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Network Engineer with Security Clearance

RealmOne
Columbia, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 8/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/31/2026
Are you ready to KANGAROO into action at RealmOne? RealmOne was built on the principle that people matter first and foremost. We believe in providing a strong work/life balance by investing in our employees and encouraging professional and personal growth. We do this by offering exceptional benefits, flexible schedules, and the tools necessary to achieve success through paid training, mentoring, and the opportunity to work alongside top-notch industry professionals. Join us on this journey as we execute this mission-critical contract providing engineering support for system development, fielded systems, and labs spanning for enabled and high speed capabilities, satellite access solutions, and mission operations. Your effort and expertise are crucial to the success and execution of this impactful mission. This opportunity supports an Enterprise IT contract with a team of Systems Administrators, Network Engineers, Systems Engineers and System Integration Technicians, responsible for the architecture, engineering, integration, operations, maintenance and sustainment of multi-level Enterprise IT environment. Job Description:

  • Performs network services from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks. Analyzes design, specifications, and related documents. Performs general LAN/CAN/WAN administration. Schedules conversions and cutovers. Coordinates with all responsible users and sites to resolve network or system incidents. Translates business requirements into telecommunications (e.g., LAN, CAN, WAN, Voice and Video) requirements, designs and orders. Performs engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives in support of strategic modernization efforts and telecommunications enhancement design for medium and large-scale telecommunication infrastructures. Assists telecommunications end users, telecommunications operations personnel, and telecommunications strategic program management with network interfaces.
  • Experience with Cisco and Arista The Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:
  • Level 1 o Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management. o Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information. o Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools. o Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture. o Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies. o Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components. o Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements o Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate.
  • Level 2 o Capabilities listed in Level 1 o Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations. o Oversee the support to all network equipment. o Develop designs of the organization's network and mission architecture to meet new partner requirements. o Manage assigned tasks and provide guidance to junior Network Engineers. o Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other DoD/IC regulations.
  • Level 3 o Capabilities listed in Level 1 and Level 2 o Resolve complex network problems, operate network analyzers, WAN test equipment and network simulators. o Design modules representing traditional circuit switched networks. o Lead large efforts and installation projects of dynamic requirements and scale. o Develop algorithms for models using networking and/or telecommunications technologies and systems. Qualifications:
  • Level 1 o A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline and five (5) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support and training commensurate with network engineering curriculum. o A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or related discipline can be substituted for two (2) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support for a total of three (3) years. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree an additional four (4) years of relevant experience providing Network Engineering support may be substituted for a total of nine (9) years. o Certifications: An Information Assurance Technical (IAT) level I baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required.
  • Level 2 o A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university. o In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline and an additional two (2) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support for a total of eight (8) years. o In lieu of a Master's or Bachelor's degree an additional six (6) years experience providing Network Engineering support and a Certification in an industry standard (Arista Configuration Essentials, Cisco Certified Network Associate, or Juniper Certification Tracks (Automation & DevOps, Cloud, Data Center, Design, Enterprise Routing and Switching, Junos Security, Service Provider Routing and Switching)) may be substituted for a total of 12 years. o Six (6) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support and training commensurate with network engineering curriculum o Certification: An Information Assurance Technical (IAT) level I baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required.
  • Level 3 o A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university and ten (10) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support and training commensurate with network engineering curriculum. o In lieu of a Master's degree a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline and an additional two (2) years relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support may be substituted for a total of 12 years. o In lieu of a Master's or Bachelor's degree and addition six (6) years of relevant experience providing Network Engineering support and a Certification in an industry standard (Arista Configuration Essentials, Cisco Certified Network Associate, or Juniper Certification Tracks (Automation & DevOps, Cloud, Data Center, Design, Enterprise Routing and Switching, Junos Security, Service Provider Routing and Switching))may be substituted for a total of 16 years. o Certification: An Information Assurance Technical (IAT) level I baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required. Position requires active Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph

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