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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Network Engineer - **Company:** I2X Technologies - **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Synchronous Optical Networking, OSI Models, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Multicasting, Network Planning and Design, Network Forensics, Network Installation Services, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Microsoft PowerPoint, Ansible, Storage Virtualization, TCP/IP, Strategies of Testing, VCloud, Virtual Local Area Networks, Virtualization Technology, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Routing & Switching, Open Network Automation Platform, Cisco, Vmware - **Published:** July 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9023026/network-engineer ## About the Role * The position requires an IAT Level II 8570 Compliant Certification such as Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA, etc. * This position requires an CCNA or JNCIA certificate * 3+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline. * Must be a proven network engineer with hands-on mid-level experience and knowledge of network design, development and testing methodologies. * Must have an understanding of the OSI Model, TCP/IP, routing protocols BGP and OSPF. * Must have network traffic analysis, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills. * Must have firewall experience - especially Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Must have experience in UDP multicast, SONET, MSPP, VLANs, GRE Tunnels, and TCP/IP network designs. * Must have hands on experience with multi-vendor switching routing (Juniper, Cisco), WAN optimizer, TACLANEs, and optical transport equipment. * Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft Office products, especially PowerPoint and Visio. * Must thrive and do your best work in a collaborative and agile environment. * Must understand standard DOD security practices such as, STIG compliance and system accreditation implementation efforts. * Familiarization with virtualization technologies - NFV, SDWAN, VMware, VMware Cloud Foundation, NSX, vSAN, and Aria (Desired) * Experience with network automation using Ansible (Desired) Essential Requirements: US Citizenship is required. In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the annual base salary range for this position is listed . Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. I2X Technologies considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly sit, walk, stand and climb stairs and steps. May require walking long distance from parking to work station. Occasionally, movement that requires twisting at the neck and/or trunk more than the average person, squatting/ stooping/kneeling, reaching above the head, and forward motion will be required. The employee will continuously be required to repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion many times. Manual and finger dexterity are essential to this position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception and telling differences among colors. The employee must be able to communicate through speech with clients and public. Hearing requirements include conversation in both quiet and noisy environments. Lifting may require floor to waist, waist to shoulder, or shoulder to overhead movement of up to 20 pounds. This position demands tolerance for various levels of mental stress. ## Description * Network Development Engineer supports build out and deployments to the operational environment as necessary. * Work within an agile scrum team and plan work based on customer requirements and program contractual agreements. * Responsible for planning, deploying, integrating, and testing upgrades to the network to operational sites. * Responsible for traveling to remote locations to lead and perform network installations, independently perform troubleshooting, and provide status updates to Program personnel. ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) - [Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2084-your-infrastructure-is-not-a-playground-ai-agents-for-infra-done-right) - [Turning Container security up to 11 with Capabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/718-turning-container-security-up-to-11-with-capabilities) ## Related Articles - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Best Paying Remote Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/255-best-paying-remote-jobs)