Network Engineer III with Security Clearance

Crimson Phoenix; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Crimson Phoenix in Springfield, VA is seeking a Network Engineer to focus on engineering, deployment, and operation of the organization’s WAN/LAN infrastructure.

The role involves coordinating maintenance, monitoring, and upgrades across multiple sites, with travel up to 15% to local locations and possible extended trips. Candidates should be able to assess performance and implement reliable, scalable network solutions.

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel up to 15% to local sites.
• Experience with WAN/LAN environments across multiple platforms.
• Ability to coordinate maintenance and installation activities.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve network media and components.
• Evaluate and monitor health and performance of the network.
• Develop and maintain a network roadmap and architecture diagrams.
• Assist with test plans and documentation for upgrades.
• Support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization.
• Evaluate emerging network technologies to improve capacity and reliability.

Skills

Network engineering

Troubleshooting

WAN/LAN

Security compliance

Tools

Monitoring software

Network management

Job description

Job Description Responsibilities: Focus will be on Network Engineering, new project requirements, and operation and sustainment of existing infrastructure. This position does require travel to local sites up to 15% and may require travel to further CONUS/OCONUS locations on a voluntary basis. * Coordination of system maintenance, monitoring and installation of multiple WAN/LAN environments encompassing multiple specializations, platforms and technologies. * Assist with research and implementation of enterprise system-wide network solutions/capabilities/enhancements to support customer business/mission goals and objectives.

• Troubleshoot and resolve network media and components.
• Evaluate and monitor health and performance of the network including hardware and management software.
• Develop and maintain a road map for capabilities, operations, and technologies.
• Assist with development and execution of test plans and supporting documentation of all network configuration upgrades, additions or revisions for customer approval before implementation.
• Support network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization efforts to ensure attainment of performance and availability objectives.
• Evaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance capacity, performance and reliability of the network.
• Evaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization and industry best practices
• Follows all Customer network security processes and procedures, ensures compliance with all Government policies.
• Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.
• Perform site surveys to new installations and technology refresh.
• Installs, maintains and troubleshoots satellite communications equipment.
• Develop and maintain network architecture diagrams.