Senior DoD Network Engineer - NOC & Security

KOAM Engineering Systems (KES); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

KOAM Engineering Systems is seeking a Network Engineer III to support DoD NOC environments, designing, configuring, and sustaining enterprise networks. The role covers routers, switches, firewalls, and encryption devices with emphasis on secure, highly available networks for mission operations.

The candidate will implement advanced networking solutions, perform troubleshooting, maintain network documentation, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to enable new capabilities while following

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related fields such as computer science, computer engineering, information systems, network engineering, systems engineering, software engineering or closely related discipline.
• Security+ DoD IAT Level II or equivalent within 3 months.
• U.S. Government DoD Secret level clearance and T5/T5R background investigation required.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise routers, switches, firewalls, TACLANE devices, across multiple enclaves.
• Engineer and implement network solutions using TCP/IP, OSPF, VLANs, 802.1Q, RPVST+, GRE, IPsec, ACLs, multicast, PIM, IGMP.
• Diagnose routing, switching, firewall, encryption, multicast, and connectivity issues; perform root cause analysis.
• Plan and execute installations, upgrades, migrations, and tech refreshes with minimal mission impact.
• Maintain Cisco technologies (routers, switches, Firepower, FMC) and related services.
• Apply STIGs, RMF, ACAS, and vulnerability remediation; support ATO requirements.
• Maintain baselines, diagrams, IP plans, and documentation.
• Coordinate with admins, cybersecurity, vendors to resolve cross-team interoperability issues.

Skills

Network engineering

DoD environment

Security clearances

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Wireshark

SolarWinds

Nagios

Splunk

Python

PowerShell

Ansible

VMware/vSphere

Job description

KOAM Engineering Systems is seeking a Network Engineer III to support DoD NOC environments, designing, configuring, and sustaining enterprise networks. The role covers routers, switches, firewalls, and encryption devices with emphasis on secure, highly available networks for mission operations.

The candidate will implement advanced networking solutions, perform troubleshooting, maintain network documentation, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to enable new capabilities while following