Mission Network Engineer

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five

domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR,

electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special air

missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack:

designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners

decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support

Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform,

operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop

and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The

Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable

capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our

partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with

skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the

full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle

of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually

demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work

on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly

and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the

United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

GROUP OVERVIEW

Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) is responsible for developing flexible

and survivable advanced electronic warfare and secure communications equipment

while providing the industry’s leading signals intelligence, electronic warfare,

and cyber experts. Metrea specializes in signal classification, direction

finding, advanced geolocation techniques, and waveform development including

waveforms for MANET and LPI/LPD applications. Metrea also develops special

purpose radios for government customers and licenses DF and geolocation

solutions to multiple OEMs.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Mission Network Engineer is responsible for maintaining, securing, and

evolving complex network environments that support enterprise information

systems, remote ISR systems, research and development activities, and

mission-specific operations. These environments include physical and virtual

infrastructure, Linux-based systems, multiple network paths, secure remote

access, overlay networks, layered security controls, and unique communications

architectures.

This role requires more than traditional enterprise network administration. The

ideal candidate has a broad technical foundation across networking, Linux,

virtualization, secure communications, systems integration, and special or

non-standard communications TTPs. The Mission Network Engi-neer will support

secure connectivity, segmentation, traffic protection, low-signature

communications, obfuscation, anonymity, and resiliency techniques in accordance

with authorized requirements, applicable policy, export control requirements,

access management procedures, and oper-ational security standards.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

* Design, build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot complex commercial,

classified, con-trolled, and mission-specific network environments

* Support network infrastructure for enterprise information systems, remote ISR

systems, and distributed operational environments

* Configure and manage routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, secure remote

access, wire-less networking, virtual networking, Linux networking, and

network security appliances

* Implement secure tunneling, remote access, mesh VPN, site-to-site VPN,

overlay net-working, and resilient communications solutions using

technologies such as WireGuard, NetBird, Tailscale, OpenVPN, IPsec, or

equivalent tools

* Develop and maintain secure network architectures that support segmentation,

access control, traffic protection, low-signature communications,

obfuscation, monitoring, and operational security requirements

* Troubleshoot complex connectivity and performance issues across physical

networks, vir-tual networks, Linux systems, VPNs, cloud services, endpoints,

servers, security tools, ISR systems, and mission applications

* Monitor network performance, analyze traffic, conduct packet capture, and

provide rec-ommendations for reliability, capacity, security, and quality of

service

* Plan and execute network upgrades, expansion, lifecycle management,

configuration changes, and technical improvements to support evolving mission

and enterprise requirements

* Evaluate, test, and integrate new network technologies, communications tools,

open-source platforms, appliances, and services

* Support network security, compliance, and incident response activities,

including firewall policy management, segmentation, logging, IDS/IPS

integration, vulnerability remediation, documentation, and audit support

* Create and maintain network diagrams, technical documentation, configuration

baselines, standard operating procedures, implementation guides, records, and

reports

* Coordinate with systems administrators, cybersecurity teams, vendors,

cross-functional technical teams, and mission stakeholders to resolve issues

and support project delivery

* Provide technical guidance to less-experienced staff as needed.

WHAT YOU BRING

* Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity,

Network Engineering, Communications Systems, or related discipline. Relevant

military, government, or industry experience may be considered in lieu of

degree

* Minimum 7 years of experience designing, administering, securing, and

troubleshooting complex network environments in secure, classified,

mission-critical, operational, or highly technical settings

* Broad hands-on knowledge across networking, Linux, virtualization, secure

communica-tions, systems integration, and operational infrastructure

* Strong experience with TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, subnetting, DNS,

DHCP, NAT, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networking, secure remote access, Linux

networking, and command-line troubleshooting

* Experience designing and supporting physical, virtual, cloud, hybrid,

distributed, Linux-based, or mission-specific network architectures

* Experience with network, firewall, VPN, and routing technologies such as

Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba, Ubiquiti, MikroTik, pfSense,

OPNsense, WireGuard, NetBird, Tailscale, OpenVPN, IPsec, or equivalent tools

* Experience with secure tunneling, overlay networks, mesh VPNs, redundant

connectivity, failover, virtual appliances, and resilient communications

architectures

* Experience supporting remote systems, distributed infrastructure, fielded

technical sys-tems, ISR systems, tactical networks, expeditionary networks,

or other non-standard communications environments preferred

* Understanding of OPSEC-informed network design, traffic protection,

infrastructure con-cealment, anonymity, obfuscation, low-signature

communications, and secure communi-cations techniques

* Experience with network monitoring, packet capture, logging, SIEM, IDS/IPS,

vulnerability remediation, scripting, automation, technical documentation,

and compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, CMMC, or

RMF

* Strong communication skills and ability to work independently in ambiguous

environments while developing practical solutions for unique operational

requirements

* Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S.

Government security clearance.

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS

* Experience supporting U.S. Government, DoD, military, intelligence, SOF, ISR,

EW, cyber, or other national security environments

* Experience supporting classified, compartmented, protected, or controlled

network envi-ronments such as SIPR, JWICS, SAP, SCI, or equivalent

environments

* Previous military, defense, government, or operational experience involving

secure com-munications, mission networks, tactical networking, remote ISR

systems, or non-standard communications architectures

* Experience with SOF, JSOC, Special Operations, intelligence, U.S. National

Laboratories, protected research environments, restricted engineering

environments, or similar security-sensitive technical organizations preferred

* Familiarity with zero-trust architecture, cross-domain solutions, network

segmentation, secure transport, tunneling, overlay networks, mesh VPNs,

traffic shaping, network ob-fuscation, anonymity, and low-signature

infrastructure concepts

* Experience supporting networks with unique OPSEC, access control,

attribution-management, export control, or infrastructure protection

requirements

* Completion of relevant operational network and secure communications training

preferred, including operational infrastructure, remote bridging, network

analysis, Linux for operators, digital signature reduction, tunneling, secure

transport, and operational network infrastructure

* Experience developing or supporting incident response playbooks, internal

security audits, vulnerability management activities, inspections, or

accreditation efforts

* Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA Network+, Security+, CySA+, CISSP,

Pa-lo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Linux+, cloud networking, or equivalent

certifications in networking, security, cloud, or infrastructure engineering

* Active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance preferred

BENEFITS

* Comprehensive medical plan options

* HSA/FSA accounts

* Dental and vision coverage

* 6% employer 401(k) match

* Fully paid parental leave for all new parents

* Generous PTO

* Life and disability insurance

* Long-term and Short-term disability coverage

* AD&D Coverage

* Pet Insurance

* Employee Assistance Program

* Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub

WORK AUTHORIZATION / SECURITY CLEARANCE

* Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

* This position requires eligibility to obtain a TS/SCI clearance. U.S.

citizenship is required. Candidates will be subject to a background

investigation in accordance with federal requirements.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Metrea Spectrum Operations LLC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment

decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual

orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or

other characteristics protected by law.

POSITION TYPE AND EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through

Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance

with department and business needs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Washington DC, North Carolina or Annapolis Junction, MD

TRAVEL

Frequent travel to our US facilities (FL, DC, MD, NY, and CA) and overseas

locations as required.

The salary or hourly compensation range shown above is a good faith estimate and

reflects the expected base pay for this position upon hire. This is just one

component of Metrea's overall approach to total rewards and final compensation

decisions, including the ultimate salary or hourly rate agreed upon, may vary

depending on factors such as job location, job-specific knowledge, skills,

experience, and the overall negotiated compensation package. Eligible full-time

employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support

their health, wellbeing, and long-term success.

PAY RANGE

$150,000—$185,000 USD

OUR FIRMWARE

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone

attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These

form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects

software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our

mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how

we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically

hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and

distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups

to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and

operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission

space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and

uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.