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# SATCOM Network Engineer III

- **Company:** Rolston Information Systems Assurance, LLC
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $99,000.0 - $108,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, VoIP, Network Analysis, CompTIA Security+, Information Systems, Computer Networks, Modems, IPv4, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-protocol Systems, Multicasting, Network Architecture, NIPRNet, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), HP OpenView, Satcom, Simple Network Management Protocols, Traffic Analysis, VPN Clients, Wide Area Networks, Juniper, Cisco
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/28cb034e-e48f-4e85-8213-40bab142bd8c/satcom-network-engineer-iii-vsat-idirect

## About the Role

* Education and experience, per the contract labor category criteria: Bachelor's degree in a field applicable to the position plus 6 years of relevant experience. Equivalents accepted - Master's plus 4, Associate's plus 8, or High School diploma/GED plus 10.
 * 8+ years in network and transport technologies, and 8+ years on large-scale enterprise or global networks.
 * Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) and larger fixed ground station systems across SCPC, TDMA, and other industry-standard SATCOM configurations.
 * IP satellite modems interfacing with bandwidth management systems such as iDirect and Comtech VMS.
 * Juniper switches and routers, cryptographic devices, VPN and VPN client, and Starshield.
 * OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and multicast.
 * IP services supporting NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and JWICS - IPv4, VPN, multicast, QoS, SDN, SNMP, VoIP, VTC.
 * Network analysis tooling - Forward Networks, HP Network Node Manager, or Riverbed.
 * DoD Architecture Framework and related DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions.
 * Ability to work independently with little direction, and to write and brief at the executive level.

Nice to Have

 * CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or ITIL v3 Foundations.
 * JNCIA, or Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCVP.

## Description

RISA is hiring a SATCOM Network Engineer to engineer and sustain an Intelligence Community customer's WAN, LAN, and campus networks across multiple security domains. This one runs the full RF chain - VSAT and fixed ground stations, modems, bandwidth management - alongside the routed enterprise behind it. You work with little direction, and you will talk to the owner here, not a recruiting queue.

What You Will Do

 * Install, maintain, and troubleshoot satellite communications equipment.
 * Evaluate, configure, test, and sustain every element of the RF transmit and receive chain.
 * Coordinate maintenance, monitoring, and installation across multi-domain WAN/LAN environments.
 * Troubleshoot network media and components; monitor the health and performance of the network.
 * Research and implement enterprise-wide solutions and enhancements against mission objectives.
 * Develop test plans and configuration documentation for customer approval before implementation.
 * Run traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization to hold performance and availability objectives.
 * Perform site surveys for new installations and technology refresh; maintain architecture diagrams.
 * Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.