Senior Network Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Senior Network Engineer in Honolulu to lead LAN/WAN engineering, security, and troubleshooting for the DoD Medical mission. This role requires DoD experience, a Secret clearance, and advanced routing knowledge.

The chosen candidate will serve as regional technical lead, guiding network operations and standards across DHA facilities in the Europe region and related environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or 10 years of directly related experience.
• DoD Directive 8570.01 compliance and IAM Level III; CCNP and CISSP certifications required.
• SECRET security clearance required.
• Mastery of TCP/IP, XDM, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, routing protocols.
• Experience with Windows, UNIX, OpenVMS; routers/switches; WAN connectivity.
• OTDR, cable testers, sniffers; Cisco systems; SolarWinds; firewalls, VPN, IDS.
• Experience with DoD Health Care Information Systems.
• Diagnose across OSI with Orion, ARMIS, Ansible; MRTG knowledge.
• Strong communication with government and technical personnel.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve complex network issues; install and configure network components.
• Serve as regional point of contact for network issues and routing.
• Advise government staff on network design, deployment, and management to support DoD mission.
• Evaluate performance and recommend operational improvements.
• Develop procedures and standards; lead or participate in special projects.

Skills

TCP/IP

WAN

Network troubleshooting

Communication

Security best practices

DoD environment know-how

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Orion SolarWinds

ARMIS

Ansible

Job description

Senior Network Engineer

Location: US-HI-Honolulu

ID: 2026-4530

Category: IT / Cyber Security / Network Systems

Position Type: Full-Time

Remote: No

Clearance Required: Secret

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer for the Europe Region to support the Department of Defense medical mission by ensuring the reliability, security, performance, and operational effectiveness of highly complex network infrastructure across DHA networked facilities within the Europe Region. This position is designated as Key Personnel and serves as a regional technical lead for LAN, WLAN, and WAN engineering, network operations, routing, security, troubleshooting, and standards implementation.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve complex network issues, provide advanced installation and configuration support, manage communications interconnection and routing.
• Serve as the regional point of contact for network issues, configuration management, addressing, multiprotocol routing, and network management.
• Advisor to the Government staff, agencies, and contractor personnel on network design, implementation, deployment, and management to ensure the network environment fully supports the Military Health System mission.
• Evaluate network performance, provide technical recommendations for operational improvements and upgrades.
• Support the development of procedures and standards, and lead or participate in special projects as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a technical discipline, or a related field. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, successful completion of a certified technical or vocational school and ten years of directly related experience gained through progressively higher levels of complexity may be substituted. At least five years of directly related experience.
• Comply with Department of Defense Directive 8570.01 for Information Assurance Training, Certification, and Workforce Management and must hold an Information Assurance Manager Level III certification, or equivalent, in accordance with current DoD requirements. The candidate must also possess current CCNP and CISSP certifications.
• SECRET security clearance required.
• Demonstrate mastery of standard networking protocols and technologies, including TCP/IP, XDM, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, RSTP, VRRP, BIND, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, PPP, HDLC, V35, and RS 449.
• Understand communications and Internet standards is required, along with direct experience in synchronous and asynchronous communications and network media used in DoD and DHA environments.
• Have advanced experience working in routed, switched, and shared LAN environments and must be proficient in environments that use current supported versions of Microsoft operating systems, Windows Active Directory, UNIX, and OpenVMS. Experience supporting routers, switches, terminal servers, and both local and long haul WAN connectivity is required.
• Direct experience with Optical Time Domain Reflectometers, cable testers, network sniffers, and EIA TIA cable standards and specifications. Expertise in Windows networks, Cisco Systems, and Orion SolarWinds is required, along with the ability to configure and support firewalls, VPN devices, and intrusion detection systems.
• Experience with DoD Health Care Information Systems is required.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues across all layers of the OSI model using diagnostics and network administration tools such as Orion SolarWinds, ARMIS, and Ansible. A strong understanding of Management Information Blocks and MRTG is also required to support network measurement, planning, performance optimization, and downtime reduction.
• Communicate effectively with a broad audience, including Government officials, medical professionals, and highly specialized technical personnel. Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential, along with the ability to provide technical recommendations, document changes, contribute to standards development, and support best practices for enterprise network operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Zero Trust Architectures and Methodologies.
• Experience developing technical policies, procedures, and standards for enterprise network environments.
• Experience leading regional or enterprise network modernization initiatives.
• Experience with automation and orchestration tools in complex network environments.
• Experience collaborating across Government, contractor, and operational support teams in mission critical environments.
• Strong ability to provide technical recommendations for network tuning, enhancement, and upgrade planning.
• Experience supporting enterprise network standardization and compliance initiatives.

EEO Statement

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