Sr Network Engineer

Scientific Research Corporation • North Charleston, SC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Supporting a mission critical Enterprise Naval Network onsite in North Charleston, SC. Providing enterprise network engineering, troubleshooting, and sustainment support for DoD network environments, with emphasis on Cisco infrastructure and Naval network operations. Performing configuration analysis, change implementation, technical documentation, incident resolution, and modernization support across routing, switching, transport, VPN, and enclave connectivity environments. Requiring strong technical judgment, disciplined execution, and effective coordination with government customers, cybersecurity teams, operations personnel, and engineering stakeholders. This position is contingent upon funding.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required
• Active DoD Secret clearance required at start, ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
• Bachelors degree in a technical discipline
• Eight or more years of experience supporting Naval networks in a C4I or similar environment
• Significant experience supporting enterprise network environments, preferably in mission critical DoD or government operational settings
• Hands on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including routing, switching, configuration, troubleshooting, and sustainment
• Experience with advanced routing and enterprise network technologies such as BGP, OSPF, IS IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, EVPN/VXLAN, QoS, VPN, and high availability network architectures
• Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity requirements, STIG implementation, vulnerability remediation, RMF support, and operational compliance processes
• Experience supporting network operations, incident troubleshooting, change implementation, configuration management, and technical documentation
• Ability to work onsite in North Charleston, SC
• Ability to travel up to 10 percent
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues, risks, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Ability to qualify for CSWF / DoD 8140 IAT Level II. Security+ CE or equivalent IAT II certification is required as a minimum

Nice To Haves

• Cisco certifications such as CCNA, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or other relevant Cisco professional certifications
• Experience supporting Navy C4I, Fleet communications, tactical networks, shore side network infrastructure, or similar Naval operational environments
• Experience with TACLANE devices, COMSEC controlled network equipment, or secure Type 1 encryption environments
• Experience with SD WAN, network automation, configuration automation, scripting, orchestration, or other tools used to improve network deployment, monitoring, and sustainment
• Experience with Cisco firewalls, Cisco ISE, Cisco DNA Center, network monitoring platforms, and secure network access control
• Experience with Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or other network security and transport technologies used in mixed vendor enterprise environments
• Experience supporting NIPR, SIPR, coalition, or multi enclave network environments
• Experience developing network diagrams, configuration guides, deployment plans, site survey documentation, implementation plans, and sustainment handoff materials
• Experience supporting formal change control, maintenance windows, installation readiness reviews, test events, and post implementation validation (PITCO, SOVT, Engineering Design Reviews, etc)
• Ability to work independently as a senior technical contributor while coordinating effectively across engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and customer teams

Responsibilities

• Performing configuration analysis, change implementation, technical documentation, incident resolution, and modernization support across routing, switching, transport, VPN, and enclave connectivity environments.
• Supporting enterprise network environments, preferably in mission critical DoD or government operational settings.
• Hands on experience with Cisco network infrastructure, including routing, switching, configuration, troubleshooting, and sustainment.
• Experience with advanced routing and enterprise network technologies such as BGP, OSPF, IS IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, EVPN/VXLAN, QoS, VPN, and high availability network architectures.
• Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity requirements, STIG implementation, vulnerability remediation, RMF support, and operational compliance processes.
• Supporting network operations, incident troubleshooting, change implementation, configuration management, and technical documentation.
• Developing network diagrams, configuration guides, deployment plans, site survey documentation, implementation plans, and sustainment handoff materials.
• Supporting formal change control, maintenance windows, installation readiness reviews, test events, and post implementation validation (PITCO, SOVT, Engineering Design Reviews, etc).
• Working independently as a senior technical contributor while coordinating effectively across engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and customer teams.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k) with a company match
• life insurance
• vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service
• 11 paid holidays
• tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

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