Senior Network Engineer

SAIC; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a highly experienced Network Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in Colorado Springs, CO. You will perform maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to national defense, ensuring network integrity and readiness.

Responsibilities include designing, deploying, and upgrading networks, firewalls, and telecom equipment; maintaining backup and recovery capabilities; and translating operational needs into technical requirements for PARCS and UEWR

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years of relevant experience; security certifications accepted in lieu of degree.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• Experience with diverse HW/SW, COTS/GOTS, and specialty materials.

Responsibilities

• Gives expert knowledge for maintenance and upgrade of networks including routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and telecom equipment.
• Maintains network integrity and connectivity while complying with policies and ensuring backup/recovery capabilities.
• Develops advanced engineering ideas and guides their development into a final product.
• Performs highly advanced network design, development, and integration across project life cycle.
• Applies engineering to complex infrastructures including installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining network devices and system management tools.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Network engineering

Certifications (Security+, Network+)

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 5+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Routers

Switches

Firewalls

Remote access systems

Telecom equipment

Job description

Minimum Clearance Required Secret

Job ID 2616929

Location

Colorado Springs, CO, US

Date Posted

2026-09-17

Category

Information Technology

Subcategory

Network Engineer

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

None

Potential for Remote Work

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Description

SAIC seeks a highly experienced and energetic Network Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Network Engineer is responsible for responsive and coherent planning, development and delivery of PARCS and UEWR radar network maintenance and modifications in response to change requests and deficiency reports.

Job Duties

• Provides expert knowledge for maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and telecom equipment.
• Provides expert knowledge for maintaining network integrity and connectivity while ensuring compliance with policies and maintains system backup and recovery capability.
• Develop advanced engineering ideas and guides their development into a final product.
• Perform highly advanced network/systems design, development, and integration from the start of a project life cycle to the end.
• Provides and applies advanced engineering to highly complex infrastructures including installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining network devices, telecom equipment, radio equipment, operating systems, application software, and system management tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five (5) or more years’ relevant experience and Security+, Network+, and/or higher-level certifications. Experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Must have an active Secret security clearance to qualify for this position.
• Experience with a broad range of system types custom developed HW/SW, COTS/GOTS HW/SW, and specialty engineering of exotic material/limited supply items.
• Experience with implementing and sustaining distributed systems, virtual operating system environments, and virtual/augmented reality technologies.
• Experience translating operational requirements into system requirements; and system requirements into technical requirements/performance standards.

Desired

• Experience sustaining PARCS, or other Strategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as PAVE PAWS and UEWR.
• Knowledge of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment mission and associated enterprise.
• Experience maintaining national security mission networks.
• Managing large-scale Agile or SecDevOps teams/projects, to include support to cost estimating, baseline and risk management, schedule development, performance monitoring and reporting.

Target salary range $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.