
- An active TS/SCI clearance.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with containerization technologies.
- Experience with microservice network architecture.
- Experience troubleshooting and resolving technical problems with on-site and remote administrators.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas, deliver briefings with cross-functional teams, work in a high-demand environment, and provide technical expertise across all phases of systems engineering activities.
- An active and current U.S. driver's license.
- Design, build, automate, test, and sustain mission-critical network infrastructure supporting deployed and enterprise operations.
- Maintain expert-level awareness of current and emerging technologies through research of technical manuals, vendor documentation, security advisories, and open-source resources.
- Evaluate and recommend hardware and software versions by validating installation requirements, defects and bugs, security bulletins and patches, legacy-system compatibility, power constraints including PoE, environmental and thermal limitations, and end-user interoperability including SFP module compatibility.
- Collaborate with the JEDI team to enable bare-metal provisioning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers using Kickstart-based automation for rapid PXE-style deployments.
- Build secure network nodes from bare metal, including firmware and software upgrades, secure configuration baselines, tunnel establishment, and performance optimization.
- Conduct network connectivity testing, end-user behavior analysis, and troubleshooting to ensure throughput and reliability.
- Coordinate with J6 functional areas when deploying new sites.
- Work directly with customers to make installations plug-and-play and enable rapid deployment within constrained logistical timelines.
- Develop and maintain MFS Medium v2 and MFS Heavy configurations and baselines.
- Identify and resolve network configuration errors and provide validated solutions to the network automation team for code integration and deployment.
- Isolate and resolve network architecture, protocol, and failure-mode issues.
- Configure, manage, troubleshoot, and enforce versions and best practices for encryption equipment and encryptors.
- Diagnose encryption issues using customer-reported symptoms and operational context.
- Perform off-site communications checks and equipment upgrades, including installation and airflow optimization to prevent overheating and equipment degradation.
- Provide expedited remote support to traveling customers, including Cisco CLI commands to restore communications.
- Detect and communicate probable hardware failures at distant ends during outage scenarios.
- Assist with baselining and testing MFS kits under tight timelines or when hardware or software issues are suspected.
- Collaborate with customers, ECS, and Tier units to troubleshoot connectivity issues and deliver targeted technical training.
- Use Nautobot, AWX, Active Directory, Forward Networks, Splunk, and ServiceNow in daily operations.
- Provide on-site support for emergent taskings, including after-hours operations.
- Experience supporting U.S. Special Operations organizations.
- Cisco Certified Network Professional certification.
- Cisco DevNet Associate certification.
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation certification.
- Aviatrix Certified Engineer Multicloud Network Automation Specialty certification.
- Linux Essentials LPI certification.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer certification.
- Experience with Terraform.
- Experience with cloud-native networking technologies and concepts.
- Experience with Amazon Web Services.
- Experience developing tactical, expeditionary cross-domain solutions to deliver full-motion video across different environments, enclaves, and networks.
- Experience designing, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting expeditionary, global, regional, and disconnected networks, including internal LAN traffic, WAN, satellite communications, commercial leased lines, long-haul circuits, distributed packet processing, data compression, encryption, and data transport systems.
- Experience evaluating projected network usage and reviewing utilization reports.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies and Agile teams using collaboration tools such as GitLab.
- Experience with configuration-management tools, including GitLab and Git-centric CI/CD workflows.
- Knowledge of network engineering in cloud and disconnected edge environments.
- Knowledge of Python scripting, writing Ansible playbooks, rudimentary APIs, or automation scripts.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code.
About the company
GovCIO provides IT services and digital solutions to the U.S. federal government, including IT modernization, digital services, data analytics, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and management consulting. It wins prime federal contracts and delivers a full range of services through its business units—Health and Civilian Agencies, National Security Solutions, and Veteran and Enterprise Technology Solutions—along with GovCIO Media & Research. The company differentiates itself by expanding through strategic investments and acquisitions, such as WCAS’s stake and the Salient CRGT purchase, and by targeting federal health, national security, and civilian agencies under major contract vehicles like VA T4NG2. Its goal is to help the government transform and modernize its IT landscape with mission-critical technology and analytics capabilities.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Washington DC, District of Columbia
Founded
2010
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What believers are saying
- GovCIO won DHS USCIS NEON II in December 2025, worth $163.4 million.
- GovCIO won a $389.7 million VA IT support order running through August 2027.
- GovCIO secured Navy NETSAFA RSNF support on March 19, 2026, expanding defense reach.
What critics are saying
- GovCIO lost GAO's IT services recompete to SAIC on January 12, 2026.
- VA concentration exposes revenue; SoldierPoint's CCIN and VHA work depend on agency budgets.
- A VA recompete loss could gut GovCIO's core health IT franchise by 2027.
What makes GovCIO unique
- WCAS-backed GovCIO bought SoldierPoint in September 2025, deepening VA telehealth capabilities.
- GovCIO controls VA's $2 billion CCIN telehealth IDIQ after SoldierPoint acquisition.
- GovCIO's 3,487-person workforce and Salient CRGT heritage support broad federal delivery.
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