What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Network Engineer position at Modern Government Solutions (MGS)?
TITLE : Cloud Network Engineer
LOCATION : McLean, VA
CLEARANCE REQUIRED : Active DoD TS / SCI with CI Polygraph
EMPLOYMENT TYPE : Full-time, On-site
TRAVEL : Up to 30%
POSITION SUMMARY
Modern Government Solutions (MGS) is seeking a Cloud Network Engineer to drive the evolution of next-generation networks supporting AI workloads. In this role, you'll work alongside a high-performing team of software and platform engineers to design, deploy, and optimize scalable, high-performance network infrastructure. You'll lead the automation of critical network deployments, integrating traditional hardware (switches, routers, firewalls) with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) environments.
RESPONSIBILITIES (not limited to) :
Network Development Engineers perform high quality network and systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices applications, optimization, internal / external customer interactions, and producing appropriate technical documentation.
- Create and implement changes to the network through automation.
- Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
- Operate and trouble-shoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configuration issues, including low level application interaction, Linux systems, and next-gen networking software tools.
- Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure that we are fully compliant with those standards and policies.
- Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border and everything in between.
- Work closely with the Network Architect to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, as well as assist with deployment and sustaining network infrastructure and tooling.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
ABOUT US
At MGS, we believe a people-first culture corresponds to organizational success through a commitment to excellence, integrity, inclusion, and an attitude that welcomes challenges meets demands, sustains growth, and drives innovation. We provide expert mission-first technical and programmatic services and solutions for the US intelligence community, the US Department of Defense, and other governmental agencies. We create people-first organizational cultures where employees feel needed in the system, not a system that needs employees. We provide you with long-term career opportunities centrally focused on our core value system : inclusion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.
MGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
