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Network Engineer

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Location
Norfolk, VA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CSWF Baseline CertificationCE/OS CertificationsIAT-II QualificationsCCNP CertificationSecret clearance

Job overview

MANTECH seeks a Network Engineer to support Navy operational and training networks, particularly the Navy Enterprise Tactical Training Network. The role is 100% on-site in Norfolk, Virginia, and includes network security support and responsibility for microwave data link design, implementation, operation, and maintenance. The engineer will lead complex microwave network planning and collaborate with operations teams, field technicians, project managers, and vendors.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Network SecurityNetwork StandardsNetwork ProtocolsNetwork EquipmentNetwork ArchitectureNetwork InfrastructureLAN/WAN NetworkingBandwidth ManagementNetwork Systems DesignNetwork Systems TestingNetwork OperationsNetwork MaintenanceMicrowave Link DesignMicrowave Network EngineeringLink Budget AnalysisPath ProfilingFrequency PlanningInterference AnalysisCapacity PlanningCloud Network ManagementCustomer CommunicationTrouble TicketingIssue Resolution

Qualifications

7+ Years Network EngineeringCSWF Baseline CertificationCE/OS CertificationsIAT-II QualificationsCCNP CertificationBachelor's in Related FieldCCIE CertificationActive Secret Clearance

Full job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Network Engineer to join our team in Norfolk, VA. This role is 100% on-site.

Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing network security support to Navy operational and training networks focused specifically on the Navy Enterprise Tactical Training Network (NETTN)

  • Ensuring uninterrupted network connectivity to customers and sites by planning and executing the installation of new capabilities, as well as operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting network connectivity and infrastructure on enterprise managed networks including support of multiple network enclaves across classification levels

  • Identifying and analyzing systems requirements, developing and maintaining system applications and security, developing and maintaining network configurations, as well as developing and maintaining a disaster recovery plan

  • Serve as the primary technical authority and SME for all aspects of microwave data link design, implementation, operation, and maintenance.

  • Lead the planning, design, and engineering of complex microwave radio networks, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability.

  • Conduct detailed link budget analysis, path profiling, frequency planning, interference analysis, and capacity planning for new and existing microwave links.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including network operations, field technicians, project managers, and vendors, to ensure seamless integration and deployment of microwave solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of relevant work experience as a network engineer within a U.S. Government environment, DoD strongly preferred

  • Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (CSWF) requirements with current baseline and Computing Environment/Operating System (CE/OS) certifications

  • Possess the necessary training, qualifications, and experience for the IAT-II level at a minimum in accordance with SECNAV M-5239.2 and DoD 8140/8570 (ex. CompTia Sec+)

  • Knowledge of network standards, protocols, security, and applications; capabilities and applications of network equipment including hubs, routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, servers, transmission media, and related hardware; network architecture and infrastructure; local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management; network systems design, development, testing, installation, operations, management, and maintenance concepts and methods

  • CCNP Certification

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or other related field

  • Experience in a Network Operations Center (NOC) or Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) environment including help desk, customer communication, trouble ticketing, and issue resolution

  • Familiarity with cloud-based network management platforms for microwave systems.

  • CCIE Certification

Clearance Requirements:

  • Must hold an active Secret clearance.

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

  • Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer

  • The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

MANTECH International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,060 open Network Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Virginia median$120–182K/yr311 salary ranges
  • Virginia median$30–54/hr26 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 386 open Network Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,060 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Network Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,502 postings).
Education
1,196 of the 4,060 open Network Engineer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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