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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Network Engineer, Senior - **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. - **Location:** Virginia Beach, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $77,500.0 - $176,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Border Gateway Protocol, Spanning Tree Protocols, Unix, Complex Networks, Linux, Network Address Translation, Virtual Private LAN Services, Networking Hardware, Intrusion Detection Systems, Multi-protocol Systems, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Network Security, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Zero Trust Network Access, Wide Area Networks, Cloud-native Network Functions (CNF), Juniper, SC Clearance, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Vmware - **Published:** August 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://justjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17440941?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17440941%2FNetwork-Engineer-Senior-Virginia-Virginia-Beach ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting network and security architectures within DoD hybrid environments, including implementing Zero Trust principles or advanced routing designs * 3+ years of experience deploying, upgrading, and troubleshooting multivendor network and security equipment and solutions, including Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper, Dell, HPE, or VMware * 2+ years of experience documenting complex network and security architectures, procedures, and troubleshooting workflows, including Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) implementations or detailed documentation of BGP policy behavior, NGFW IDS or IPS configurations, or NAT or SNAT translation flows * 2+ years of experience with security, routing, and switching protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, VPLS, STP, or L3VPNs * Secret clearance * HS diploma or GED Nice If You Have: * Experience with DoD networks * Experience deploying and configuring Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) solutions * Experience with F5 * Experience operating, deploying, or administering Linux and Unix systems * Experience applying STIGs to systems or security hardening of systems * Experience operating, deploying, or administering Windows systems and services * Experience with commercial or DoD Cloud networks * CCNA, CCNP, VMWare, JNCIA, or JNCP Certification ## Description Maintain responsibility for completing site surveys and creating structured designs for the customer's network in support of voice, data, security, and audio and visual systems.Design engineered drawings, specifications, reports, and other technical documents. Work closely with other IT and facilities team members, project teams, clients, architects, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, material suppliers, and other technical resources with analyzing business and technical requirements to develop system designs, estimates, implementation plans, and management and customer reports, and coordinate the structured cabling design with other design disciplines. Implement final network solutions to support on-prem and cloud environments. 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