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title: 'Network Engineer at Swift'
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# Network Engineer at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Tysons Corner, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-01
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDp-o6x4rtAEaO2XFfeXHd8w

## Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a Network Engineer in Tysons Corner, VA. The ideal candidate will design technical solutions for complex challenges and provide technical oversight throughout project execution. This role includes interpreting requirements, mapping them to technical components, and establishing processes to support successful implementation. The engineer will ensure all solutions follow industry best practices, emphasize strong security, and minimize total cost of ownership. Responsibilities also include assessing internal and external customer IT infrastructure needs and developing solutions such as capacity planning, system configuration and tuning, backup monitoring, and hardware and software installations.

Responsibilities:

- Manage and execute network installation and engineering tasks, including configuring and maintaining LAN and WAN equipment such as firewalls, routers, switches, servers, workstations, storage devices, A/V equipment, and equipment racks.
- Plan network architectures, design layouts, and configure systems to support user and organizational requirements.
- Conduct expert-level analysis of voice, video, and data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites.
- Define, maintain, and enhance the overall security posture of the network environment.
- Perform security audits, assess system health, and implement corrective actions to strengthen the program’s security posture.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including “build-to” and “as-built” documents, implementation guides, and test plans for physical and logical IT installations.
- Participate in technical system planning that extends beyond the network, ensuring alignment with applications and systems that rely on the delivered network.
- Provide Tier I, II, and III technical support, including troubleshooting and resolving network issues across a broad range of systems.

Requirements:

- BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
- 10+ years of related Networking Engineering experience
- 10+ years experience designing, engineering, and deploying controlled interfaces
- More than 10 years of experience deploying and managing Cisco, Palo Alto, and Juniper firewall manager servers
- Extensive experience designing, engineering, and deploying multi‑firewall solutions
- Experience deploying firewalls in multicast network environments
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying firewall vendor transitioning plans
- Strong understanding of allowing voice and video traffic across port‑based firewalls and NGFW platforms
- 8+ years configuring and maintaining Cisco ASA and Next‑Generation Firewalls
- Experience with IPsec site‑to‑site VPNs utilizing PKI (CA)
- Experience deploying and supporting Remote Access VPN solutions
- 7+ years configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices
- Deep understanding of routing protocols and concepts including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and IP MPLS
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying firewalls in a multicast network
- Basic understanding of QoS concepts
- Experience with network monitoring technologies
- Proven ability to transform ambiguous requirements or problems into clear, actionable technical solutions
- Skilled at collaborating with system administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to resolve complex issues
- Strong experience in complex problem research, management, and resolution
- Ability to mentor and support junior network engineers
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience:

- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying Zero‑Trust solutions
- Experience designing, engineering, and deploying Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions
- Hands‑on experience and certifications with Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next‑Generation Firewalls
- Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN and WAN environments
- Highly skilled in organization, coordination, teamwork, and interpersonal communication

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.

We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we will not be accepting unsolicited resumes. All inquiries must go through the recruiting team.

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## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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