SAIC

Job ID 2506827

Location CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted 2025-06-18

Category Information Technology

Subcategory Network Engineer

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Travel No

Minimum Clearance Required TS/SCI With Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None

Potential for Remote Work No

Description

SAIC is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to plan, design, implement, operate, and troubleshoot a high-reliability enterprise network infrastructure. The candidate will support various enterprise programs and system performance monitoring.

Job Duties Include

General Network Infrastructure Support

• Provide technical analysis and subject matter expertise to support, build, configure, operate, and maintain network infrastructure, including but not limited to
  • Network Connectivity.
  • Traffic Flow.
  • Redundancy (Failover).
  • Network Security.
• Equipment Maintenance of current sites and future coop sites.
• Increase overall reliability, streamline design and integration where appropriate.
• Reduce operations and maintenance costs associated with maintaining solutions where possible.
• Maintain necessary test and integration equipment for integration and regression testing, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Maintain configuration management of all hosted or managed network solutions.
• Design, operate, and maintain equipment and network paths for storage area network services and off-site backup services.
• Monitor and report on bandwidth capacity, availability, and projections.
• Develop and maintain detailed drawings and appropriate documentation of all devices within the supported architecture and configurations of network equipment on-site and at future coop sites.
• Implement upgrades to existing network architecture, troubleshoot network anomalies as discovered, and deploy and install network equipment both locally and to remote locations.
• Work with the System Administrators to ensure overall system functionality, design and document future network architecture (with anticipated growth), and respond to ISSO requests, supporting C&A activities.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Support

• Support the network layer of cloud-based applications hosted on AWS.
• Plan and implement secure, high-availability network architectures within AWS infrastructure.
• Design and manage AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), subnets, route tables, and internet gateways to ensure seamless connectivity and integration of cloud-based applications.
• Configure and manage AWS services such as Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs), Route 53, and AWS WAF to ensure high availability and security of cloud-based applications.
• Utilize AWS Direct Connect and VPNs to ensure robust hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity.
• Implement and manage network security measures including VPC flow logs, Security Groups, and Network ACLs to protect cloud-based applications.

Enterprise Program Support

• Support tools for tasking, planning, research, data routing, operations center support, and system performance monitoring.
• Provide Tier III support for infrastructure and customer support during live testing and operations.
• Assist customers with mission planning, communication paths, and data delivery.
• Conduct system verification and regression tests.

Qualifications

Required Education

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.

Required Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years of systems engineering and systems integration experience.
• Occasional CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.
• Must have experience working on complex systems across multiple domains.
• Must have working knowledge of Cisco IOS and enterprise-level tools and network products such as firewalls, routers, switches, VPN, and network and security protocols.
• Must have knowledge of networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, etc.).
• Must have knowledge of enterprise system monitoring tools such as Nagios or Solar Winds.
• Must have the ability to work on occasional surge support or shift hours, as needed, to support Operations Center.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with PL5 implementation and systems.
• Experience with programming or scripting languages as applied to test development and automation.
• Linux and virtualization experience.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure services and tools.

Desired Certifications

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.

Clearance

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.