Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Staff Network Site Reliability Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire Staff Network Site Reliability Engineer opportunity located in Fort Meade, MD

Job Responsibilities:

Serve as a technical leader within a Federal SRE team, partnering with software engineers, architects, and product teams to design, build, and operate highly reliable, secure cloud services
Design and implement scalable, highly available network solutions across cloud environments
Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for an enterprise identity platform
Collect and analyze data to find root causes of network-specific events
Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform, following an “if you do it more than once, automate it” mindset
Improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity through platform engineering, observability, and operational excellence
Support systems operating under Federal and DoD compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, IL6)

Job Qualifications:

Proven experience with Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6); familiarity with SC2S/C2S
8+ years of experience as a Cloud Network Engineer or in a related role
In-depth understanding of the TCP/IP stack (Layers 2–7), including highly available VPC design and inter-VPC connectivity
Working knowledge of stateless and stateful firewalls, DNS, web application firewalls, and cloud load balancing methods
Deep knowledge of AWS networking: Transit Gateway, Site-to-Site VPN, and Direct Connect
Experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Apache Tomcat, or similar
Ability to troubleshoot using AWS VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch metrics, and packet captures
Experience with Terraform and git
Strong collaboration skills across multiple stakeholders
Preferred: Bash, Python, or Golang scripting
Preferred: Palo Alto next-gen virtual firewalls (security policies, routing, GlobalProtect)
Preferred: Debugging with gdb, strace, ltrace, tcpdump, Wireshark
Preferred: Docker and Kubernetes

Job Details:

Job Type: Direct Hire
Location: Fort Meade, MD
Pay Rate Range: Market Rate
U.S. Citizenship: TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph required

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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