Senior Tier 3 Network Engineer – Secure Lab

DecisionPoint Corporation; Shiloh (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Network Tier 3 Engineer to provide advanced network engineering support for the U.S. Air Force Executive Airlift Communications Network program at Scott AFB, IL.

The role covers design, testing, configuration management, and deployment of secure voice, video, and data networks, with on-site work and potential travel to other bases. Strong DoD experience and TS clearance required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum five years of relevant network engineering experience.
• Experience designing, configuring, troubleshooting, and sustaining enterprise LAN and WAN environments.
• Experience supporting routers, switches, firewalls, VLANs, VPNs, TCP/IP, network-management systems, and secure communications infrastructure.
• Experience working in classified or mission-critical DoD environments preferred.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed operational sites, test laboratories, or integration environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced network analysis, design, engineering, and technical support for EACN infrastructure.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies that improve network performance, resilience, security, and mission capability.
• Maintain the EACN baseline configuration and Systems Integration Laboratory environment.
• Install and test software versions, patches, security updates, and configuration changes.
• Validate hardware, software, and network modifications in the laboratory before deployment.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues across gateways and mission systems.
• Configure routers, switches, firewalls, servers, encryption devices, VoIP components, and network-management tools.
• Support network upgrades, equipment replacement, and system cutovers.
• Develop and maintain installation guides, topology diagrams, and configuration records.
• Create scripts and maps to support network configuration and analysis.
• Monitor network availability, utilization, outages, capacity, and health.
• Perform backups, disk management, patching, and server maintenance.
• Design fault-tolerant and disaster-recovery solutions for network devices and servers.
• Coordinate with Government engineers, cybersecurity teams, and site personnel.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Technical documentation

Communication skills

Prioritization

Collaboration

On-site readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Network/Systems

Tools

Cisco network technologies

Windows servers

Linux servers

Virtualization

SolarWinds

Splunk

Job description

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Network Tier 3 Engineer to provide advanced network engineering support for the U.S. Air Force Executive Airlift Communications Network program at Scott AFB, IL.

The role covers design, testing, configuration management, and deployment of secure voice, video, and data networks, with on-site work and potential travel to other bases. Strong DoD experience and TS clearance required.