Lead Network Architect

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS167, T5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Provide advanced technical leadership across enterprise network architecture, supporting design, scalability, and operational excellence for nationwide LAN, WAN, wireless, and external connectivity environments.

- Lead complex troubleshooting and resolution efforts for high-severity network incidents, including S1/S2 events, ensuring rapid restoration of mission-critical services.

- Support operational leadership during major incidents and events by guiding response actions, coordinating escalations, and driving efficient restoration activities.

- Interface with agency service providers, external partners, and third-party organizations to support secure and reliable external connectivity across government, commercial, and private networks.

- Design, evaluate, and optimize network architectures to ensure performance, scalability, resilience, and alignment with enterprise and federal standards.

- Provide subject matter expertise on advanced networking technologies, including load balancing (F5), routing, switching, firewalls, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.

- Support network security integration by coordinating response actions for identified threats and vulnerabilities within the network domain.

- Collaborate with team leads and engineering teams to align architecture with operational requirements, service delivery objectives, and governance standards.

- Contribute to capacity planning, performance optimization, and modernization initiatives across a large-scale network infrastructure environment.

- Maintain and review architecture artifacts, design documentation, and network standards to support governance, compliance, and knowledge management.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required.

An active Public Trust and/or DHS suitability is preferred.

Must be a U.S.

Citizen without dual citizenship

- This role is hybrid, allowing for remote work, but requires the ability to work onsite when needed at one of the following locations in Northern Virginia: Springfield, Herndon, or Ashburn.

- Demonstrated experience leading, designing and supporting enterprise network architectures across LAN, WAN, wireless, and external connectivity environments.

- Proven expertise in advanced network troubleshooting and incident resolution, including high-severity (S1/S2) incidents.

- Hands-on experience with load balancing technologies and enterprise network infrastructure components (routers, switches, firewalls).

- Experience interfacing with external providers and partners to support secure connectivity and network integration.

- Strong knowledge of network security principles, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, and vulnerability response coordination.

- Experience supporting large-scale, geographically distributed network environments with...