Network Lead

Location : Hybrid / Remote with travel to CNIC HQ (Millington, TN) and field installations Eligibility : U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate background investigation level (specific level determined at task order). Status : Full-time Position summary The Network Lead owns network operations and engineering across CNIC F&FR's 70+ installations. You will lead network engineers, systems administrators, and Tier 1–3 help desk supporting an enterprise environment spanning ERP, HR, payroll, financial management, point-of-sale, and BI platforms. Your operating discipline is cross-domain — every network change is evaluated for application performance impact, security implications, and downstream dependencies before implementation, with pre-validation in our Integrated Test Environment. What you will own Network operations across 70+ distributed F&FR installations: routing, switching, WAN optimization, secure remote access. Cross-system change impact analysis against the configuration management database (CMDB) before any change advisory board. Pre-validation of material changes in the Integrated Test Environment (ITE) before production deployment. Network performance and availability metrics feeding the live Performance Dashboard. Coordination with the Cybersecurity Lead on every change with ATO boundary implications. Workforce: network engineers, systems administrators, Tier 1–3 help desk. Standing seat on the Integration Review cycle and Joint Change Advisory Board. Required qualifications Active CCNP certification (CCNP Enterprise or higher preferred). Active Security+ certification (DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level 2 baseline) — required for privileged access per RFP C-12.2. 10+ years network engineering and operations leadership in distributed federal environments. Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise platforms (ERP, financial systems, POS) at multi-site scale. Working knowledge of ITIL v4 incident, change, and problem management. S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate background investigation level. Preferred qualifications CCIE or equivalent senior-level network certification. Cloud networking certifications (AWS Advanced Networking, Azure Network Engineer, or equivalent). Active or recent Secret clearance (likely required at the task order level for network roles touching DoD-connected systems). Prior NAF or Navy network operations experience. SD-WAN / SASE deployment experience at distributed-installation scale.