Network Engineer Mid

Job Title: Network Engineer Mid
Location: Boston, MA preferred (remote considered, occasional travel to Boston)
Clearance Level: Secret Clearance
Required Experience: 8+ years

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Network Engineer Mid to support the engineering, validation, and performance optimization of cloud-based systems within AWS environments. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring system functionality, reliability, and configuration stability through structured engineering activities, verification processes, and continuous improvement initiatives in a secure, mission-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of AWS cloud-based systems.

• Perform verification and validation (V&V) activities to ensure systems meet functional and technical requirements.

• Conduct functional testing, timeline analysis, and system performance evaluations.

• Assist in requirements allocation, validation, and traceability across cloud infrastructure and applications.

• Support interface definition and validation between cloud services, applications, and external systems.

• Monitor and troubleshoot system functionality, performance, and configuration issues.

• Analyze system metrics and trends to identify areas for performance improvement and optimization.

• Assist in conducting trade studies to evaluate system design and operational effectiveness.

• Maintain system documentation including configurations, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

• Support automation initiatives to improve system provisioning, monitoring, and operational efficiency.

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor system health and performance.

• Ensure cloud systems align with security policies, compliance requirements, and federal standards.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including cloud engineers, developers, testers, and system administrators.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related roles.

• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) services (EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, IAM, etc.).

• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, virtualization, networking, and storage concepts.

• Experience with system verification, validation, and performance analysis.

• Ability to troubleshoot system functionality, performance, and configuration issues.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to work in a team-oriented, security-focused environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with automation tools and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform).

• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch or similar platforms.

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native environments.

• Understanding of cybersecurity best practices in cloud environments.

• Experience working in federal or regulated environments.

Certifications:

• IAT Level II (Required)

• One or more cloud certifications (AWS preferred), such as:

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate