Network Engineer
Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise-scale network architectures within hybrid cloud environments supporting government customers. This role focuses on building secure, resilient network infrastructure that bridges on-premises classified environments with cloud platforms—ensuring reliable connectivity, compliance, and operational excellence across the full network stack. This role operates at the intersection of traditional network engineering and cloud-native networking, requiring expertise in hybrid connectivity patterns, software-defined networking, and infrastructure-as-code practices applied to network resources.
What you’ll do:
- Design and implement secure hybrid network architectures across on‑prem data centers, virtualized environments, and cloud platforms (primarily AWS).
- Build and maintain hybrid connectivity solutions including Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, site‑to‑site VPN, and multi‑account network designs.
- Develop and deliver Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent, repeatable network deployments.
- Implement routing, segmentation, firewall policies, and network security controls aligned with government requirements.
- Troubleshoot complex network issues across physical, virtual, and cloud layers.
- Support cloud migration and network modernization initiatives to improve performance, cost, and resilience.
- Work within Agile teams, contributing to sprints, prototypes, and rapid iteration.
- Collaborate with engineers, government personnel, and cross‑functional teams in secure on‑site environments
What you’ll need:
- 6 years designing, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise network architectures
- 3 years designing and managing hybrid cloud network solutions (on‑prem + cloud)
- 3 years AWS networking experience (e.g. VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, load balancing, security groups, NACLs)
- Experience implementing routing protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and enterprise switching (e.g. VLANs, LAG, spanning tree)
- Experience configuring firewalls and security appliances (e.g. Palo Alto, Cisco ASA/FTD, Fortinet, or similar)
- Experience with VPN technologies: e.g. IPsec, SSL VPN, cloud gateway VPNs
- Hands‑on experience with DNS, DHCP, IPAM, SNMP, and/or network monitoring tools
- Familiarity with DISA STIGs, NIST 800‑53, or government compliance frameworks
Bonus points if you have:
- Azure or Oracle Cloud networking experience (VNet/VCN, ExpressRoute/FastConnect, firewalls, DNS, load balancing).
- Experience with network automation or Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- Multi‑cloud networking design and cloud migration experience.
- SDN/NFV or SD‑WAN expertise (Cisco Viptela, VMware VeloCloud, etc.).
- Experience with Kubernetes networking, CNI plugins, or service mesh (Istio, Linkerd).
- Advanced observability and telemetry experience (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
- High‑performance computing network design experience.
- Certifications such as AWS Advanced Networking, CCNP/CCIE, PCNSE, Security+, Azure/OCI cloud certs.
- Experience mentoring engineers, leading technical initiatives, or presenting to leadership.
Clearance:
Must have an active Top Secret level clearance
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:
$100,200 - $203,400 USD
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