Perrygo is a small, rapidly growing company; we are passionate about our employees as well as supporting our customers and their mission. We are excited for the opportunity to bring aboard highly motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams. Currently, we are seeking a Strategic Engineer. This role supports our Navy customer in Patuxent River, MD.
Job Description and Responsibilities:Serve as the senior technical advisor guiding the evolution of the RDT&E Network Enclave and DREN, leveraging historical knowledge to inform current decisions and leading preparations for upcoming modernization efforts, including SDA migration and Zero Trust implementation across participating labs.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Technical Guidance
- Advise leadership on architecture, policy, and implementation decisions affecting the RDT&E Network Enclave and DREN.
- Provide historical context on network design, performance, security posture, and prior modernization efforts to ensure continuity of mission and avoidance of repeat issues.
- Translate strategic directives and policy changes into actionable technical guidance for program managers, engineers, and lab leads
- Maintain subject-matter expertise on the current RDT&E and DREN architectures, services, security controls, and interconnections.
- Assess impacts of proposed changes (e.g., new security requirements, tool deployments, or routing changes) on lab operations and mission systems.
RDT&E & DREN Network Expertise
- Identify technical and operational risk areas, recommend mitigations, and support development of COAs and implementation plans. SDA Migration (e.g., Class SDA)
- Lead technical planning and advisory support for class SDA migrations impacting RDT&E and DREN-connected labs. Zero Trust Transition Support
- Serve as the primary technical advisor on applying Zero Trust principles to the RDT&E and DREN environment, aligned with DoD/IC and enterprise ZT strategies.
- Interpret Zero Trust requirements for lab environments (identity, device, network, application, data, and visibility/analytics) and translate them into specific lab actions.
- Identify required changes in access control, segmentation, authentication/authorization (e.g., ICAM), endpoint posture, and monitoring for labs to be compliant.
- Review lab architectures and designs for Zero Trust alignment, providing recommendations for phased adoption that minimize mission disruption.
Lab Engagement, Education, and Readiness
- Act as the primary technical liaison to RDT&E labs and tenants regarding network modernization activities.
- Develop and deliver briefings, workshops, and technical artifacts (guides, FAQs, reference architectures, checklists) explaining:
SDA migration impacts and responsibilities
Zero Trust expectations and required lab actions
Timelines, dependencies, and resource considerations
- Conduct lab readiness assessments and gap analyses; provide tailored remediation recommendations and track closure of critical gaps ahead of modernization milestones.
Architecture & Design Review
- Participate in and/or chair technical review boards and design reviews related to RDT&E and DREN modernization projects.
- Evaluate proposed solutions for scalability, interoperability, security, and alignment with enterprise standards and Zero Trust architecture.
- Ensure lab and tenant designs integrate properly with the evolving RDT&E network core, security stacks, and enterprise services. Documentation & Knowledge Management
- Capture lessons learned from historical and ongoing RDT&E and DREN efforts and codify them into reusable patterns and standards.
- Maintain up-to-date technical documentation, decision logs, and reference materials that support continuity across personnel changes.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures, implementation guides, and configuration baselines relevant to labs.
Stakeholder Coordination & Communication
- Coordinate across program offices, cybersecurity authorities, network operations, lab leadership, and external partners to ensure coherent modernization plans.
- Provide clear, concise updates and recommendations to leadership on risks, issues, and decision points related to SDA migration and Zero Trust adoption.
- Facilitate alignment between enterprise mandates and lab operational realities, helping negotiate feasible timelines and technical solutions. Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- Monitor industry and DoD trends in network modernization, Zero Trust, and RDT&E networking requirements.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance, security, resilience, and manageability of the RDT&E and DREN networks.
- Recommend pilots, proofs-of-concept, and incremental enhancements that de-risk large-scale modernization initiatives.
Basic Requirements: Masters degree and 7 years professional experience relevant to the above-described role. Or, Bachelors degree and 12 or more years experience.
Education Requirements:Navy COOL 451 Sys Admin qualified.
Telework and Travel: Onsite in Patuxent River, MD with situational telework.
Contract: This position is supporting an active, funded contract.
Perrygo Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, for all individuals, including protected veterans and those with disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Perrygo Consulting Group, LLC participates in E-Verify.
If being a part of a small, growing company while having the opportunity to work on exciting projects with challenging tasks excites you - then please apply today!
Compensation Package - We offer an excellent compensation package with competitive salaries and meaningful benefits, including:
- Paid Time Off (PTO)/Sick Leave
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Flexible Work Schedules (offering a healthy work-life balance whenever possible)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- LTD/STD, AD&D, and Life-Employer Paid
- Supplemental Life and Accident options
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- 401K Plan with employer Safe Harbor contribution
- Profit Sharing Plan
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