Network Engineer

Jacobs; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Company stock purchase option

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Network Engineer in Denver, Colorado. This role focuses on supporting global enterprise networks, particularly Campus Area Network (CAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) operations. Candidates must possess a TS/SCI CI Poly clearance and have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, including compliance with DoD 8570 standards. The position offers a competitive salary of $140,000 to $160,000 and valuable benefits, including health insurance and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 10 years of network engineering experience with relevant education.
• Clearance TS/SCI CI Poly required.
• Compliance with DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 (Security+ CE).

Responsibilities

• Interpret customer requirements and document designs.
• Evaluate new technologies and test network changes.
• Schedule maintenance for user connection migrations.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers.
• Develop secure network designs in line with enterprise policies.
• Supervise network support specialists.
• Improve design products and processes.

Skills

Network engineering

Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)

Switching protocols (VLANs)

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Cisco hardware

Brocade hardware

Juniper hardware

Job description

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your Impact

Knack Works, a Jacobs Company, has an opening for a Network Engineer (Campus Area Network/Local Area Network (CAN/LAN)) to support our government customer’s global enterprise networks. The CAN/LAN service network architecture provides solutions for modernizing network components while supporting service delivery for customer requirements in a mission‑focused operational enterprise. Our team is completely replacing a global enterprise network while providing design, engineering, and transition for a wide range of customer network requirements. This is a unique and rare opportunity to build and transition critical operations to a modern service provider network architecture.

Job Duties

• Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery. Fully document designs with diagrams, bill of materials, cabling sheets, configurations, and other supporting documents.
• Use our private test lab to evaluate new technologies and capabilities, test proposed changes to production networks, and recreate troubleshooting scenarios to support the production enterprise network.
• Schedule maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy to the modern infrastructure transition services with little to no impact on critical data flows.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians, supporting fault isolation and resolution. Solve tough problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
• Develop secure network designs including configurations that align with Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and enterprise policies. Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.
• Supervise (not manage) other network support specialists to plan, coordinate, and implement network services.
• Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for our team to work efficiently and effectively.
• Although this position is focused on CAN/LAN, this opportunity offers the ability to learn and work on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Networks (WANs).

Requirements

Required Clearance TS/SCI CI Poly.

Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 3 years, master’s and 4 years, bachelor’s and 6 years, associate’s and 8 years or HS diploma and 10 years.

• Must be compliant with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2 (Security+ CE).
• Experience specific to network engineering to include Tier III or higher network operations and/or network design and implementation.
• Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper.
• Hands‑on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols in a production network, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Hands‑on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols in a production network, such as Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), 802.1q, and port‑channels.

Desired Qualifications

• Network engineering and design experience specific to CAN/LAN, including application of industry standards, developing configurations, and integration of solutions into production environments.
• Network engineering and design experience with MPLS WANs, network management tools, and firewalls.
• Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols and the ability to demonstrate knowledge through briefings and documentation. Extensive BGP experience a plus.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent knowledge.
• Initiative and discipline to work unsupervised as part of a network engineering team. Experience establishing process, developing documents, and organizing repositories a plus.

Benefits

Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $140,000.00 to $160,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job posted on September 11, 2025. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Recruitment Process Support

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full‑time basis, as required by the nature of their role. Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.