Senior Network Engineer

About the role

Job Title: SME Network Engineer

Location: Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

Clearance: Secret

Program: BLITS 3.0

Company / Program Description

Centuria, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), has been delivering IT, Engineering, and Scientific solutions to the Federal Government since 2002. During our two decades of service, we have earned the trust and respect of our government clients through technical excellence, accountability, and mission commitment.

The BLITS 3.0 Program supports the mission of the 66th Air Base Group to secure information systems, maintain mission assurance, and ensure operational readiness. This role supports enterprise cybersecurity operations by leading vulnerability management efforts across mission systems and infrastructure supporting installation and enterprise operations.

Position Overview

Centuria is seeking a highly qualified Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of secure enterprise network infrastructure supporting the 66 ABG/SC and its customer community. This position provides advanced technical expertise for routing, switching, network security, Cisco ISE, and voice-enabled network environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance with DoD, Air Force, and DISA standards. The role serves as a senior escalation point for network operations, leads infrastructure modernization and troubleshooting efforts, and collaborates with cross-functional teams and vendors to support mission-critical services for more than 5,500 users. The ideal candidate brings extensive enterprise networking experience, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to operational excellence in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• The candidate for this position will be responsible for designing, managing, implementing, and troubleshooting network solutions as per AF enterprise standards in support of 66 ABG/SC and their customers under Core Services.

• Deliver quality results in a fast paced, high expectation environment, working multiple tasks streams concurrently

• Assist in life cycle planning of network environments for internal customers, develop and review procedures for network infrastructure platform in relation to capacity planning, performance, reliability, and security

• Responsible for managing and maintaining a converged Gigabit Ethernet network infrastructure in support of 66 ABG/SC and their customers under Core Services

• Design, install, configure, and troubleshoot network infrastructure with short timelines using latest networking technologies and provide excellent customer support for all network related services

• Work on daily tasks and on-going upgrade projects to include remedy tickets, operational support for routers, switches, IP address management, network management tools etc. Projects include design and integration of new networks into the existing architecture