Sr. Network Engineer (Zero Trust & Forward Networks)
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Themis Insight is hiring a Senior Network Engineer to support network management and Zero Trust architecture capabilities in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, with the position location subject to change based on client needs. The role includes implementing Forward Networks to maintain network inventory, maps, and vulnerability information and integrating that inventory with an enterprise model. A bachelor's degree may be substituted with four additional years of network engineering experience.
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Full job description
Themis Insight solves difficult business, IT, and analytic problems by addressing the whole problem – not just the symptoms – using interdisciplinary approaches that are both practical and innovative. We provide fresh alternatives to ordinary, mainstream consulting firms through small, highly skilled, and hand-picked teams that can meet clients' needs in any industry. Our broad interdisciplinary understanding allows us to provide the right solution, even if it is from outside the industry or traditionally defined problem space. We bring Public and Private, Civilian and Military expertise to every case.
We are hiring a Sr. Network Engineer (Zero Trust & Forward Networks) to work in Linthicum Heights, MD . Position location is subject to change based on central MD client's needs.
Required: TS/SCI with a Polygraph
Description:
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Provides assistance in all aspects of network management from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks; Analyzes design, specifications, and related documents; Implements communication system requirements to support the distributed functionality of a software engineering environment; Analyzes network characteristics (e.g. traffic connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes and throughput), troubleshoots problems and recommends procurement of and/or modifications to network components.
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Support the “Know your Network” Zero Trust Architecture Capabilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for implementing the Forward Networks commercial tool to capture, organize, and maintain all Mission Island network inventory, network maps, and associated vulnerabilities plus help integrate the inventory with High Side network enterprise model.
Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:
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Twelve (12) years' experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional network engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
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Certifications: An IAT level III baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required.
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Strong understanding of computer networking architecture (Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Protocols, etc.)
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Proficiency with understanding configurations from multiple vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, etc.
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Experience with Zero Trust related activities (hardening systems, customer ZT compliance requirements)
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Previous technical experience with system administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or similar
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Ability to read and understand system configuration files to verify correct ingestion into Forward Networks
Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:
- Forward Networks/Redseal experience or comparable network modeling tool Networking certifications such as CCNP, JNCIP, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, or equivalent
Themis Insight has all the PERKS!
You are our most valuable resource — your ambition, your knowledge, your creativity. We offer an industry-leading set of benefits to supplement your normal salary compensation. Themis Insight has you covered with flexible ways to balance work and home life, full health benefit premium coverage, and generous contributions toward your retirement.
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Competitive health, dental, and vision plans with 100% paid premiums.
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401k: We contribute 6% even if you don't!
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Time Off: 11 standard holidays, and 25 days of PTO
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Career Development: Get career counseling and individualized career development plans, including education and training.
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Employee referral bonuses for successful hires
Themis Insight is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Themis Insight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,032 open Network Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Maryland median$116–190K/yr32 salary ranges
- US median$31–43/hr70 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 40 open Network Engineering jobs in Maryland and 1,032 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Network Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 836 postings).
- Education
- 136 of the 1,032 open Network Engineering jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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