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# Network Engineer 3

- **Company:** Itezz Inc.
- **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Cisco Routers, Configuration Management, Information Systems, Data Centers, Data Stores, Fault Tolerance, Data Flow Control, Network Topologies, Networking Hardware, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Troubleshooting, Network Architecture, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Local Area Networks, Information Technology, SDN Network, Cisco
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/network-engineer-3-columbia-md--ff3e5eea-9405-4739-ba55-235657628bcf

## About the Role

Network Architecture/Engineering, Federal Government, Small Business, Customer Relations, Information Technology & Information Systems, Disability Accommodations, Telecommunications, Network Architecture/Engineering, Security Clearance, Top Secret Clearance, * TS/SCI with Agency Appropriate Polygraph

 * Twelve (12) years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity are required.
 * Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is required.
 * Four (4) years of additional network engineering experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
 * IAT level II baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M is required.
 + Additional Recommended Certifications:
o Cisco CCNA or CCNP

## Description

The Level 3 Telecommunications Network Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with customer appropriate polygraph).

Capabilities:

 * Facilitate the implementation of high-speed, scalable, fault-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN and LAN design
 * Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput
 * Validate new and existing dataflow and data formats
 * Lead large efforts of dynamic requirements and scale
 * Work with System engineers, customers, and cross organizational teams to refine requirements; Coordinate with appropriate dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients, follow-on data repositories and tasking organizations, and understand potential adverse impacts on system-wide dataflow
 * Perform security testing and design evaluations
 * Employ government standards to configure the interconnects between data centers, networks, and security boundaries
 * Draft technical requirements, configuration management, and planning documentation
 * Design, integrate, configure, deploy, test, and maintain numerous types of network devices, interfaces, and technologies to include VPN, VRF, VSS, BGP and OSPF routing or other routing protocols as required, and VLAN
 * Optimize end-to-end system performance (e.g., capacity, margins, data quality, etc.) and dataflow management
 * Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components., * Enterprise switching and campus design - VLANs, etc.
 * Routing protocols
 * Manage Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
 * CISCO Routers and Switches
 * Troubleshooting Network Failures and Issues

Salary Range: $200,000.00 - $225,000.00 (Annually)
Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; annual hours worked; education; relevant prior work experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies; certifications, and geographic location.

Benefits Package:
Itezz Inc. believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 10% of each employee's gross compensation to the company SEP IRA plan, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.

Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:

 * A Choice of CareFirst BlueChoice Medical Plans, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
 * CareFirst Preferred Dental
 * CareFirst BlueVision