Job Description
Job ID: 2616713
Location: Suffolk, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-10
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Network Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Rotating
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description SAIC is looking for a
Network Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.
This position is onsite in Suffolk, VA. Specific Duties Include: - Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 3 support as required
- Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance
- Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments
- Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations
- Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions
- Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures
- Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures
- Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment
- Enact change management for the solution
- Operate and maintain existing incident management processes
- Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment
- Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities
- Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling
- Conducts testing of network systems
- Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network
Qualifications Required Education and Experience: - Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and two (2) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure
- Additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree
Required Security Clearance: Required Skills and Experience: - Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture
- Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues
- Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices
- Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting
- Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube
Required Certifications: - IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP. Six-month waiver authorized to obtain
Desired: - Experience with SVLAN (Service VLAN) configuration and management
- Experience with Arista CloudVision Portal
Working Environment: - Must be able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment
Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Remote work, Shift work, Rotating shift