Job ID: 2600928
Location: QUANTICO, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-02-26
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Network Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description Introduction Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated IT professionals who will sustain, modernize and transform the enterprise IT capabilities for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). The Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group (AFSI) of SAIC is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support a transformational infrastructure program for DCSA.
SAIC is proud to be supporting DCSA in safeguarding our nation's information. DCSA is the designated oversight authority on the accreditation of classified facilities, information systems, and the insider threat program. This involves security oversight of more than 10,000 companies and approximately 13,000 facilities involved in classified work throughout the DoD and 31 Federal agencies.
Specifically, on the DCSA One IT program, SAIC will provide an enterprise IT solution that delivers highly secured and adaptable IT infrastructure, provides customer support, and cutting-edge technologies that support operations and advance the DCSA mission under a single IT environment (i.e., One IT). This position is on site in Quantico, VA.
Job Description - Provides network solution engineering efforts to plan, design, configure, troubleshoot, implement, enhance, optimize and secure DCSA's infrastructure of non-virtual and virtual systems in enclaves and data centers, regional field offices, field offices, and the Amazon Web Service (AWS) Govcloud environments, as part of the overall strategic objective of the DCSA IT modernization and One IT initiatives to provide a flexible enterprise IT environment to support the DCSA mission IAW with DCSA and DoD policies and procedures and commonly utilized industry best practices.
- Supports translation of strategic goals, commitments, requirements, risks, and objectives into plans, tasks, and activities for solutions and alternatives, from a network perspective.
- Researches, maintains, and applies expertise in emerging technologies, and industry developments, trends, best practices, and principles of network engineering.
- Develops and designs load balancing and engineering capability assessments.
- Provides and implements capacity-planning solutions.
- Directs or performs integration and testing of all items to ensure security and operability before deployment. Implements operational design standards and establishes appropriate interfaces that best fulfill interoperability and mission requirements, designing, recommending, and engineering configuration of all network and communication equipment, facilities, and services, specifically including router/switch configurations, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, Regional Internet Access Points (RIAPs), Virtual Private Networks, gateway servers, and related services, in a manner to ensure most efficient flow of data and highest security, coordinating all solutions with Cyber Security Defense Operations.
- Plans and oversees execution of network installations of system hardware and software upgrades.
- Plans and executes backups and recovery operations.
- Directs, executes, or supports compilation, implementation, maintenance and archiving of network records, documentation, and artifacts, such as specifications, topologies, diagrams, and policies; network blueprints and design documents; network data flow diagrams; Access Control Lists (ACLs); network management trend analysis reports; accreditations; network provisioned gear and change control documentation.
- Provide inputs into the Activity Report.
Qualifications Required Qualifications It is required that the Senior Network Engineer have the following qualifications:
- BA/BS in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science.
- Nine (9) or more years of relevant experience.
- ship and an active TS/SCI clearance.
- IAT-II certification (i.e. CCNA, GCIA, GCLD, GDSA, GFACT, CASP+, CCNP Security, CCSP, GCED and/IH).
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Certification.
Desired Skills: - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification.
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- Dice Id: 10111346
- Position Id: 2600928
- Posted 30+ days ago
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