Network Engineering Lead

Remote in Remote Work, VA, US • Posted 2 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $120,001.00 - 160,000.00 per year

SAIC

Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

⏳ Almost there, hang tight...

Job Details

Skills

Network Engineering
Oracle Cloud
Operational Excellence
Customer Facing
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Virtual Private Network
Routing
Management
Scalability
IaaS
ProVision
HTTPS
Load Balancing
Access Control
Network Design
Virtual Machines
Encryption
API Management
Auditing
Cyber Security
Information Architecture
Impact Analysis
Information Assurance
Vulnerability Management
Project Management
Collaboration
DevOps
Innovation
Continuous Improvement
Capacity Management
Disaster Recovery
High Availability
Lifecycle Management
NetFlow
Virtual Private Cloud
Enterprise Networks
Leadership
OCI
TCP/IP
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Border Gateway Protocol
Firewall
SD
WAN
Mentorship
Team Leadership
Terraform
Cloud Computing
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services
Computer Networking
Palo Alto
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud
Network
DoD
STIG
Regulatory Compliance
Security Clearance
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
FOCUS

Summary

Job ID: T2602031

Location: Remote Work, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-05

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Network Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE

Description

The Lead Network Engineer will take ownership of the design, deployment, and operation of multi-cloud network infrastructures spanning platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon Cloud (AWS), and Microsoft Azure. This role will ensure seamless connectivity, high performance, and strong security across multi-cloud and hybrid IT environments. With an emphasis on operational excellence, collaborative leadership, and customer-facing problem-solving, the Lead Network Engineer will lead a team to deliver scalable, compliant, and innovative solutions tailored to organizational and customer needs.

Key Responsibilities:

As the Lead Network Engineer, you will leverage your expertise in cloud-native networking technologies, protocols, and services to accomplish the following:
Architect, deploy, and maintain robust multi-cloud network infrastructure, ensuring connectivity between platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and OCI.
Design and implement advanced features such as Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), hybrid connectivity using VPN and dedicated interconnects, cloud routing, and peering configurations across platforms.
Leverage advanced network topologies to optimize latency, throughput, and resilience in cloud environments.
Oversee cloud network segmentation strategies, including advanced usage of subnets, transit gateways, and virtual network appliances to meet performance and security requirements.
Design and manage secure cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premises connectivity, including AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, or OCI FastConnect architectures.
Oversee deployment of software-defined networking (SDN) configurations, ensuring scalability and policy-driven automation for cloud networking.
Automate hybrid cloud infrastructure deployments through Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), leveraging tools such as Terraform to efficiently provision resources like security groups, load balancers, and virtual private gateways.
Design and implement cloud-native load balancing solutions, such as Google Cloud Platform's HTTPS Load Balancers, OCI's Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, or AWS Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs), ensuring high availability and performance.
Configure modern identity and access controls (e.g., IAM policies for per-resource networking rules) to ensure that network infrastructure aligns with zero-trust security principles.
Implement cloud network firewalls, such as Palo Alto VM-Series, native AWS Network Firewalls, Azure Firewall, OCI Network Firewall, or Google Cloud Platform Cloud Firewalls, to secure traffic at every layer.
Design and enforce cloud-specific security best practices, including encryption of data in transit, secure API management, and IAM monitoring to prevent unauthorized access.
Lead audits and ensure compliance with DoD STIGs, organizational security mandates, and cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., IA Vulnerability Management).
Lead and mentor a growing team of cloud network engineers, providing technical guidance, project management, and career development opportunities.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (security, DevOps, architecture) to implement scalable cloud solutions while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Define and drive strategic initiatives for cloud-first network architectures, ensuring alignment with rapidly evolving business and technical requirements.
Act as the trusted technical advisor for cloud networking issues, stepping in as the subject matter expert during escalations.
Proactively monitor cloud network health metrics, leverage telemetry and observability tools (e.g., Google Cloud Platform Monitoring, OCI Observability, and AWS CloudWatch) for early detection of issues and define capacity planning benchmarks.
Partner with the cloud operations team to deliver robust disaster recovery solutions and high-availability designs for mission-critical systems.
Execute lifecycle management activities, including firewall rule updates, patch rollouts, and resource optimizations, with minimal downtime.
Resolve intricate issues with advanced diagnostic tools (NetFlow analysis, packet captures, and cloud-native traffic analyzers, such as VPC Flow Logs).

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

BS and 9+ years of enterprise network engineering experience with at least 3-5 years in leading cloud-native network architectures (4 years in lieu of degree).
Ideal candidates will have extensive hands-on expertise in cloud networking coupled with leadership experience in driving large-scale, secure network deployments.
Expertise in multi-cloud networking (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, OCI) and hybrid designs connecting on-prem and cloud resources. Our customers operate in the cloud, but we assist with network connections for their existing on-prem interconnects.
In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP stack, DNS architectures, BGP configurations, NSGs, and FWaaS (Firewall-as-a-Service).
Demonstrated experience with cloud-native connectivity patterns, such as inter-region peering, global VPCs, SD-WAN for cloud, and transit connectivity hubs.
Proven track record of mentoring, growing, and leading teams of ? 5 engineers.
Experience communicating complex cloud-networking designs to directors and stakeholders.
Hands-on skills with Terraform or similar IaC tools for network automation.
Proficiency with cloud monitoring platforms such as AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, or Google Cloud Platform Monitoring for observability.
Certifications:
- Required: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals.
- Preferred: AWS Advanced Networking, Palo Alto Networks PCNSE, or Google Cloud Network Engineer.
Participation in 24/7 on-call rotations as the escalation point for critical network issues.
Must be comfortable leading technical initiatives with strict DoD STIG compliance and ensuring Public Trust clearance requirements are met.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: T2602031
Posted 2 hours ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

Go to company profile

Create job alert

Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.

Similar Jobs

Oracle DBA Architect

Remote

•

Today

Job ID: 2610072 Location: Remote Work, AL, US Date Posted: 2026-03-10 Category: Information Technology Subcategory: Database Engr Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: Yes - 10% of the time Minimum Clearance Required: Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE Description SAIC is seeking a highly motivated Oracle DBA Architect to join our Cloud One team to manage Government A-1 DTA VDC projects. This Air Force Program is an existing

Full-time

USD 120,001.00 - 160,000.00 per year

Network Engineer Level 5

Remote

•

Today

Job ID: T2600209 Location: Remote Work, MD, US Date Posted: 2026-03-05 Category: Information Technology Subcategory: Network Engineer Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No Minimum Clearance Required: Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID Description ? SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer to support a mission-critical Department of the Air Force C3BM program, ensuring the operational readiness of advanced networ

Full-time

USD 160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

GeoPlatform Cloud Engineer

Remote

•

Today

Job ID: T2601583 Location: Remote Work, DC, US Date Posted: 2026-03-05 Category: Defense/Intel Subcategory: Geospatial Engr Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No Minimum Clearance Required: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE Description ? We are seeking a talented and motivated GeoPlatform Cloud Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will support the design, deployment, modernization, and maintenance of

Full-time

USD 120,001.00 - 160,000.00 per year

Cloud DevSecOps Search Engineer

Remote

•

Today

Job ID: T2601995 Location: Remote Work, VA, US Date Posted: 2026-03-05 Category: Engineering and Sciences Subcategory: Solutions Archt Schedule: Full-Time Shift: Day Job Travel: No Minimum Clearance Required: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE Description ? We are seeking a highly experienced and results-driven Cloud DevSecOps Search Engineer with a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience. The ideal candidate wil

Full-time

USD 160,001.00 - 200,000.00 per year

Search all similar jobs