Network & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - TS / SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Job Description

TITLE : Network & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

LOCATION : McLean, VA

CLEARANCE REQUIRED : Active DoD TS / SCI with CI Polygraph

EMPLOYMENT TYPE : Full-time, On-site

TRAVEL : 25%

POSITION SUMMARY

Modern Government Solutions (MGS) is seeking a Network & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and automate next-generation network infrastructure supporting advanced workloads, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics, and containerized applications. This role blends cloud systems engineering, network design, and automation, delivering secure, high-performance hybrid environments that integrate traditional networking hardware (routers, switches, firewalls) with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies and OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) environments.

You'll work within a mission-driven engineering team to ensure scalability, resilience, and security across complex, classified infrastructure.

RESPONSIBILITIES (not limited to) :

• Design, deploy, and optimize hybrid network and cloud infrastructure supporting high-performance, secure, and scalable workloads.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and operations using tools like Ansible, Python, and Go , applying Infrastructure-as-Code and DevSecOps principles.
• Integrate traditional hardware (routers, switches, firewalls) with SDN and container-based networking solutions (e.g., Open vSwitch, OVN, SONiC, or Cumulus NOS).
• Support and troubleshoot network performance, routing, and system connectivity issues across Linux and containerized platforms.
• Manage OpenShift / Kubernetes networking - including CNI plugins, MetalLB, Service Mesh, and Network Observability Operator.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and performance tuning across the full network stack, leveraging modern tooling.
• Collaborate with systems architects, platform engineers, and external partners to deliver innovative, compliant, and sustainable infrastructure solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation , network standards, and operational runbooks supporting security and compliance requirements.
• Drive modernization and innovation across the full network lifecycle - from data center to edge, Top of Rack to Border.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED 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.