Junior Network Engineer – Secret Clearance, SD-WAN

Sherpa 6, Inc.; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherpa 6, Inc. is seeking a Junior Network Engineer to support multiple projects with hands-on network deployments and day-to-day maintenance.

You will work under senior engineers to implement designs, troubleshoot issues, and translate requirements into working solutions on SD-WAN and tactical networks. The role emphasizes learning, field demonstrations, and close collaboration with the engineering team, with travel up to 25 percent and opportunities for growth into higher design

Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience in network engineering, cybersecurity engineering, information assurance, or a related technical field.
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, network engineering, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with SD-WAN
• Willingness to travel to project sites (approximately up to 25 percent)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to obtain a security clearance if required by an assigned project.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct network engineering support across multiple projects.
• Create network diagrams, data-flow diagrams, IP address plans, port and protocol matrices, interface-control documents.
• Assist translating network diagrams and requirements into a working solution.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls, VPNs, SD-WAN, SATCOM, cellular, terrestrial WAN, wireless, and tactical-radio interfaces.
• Assist the integration of technologies from multiple vendors into a seamless network.
• Receive hands-on experience deploying and supporting tactical networks during field demonstrations, exercises, operational assessments, new-equipment fielding, and other events for the customer.
• Troubleshoot basic networking issues in the lab and in the field during exercises.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, DNS, authentication, and performance issues using packet captures, system logs, and standard diagnostic tools.
• Serve as the first point of contact for day-to-day project network issues, escalating design-level or complex problems to Principal or Senior Engineers
• Support multiple concurrent projects, prioritizing tasks based on business and project needs.

Skills

Network engineering

Willingness to travel

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, network engineering, systems engineering, or related field

Tools

SD-WAN

Wireshark

Job description

Sherpa 6, Inc. is seeking a Junior Network Engineer to support multiple projects with hands-on network deployments and day-to-day maintenance.

You will work under senior engineers to implement designs, troubleshoot issues, and translate requirements into working solutions on SD-WAN and tactical networks. The role emphasizes learning, field demonstrations, and close collaboration with the engineering team, with travel up to 25 percent and opportunities for growth into higher design