Network Engineer

Interactive Process Technology • Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Network Engineer will design, configure, maintain, monitor, secure, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The role supports network connectivity for servers, data centers, storage, backup, voice, video, and conference-room technologies, while ensuring that infrastructure meets mission, performance, and security needs. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the actual job description may vary based on specific contract requirements and organizational needs.

The engineer will monitor network availability, capacity, health, and performance; investigate outages and connectivity issues; perform root-cause analysis; and coordinate resolutions with technical teams. The role also involves developing scalable network solutions, recommending upgrades and technology refreshes, supporting disaster recovery and continuity of operations, and responding to assigned after-hours outages. The position is primarily based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and may require occasional extended hours or on-call outage response.

Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Current role-appropriate DoD Cyberspace Workforce qualification meeting DoDM 8140.03 requirements, with Security+ as the minimum, and any required operating-system or technology certification.
• Hands-on experience designing, configuring, securing, monitoring, and troubleshooting enterprise LAN and WAN environments.
• Knowledge of routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, intrusion detection and prevention, VPNs, network monitoring, capacity planning, and copper and fiber-optic cabling.
• Ability to maintain technical documentation and comply with privileged-user, cybersecurity, information-protection, and controlled-unclassified-information requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• Five or more years of network engineering or administration experience.
• Ability to work primarily at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and support occasional extended hours or on-call outage response.

Nice To Haves

• DoD experience.
• A relevant certification such as CCNA, CCNP, or Network+.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, maintain, monitor, and secure enterprise network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and VPNs.
• Monitor network availability, capacity, health, and performance; troubleshoot outages and connectivity issues, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate resolution with technical teams.
• Develop scalable network solutions and recommend upgrades, technology refreshes, and configuration changes based on mission, performance, and security needs.
• Install, test, certify, and troubleshoot copper and fiber-optic cabling, coordinating work with external organizations when needed.
• Support connectivity for servers, data centers, storage, backup, voice, video, and conference-room technologies.
• Apply approved security baselines, patches, firmware updates, and change-management practices.
• Maintain network diagrams, configurations, procedures, implementation records, and hardware and software inventories.
• Support disaster recovery, continuity of operations, and assigned after-hours outage response.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level