--- title: 'Cloud Network Engineer at Ardent' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/cloud-network-engineer-ardent-remote-11n5bhrverym' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Cloud Network Engineer at Ardent - **Company:** Ardent - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/ardentmc/jobs/8186118?gh_jid=8186118 ## Job description Ardent is seeking a Cloud Network Engineer to join our team. This is a remote position. Position Description: Ardent is seeking a Cloud Network Engineer to design, support, and optimize secure network connectivity across cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and legacy environments. The engineer will troubleshoot complex network and integration issues, monitor performance and availability, support approved infrastructure changes, and maintain accurate technical documentation and operational reporting. Responsibilities and Duties: - Design, implement, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot authorized network connectivity across cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and mainframe-connected environments, including routing, switching, segmentation, DNS, load balancing, security groups, firewalls, virtual networks, and approved gateway services. - Monitor and analyze network health, latency, throughput, availability, utilization, packet loss, errors, and integration performance; identify emerging capacity or reliability risks and coordinate preventive or corrective action. - Maintain current network diagrams, inventories, address and routing information, configurations, interface dependencies, monitoring thresholds, support procedures, and evidence in Government-approved repositories and ticketing systems. - Investigate and resolve network incidents and service requests; isolate faults across application, infrastructure, gateway, cloud-service, and legacy boundaries; restore service when authorized or coordinate timely escalation. - Support resilient and secure bidirectional connectivity, data synchronization, and hybrid monitoring behind the Cloud Service Gateway while applying least privilege, separation of duties, and approved configuration standards. - Plan and support approved network and integration changes through Government change-control procedures, including impact analysis, testing, implementation evidence, rollback planning, validation, and CAB support. - Prepare accurate monthly hybrid integration, connectivity, availability, capacity, incident, and change-management reporting inputs, including SLA performance, breaches, root causes, trends, risks, and corrective actions. Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. - Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in network engineering, cloud networking, infrastructure engineering, or a closely related technical field. - Demonstrated experience designing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. - Strong knowledge of routing, switching, TCP/IP, DNS, network segmentation, firewalls, load balancing, virtual networks, security groups, and network gateway technologies. - Experience supporting cloud networking environments such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or comparable cloud platforms, including connectivity between cloud and legacy/on-premises infrastructure. - Experience monitoring network performance, availability, latency, throughput, utilization, packet loss, and other operational health indicators using enterprise monitoring and diagnostic tools. - Ability to troubleshoot complex connectivity and integration issues across applications, infrastructure, cloud services, gateways, and legacy systems. - Experience supporting network configuration management, change control, incident management, root-cause analysis, and service restoration in production environments. - Working knowledge of network security principles, including least privilege, network segmentation, access controls, secure connectivity, and configuration management. - Ability to develop and maintain network diagrams, configurations, inventories, technical documentation, operating procedures, and support records. - Experience working within formal IT service management and change-management processes, including ticketing systems, implementation planning, testing, rollback procedures, and change advisory board support. - Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with infrastructure, application, security, cloud, and operations teams. Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process. We highly encourage all Veterans and those with disabilities to apply. Ardent is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other basis protected by state, local, or federal law. ## About Ardent ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Ardent Management Consulting delivers digital transformation, geospatial intelligence, and data science solutions to federal civilian agencies and the Department of Defense. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Mission1st Group, Inc.) - **Headquarters**: Vienna, Virginia, United States - **Founded**: 2006 - **Founders**: Not publicly available (parent company Mission1st was founded by Richard Zareck II) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Government technology services, digital transformation, geospatial intelligence, data analytics, and cybersecurity. - **Target customers**: B2G – U.S. federal agencies (Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Social Security Administration), state/local entities, and commercial/non-profit sectors. - **Mission or purpose**: “All In” – delivering mission-critical solutions at the speed of the mission, with a collective service mindset to serve clients, colleagues, and community. [ardentmc.com](https://www.ardentmc.com/) ## Products & Services - **Digital Transformation**: Modernizing legacy systems, cloud migration (FedRAMP environments), and enhancing user experiences. - **Geospatial Intelligence**: Spatial data science, Esri dashboarding, location-based applications, and GIS platform support. - **Data Science & Analytics**: Robotic process automation (RPA), machine learning, actionable insights, and data platform engineering. - **Cybersecurity & IT Support**: Security patch management, FISMA green scores, helpdesk, and system assessment/authorization. Source: [ardentmc.com](https://www.ardentmc.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – $23.3 million (as of 2026) [linkedin.com/company/ardent-mc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ardent-mc) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company Mission1st Group, Inc.; clients include U.S. Air Force, DHS, and Social Security Administration. Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, CMMI-Dev V2.0 Maturity Level 3, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 20000-1:2018. [cbinsights.com/company/ardentmc](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ardentmc) - **Growth Signals**: Awarded first-ever DoD contract (U.S. Air Force Geospatial Support IDIQ, Dec 2024). Named Top Workplace 2026. HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award 2025. Headcount of 84 employees with international presence (6 countries). [ardentmc.com/about-us](https://www.ardentmc.com/about-us/) ## Competitive Advantages - Nearly 20 years of federal mission experience, especially within DHS and civilian agencies. - Proven track record of rapid delivery (e.g., enterprise vaccination data solution built in two weeks). - Deep expertise in Esri geospatial technology, cloud platforms, RPA, and AI/ML. - Comprehensive compliance certifications (FedRAMP, FISMA, CMMI, ISO) reducing risk for government clients. - Strong veteran-friendly culture and recognition (HIRE Vets Platinum, 2025). ## Strategic Focus - Expanding footprint in the Department of Defense following the 2024 Air Force IDIQ award. - Investing in AI/ML innovation under CTO Mireille Estephan (former AWS Head of Engineering). - Pursuing strategic ventures and M&A through Chief Ventures Officer Ryan Jennings. - Continued emphasis on geospatial intelligence and data-driven automation for federal clients. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “All In” mission-first mindset; collaborative, fast-paced environment where insights and innovation are valued. Recognized as a Top Workplace 2026. - **Benefits**: Full medical coverage, $50/month gym & lifestyle stipend, annual professional development stipend, tuition reimbursement, flexible PTO, and 11 federal holidays off. [ardentmc.com/careers](https://www.ardentmc.com/careers/) - **Remote/Hybrid**: Not explicitly stated; headquarters in Vienna, VA, with offices in India, Puerto Rico, UAE, South Sudan, and Pakistan. Likely hybrid for some roles. - **Engineering culture**: Led by a CTO with AWS experience; emphasis on cloud, AI/ML, and geospatial technologies. Mentorship and thought leadership encouraged. - **Equal opportunity employer**: Veterans and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. ## Sources 1. [ardentmc.com/careers](https://www.ardentmc.com/careers/) 2. [ardentmc.com](https://www.ardentmc.com/) 3. [ardentmc.com/about-us](https://www.ardentmc.com/about-us/) 4. [linkedin.com/company/ardent-mc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ardent-mc) 5. 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