Network Engineer IV

IT Veterans; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Veterans is seeking a Network Engineer IV to design, implement, and optimize complex network systems in a DoD/IC environment. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph.

You will lead architecture, risk assessment, and lifecycle telecom efforts while translating customer CRQs into engineered solutions. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in network engineering, CCNP or equivalent, and DoD/IC experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four additional years of relevant experience can substitute.
• 8+ years in network engineering or related field.
• Active DoD 8570 IAT II and CCNP or equivalent certifications.
• DoD/Intelligence Community environment experience is highly desired.
• Current TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain CI polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and implement system specifications and network architectures.
• Contribute to risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
• Uphold QA standards and ensure performance goals are met.
• Analyze RFCs/CRQs and provide technical recommendations and cost assessments.
• Support lifecycle telecommunications from concept to performance analysis.
• Translate CRQs into engineered network solutions and oversee implementation.
• Lead initiatives as SME and guide stakeholders.
• Review new action items and coordinate issue resolution.
• Gather and validate requirements via interviews, reviews, workflow analysis, and site visits.
• Create requirement specifications and models meeting standards.
• Maintain traceability across project phases and track status.
• Identify gaps and draft formal response statements.
• Support network monitoring, traffic analysis, and bandwidth optimization.
• Research emerging network technologies for scalability and reliability.
• Prepare and maintain detailed network architecture diagrams.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and government regulations.

Skills

Network engineering

Systems design

Requirements analysis

DoD/IC experience

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CCNP (or equivalent)

DoD 8570 IAT II

Job description

IT Veterans is looking for a Network Engineer IV to support our mission-driven team. This role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in advanced network engineering, system design, and requirements analysis, particularly in a DoD or Intelligence Community environment.

Key Responsibilities

Design, document, and implement system specifications, network architectures, and integration/test strategies.

Contribute to risk assessment efforts and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.

Uphold quality assurance standards and ensure service performance goals are consistently achieved.

Analyze and evaluate mission-related change requests (RFCs/CRQs), providing technical recommendations and cost assessments.

Support full lifecycle telecommunications efforts, from concept through design, implementation, and performance analysis.

Translate customer CRQs into engineered network solutions and oversee their implementation.

Serve as a technical lead for assigned initiatives, providing subject matter expertise and guidance to stakeholders.

Review and provide input on new action items and coordinate issue resolution with appropriate teams.

Apply structured methods to gather, analyze, and validate requirements through interviews, document reviews, workflow analysis, and site visits.

Create requirement specifications and models (e.g., diagrams) that meet established standards and ensure completeness, consistency, and clarity.

Maintain traceability of requirements across project phases and track their status through review cycles.

Identify requirement gaps or errors and develop formal response statements for resolution.

Support network monitoring, traffic analysis, and bandwidth optimization efforts to meet performance and availability objectives.

Research emerging network and communications technologies to recommend improvements for scalability, reliability, and standardization.

Prepare and maintain detailed network architecture diagrams.

Ensure all engineering efforts comply with security policies, processes, and government regulations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; in lieu of a degree, four (4) additional years of relevant experience may be substituted.

• At least eight (8) years of professional experience in network engineering or a related field.

• Active DoD 8570 IAT II and CCNP (or equivalent) certifications.

• Proven experience within a DoD and/or Intelligence Community environment is highly desired.

• Current TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph.

At IT Veterans LLC, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.