Senior Network Architect IRES - SSFB/HSV at Amentum
Colorado Springs, CO
$155,000–$175,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level network architecture role supporting the Missile Defense Agency on a defense enterprise contract, based at either of two military installations. The work centers on designing and governing large-scale data center, WAN, campus, and cloud network infrastructure within classified DoD environments, with a strong emphasis on Zero Trust segmentation, RMF/STIG compliance, and automation. Suits an experienced network architect with deep routing/switching expertise and a DoD Secret clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $133,860 (middle half $128,566–$171,143). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The role is dual-located at Schriever SFB (Colorado Springs, CO) and Redstone Arsenal (Huntsville, AL); Colorado Springs is listed first and is the primary CBSA used here.
The 10-year overall experience requirement can be reduced with advanced education per the posting; the overall years minimum is set to 10 as the stated baseline.
The 5+ years of direct large-scale enterprise/DoD network design experience is a role-level gate, not tied to a single named technology, so it is captured in the overall years minimum rather than as a skill.
The IAT III / IAM II baseline certification requirement (CISSP, CASP+ CE, CISM listed as examples) is treated as a hard gate; the named certs are captured as alternatives on a single skill.
The DoD Secret clearance is required; a TS/SCI clearance is listed under Desired Requirements and is therefore preferred, not a hard gate.
A Bachelor's degree in CS/IT is listed under Desired Requirements only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
EVPN VXLAN and MPLS appear together as 'EVPN VXLAN and/or MPLS' in the requirements; they are emitted as one skill with MPLS as an alternative, reflecting the 'and/or' framing. MPLS is also separately required as a WAN/backbone technology and is emitted as its own skill.
The alternative occupation reflects the substantial security architecture scope (Zero Trust, RMF, STIG, ATO/cATO, cryptography) that could place this role closer to Information Security Analysts, though network architecture is clearly the primary function.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): NIST SP 800-53.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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