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# Senior Network Engineer

- **Company:** 99999 Consulting Llc
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Networks, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Security, Transport Layer, Computer Networking Systems, Firewalls (Computer Science), Cisco
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9055769/senior-network-engineer

## About the Role

* 8+ years network engineering experience in secure/cleared environments
 * Active TS clearance
 * Professional certification required; Expert-level preferred (CCIE, JNCIE, etc)
 * Experience with progressive responsibilities that amount to "senior"
 * DoD 8140 compliance required
 * The likely salary range for this position is $140,000-$220,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, and contractual agreements and could fall outside of this range.

## Description

* Balance among architecture, engineering, and support that changes as projects and priorities dictate.
 * Worthwhile efforts that provide a constant source of non-repetitive challenges, with no long-term boredom.
 * Owning network systems and projects and follow them through part or all their lifecycles.
 * High OPTEMPO - individuals must be able to self-manage task lists based on communicated priorities

What You'll Do

 * Architect, engineer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise networks (multi-vendor but Cisco-heavy, multi-site, dense with technology). This includes network security.
 * Lead root cause analysis for outages and performance issues.
 * Engaging teams with other expertise on relevant projects and systems.
 * Communicate issues clearly to teammates and leadership and collaborate on resolution.
 * Mentor less-senior engineers and technicians.

Tech Knowledge / Skills

 * Deep understanding of layer 4 and below
 * Expertise and experience with an array of the hardware/software that are primarily associated with those layers: Route/switch, Firewalls, VPNs, SDN, and plenty more. Depth and breadth are both desired, but there is no expectation of ubiquity (or necessarily Ubiquiti)


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