Mission-Critical Network Engineer — Onsite 24/7 (Suffolk)

Saic; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Network Administrator to support a naval enterprise transport network in Suffolk, VA. The role emphasizes 24/7/365 availability, end-to-end visibility, and rapid operations for mission-critical network support.

Responsibilities include Tier 2 engineering, performance monitoring, configuration updates, and incident/change management. Requires TS/SCI clearance, CCNA/CCNP, and IAT II (Sec+). Onsite in Suffolk, VA.

Qualifications

• BS in CS or related field with 2 years of network infra experience; additional experience acceptable in lieu of degree.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance required; IAT Level II (Sec+) and CCNA/CCNP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 2 engineering support to quickly identify outages and resolve or escalate.
• Monitor network infrastructure for performance and availability across multiple exchange points.
• Perform routine maintenance, configurations, updates and deployments.
• Adhere to reporting obligations and change management processes.
• Maintain failover and disaster recovery procedures; manage upgrades.
• Support design, analysis, and capacity planning for data, voice, and/or video networks.

Skills

Routing protocols

ACLs

Layer 2 switching

Spanning Tree

Packet analysis

SD-WAN

VLANs

VRFs

IPsec tunnels

Cisco ISE TACACS+

IAT Level II Sec+

CCNA/CCNP

Arista CloudVision

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Tools

Arista switches

Palo Alto Firewalls

Gigamon

NetScout

Cisco ISE

Arista CloudVision Portal

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Network Administrator to support a naval enterprise transport network in Suffolk, VA. The role emphasizes 24/7/365 availability, end-to-end visibility, and rapid operations for mission-critical network support.

Responsibilities include Tier 2 engineering, performance monitoring, configuration updates, and incident/change management. Requires TS/SCI clearance, CCNA/CCNP, and IAT II (Sec+). Onsite in Suffolk, VA.