Onsite Network Engineer - CSfC/VPN + Secret Clearance

ITC Federal, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ITC Federal, Inc. seeks an experienced Network Engineer to deploy and sustain CSfC solutions at Fort Meade, MD. The role emphasizes VPN, firewall, and routing support in a 24x7 secure environment.

The ideal candidate holds an active Federal SECRET clearance, an IAT Level II certification, and 7+ years in large-scale networks, with strong communication skills and a security-first mindset.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of network engineering experience in large-scale environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or IT-related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Active Federal SECRET Security Clearance.
• Current, active IAT Level II qualifying Cyber Security certification (Security+, CySA+, or equivalent).
• Networking knowledge: VLANs, access control, trunking, static/dynamic routing (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF), IKEv2 IPsec VPNs, PKI, DNS, SNMP, packet filtering, and packet analysis tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support for network routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN termination appliances (site-to-site and remote access IKEv2 VPNs).
• Plan and perform platform-level software updates and disaster recovery operations.
• Install new capability integrations and configure network segments with a security-first approach.
• Test and document to report systems status and support operations.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware or software network problems and replace defective components.
• Monitor network performance and plan future changes.
• Collaborate on a multi-disciplinary team of software, test, server engineers, and operations staff.
• Provide 24x7 on-call Tier 3 escalation for network, security, VPN, and infrastructure outages.
• Perform other duties to support the customer’s mission.

Skills

Network engineering

VPNs

Routing & switching

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or IT-related discipline

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto

Aruba

Job description

ITC Federal, Inc. seeks an experienced Network Engineer to deploy and sustain CSfC solutions at Fort Meade, MD. The role emphasizes VPN, firewall, and routing support in a 24x7 secure environment.

The ideal candidate holds an active Federal SECRET clearance, an IAT Level II certification, and 7+ years in large-scale networks, with strong communication skills and a security-first mindset.