Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Cloud Network Engineer to work in the National

Capital Region covering the Pentagon, Falls Church, and Fairfax. Please Note:

This position is contingent upon contract award.

The War Data Platform (WDP) is a key initiative within the U.S. Department of

War's (DoW) AI-First strategy introduced in early 2026. The WDP focuses on

operational warfighting data and aims to accelerate the deployment of artificial

intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. The WDP extends to Unclassified, Secret,

and Top Secret environments, and supports collaboration between Combatant

Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and

operational analysts.

• The Senior Cloud Network Engineer is an experienced cloud networking

professional responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining the

advanced network architectures that interconnect WDP Core Integration cloud

environments across IL2/NIPRNet, IL5/AWS GovCloud, IL6/AWS Secret Region, and

JWICS, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performance connectivity for

mission-critical DoW operations. Working in close coordination with the Cloud

Engineer SME, IaC engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and platform operations

teams, this role delivers the routing integrity, cross-domain transport

assurance, and network operational discipline required to sustain multi-enclave

enterprise cloud infrastructure at the speed and scale the DoW's AI-First

mission demands.

• Develops, architects, and administers advanced cloud network infrastructures

supporting Department of War missions, multi-enclave operations, and

cross-domain transport requirements.

• Designs and manages transit gateways, virtual private clouds, subnet

architectures, boundary routing, Domain Name System structures, and network

segmentation aligned with operational and security standards for classified and

unclassified enclaves.

• Configures Internet Protocol Address Management systems, virtual private

network connections, Gateway Load Balancers, and VPC Endpoints supporting

distributed War Data Platform (WDP) Core Integration cloud operations.

• Conducts packet analysis, routing diagnostics, latency assessments, and Domain

Name System trace evaluations using tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, VPC

Flow Logs, and advanced network analyzers.

• Produces enterprise network architecture diagrams, routing tables, capacity

forecasts, and configuration baselines supporting system operations

documentation.

• Leads incident investigations for network degradations and coordinates

resolution actions with cloud engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and mission

operators.

• Implements secure routing methodologies, encryption standards, and traffic

filtering aligned with operational requirements.

• Develops operational procedures supporting system availability, network

hardening, and cross-domain data movement.

• Provides technical leadership by guiding junior engineers through complex

routing scenarios, diagnostic workflows, and network optimization strategies.

• Contributes to operational readiness by maintaining comprehensive network

configuration records, performance dashboards, and audit-traceable artifacts.

• Delivers measurable mission outcomes through reduced latency, improved routing

efficiency, and sustained network integrity across multi-region environments

supporting Department of War stakeholders.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• • Current Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a
• Top Secret (TS) security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information
• (SCI).
• • 10–12 years of progressively responsible experience in cloud network
• engineering, enterprise network architecture, or a closely related field, with
• demonstrated proficiency designing, deploying, and sustaining secure network
• infrastructures in support of DoW or federal government programs operating
• across multiple security enclaves.
• • Expert hands-on proficiency with AWS cloud networking services including
• Transit Gateway, VPC architecture, subnet design, IAM-integrated boundary
• controls, VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail, combined with demonstrated
• experience managing these capabilities across IL5/AWS GovCloud, IL6/AWS Secret
• Region, and JWICS environments.
• • Demonstrated experience configuring and administering IPAM systems, VPN
• connections, Gateway Load Balancers, VPC Endpoints, and DNS architectures in
• multi-enclave DoW-compliant environments, including cross-domain transport and
• boundary protection implementations aligned with applicable security
• requirements.
• • Proven ability to perform advanced network diagnostics including packet
• analysis, routing trace evaluation, latency profiling, and DNS troubleshooting,
• and to lead incident resolution activities with cloud engineers, cybersecurity
• personnel, and platform operations teams across classified and unclassified
• environments.
• • Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability
• to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the
• most appropriate solution.
• • Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the
• ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of
• stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).