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Cross-Domain Network & Data Systems Engineer

SAIC

Crane, INJob$100–140K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$100–140K/yr
Location
Crane, IN
Work Authorization
Not specified • Visa sponsorship

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Cross-Domain Network & Data Systems Engineer to support the Mach-CORE program at NSWC Crane, Indiana. The engineer will design, implement, and sustain secure network architectures for controlled data transfer across classification boundaries, including integration of MACH-XL data pipelines with internal analysis systems. This on-site role supports classified weapons-development environments and requires an interim secret clearance to start, with the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

DoD Network DesignMulti-Level SecurityCross-Domain TechnologiesRadiological FiltersData GuardsTransfer AppliancesDoD RMFSTIGsRoutingSwitchingFirewall ManagementSecure Network ArchitectureData Workflow IntegrationEngineering Model IntegrationMACH-XLHypersonicsModeling and SimulationAutomated Data PipelinesStructured Data Transfer ProtocolsZero-Trust Architectures

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Listed Field or Related9 Years Equivalent Professional ExperienceSecurity+CISSPCCNA/CCNPInterim Secret ClearanceAbility to Obtain Secret Clearance

Full job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Cross-Domain Network & Data Systems Engineer to support our work at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, Indiana in direct support of the Mach-CORE program.

In this role, you will design, implement, and sustain secure network architectures enabling the controlled transfer of digital engineering data across multiple security classification boundaries. This position directly supports advanced weapons development environments, with a specific emphasis on enabling data exchange between external programs — most notably the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Accelerator (MACH-XL) — and internal analysis systems.

This is a high-visibility, on-site role that places you at the intersection of network engineering, cybersecurity, and cutting-edge hypersonic weapons development — contributing directly to programs that define the future of national defense.

Your Mission at SAIC

Network Architecture & Infrastructure

  • Architect, deploy, and maintain secure network infrastructures supporting multi-level security (MLS) and cross-domain data movement

  • Design and optimize data transfer pathways for complex datasets, digital engineering models, and analytical outputs between classified and unclassified environments

  • Deliver hands-on expertise across routing, switching, firewall management, and secure network architecture design

Cross-Domain Solutions & RMF Compliance

  • Implement and manage DoD-accredited cross-domain solutions (CDS), ensuring full compliance with all policy and operational requirements

  • Conduct RMF-aligned security engineering activities including documentation, system hardening, control implementation, and continuous monitoring

  • Support accreditation activities, technical reviews, and stakeholder engagements across DoD organizations

MACH-XL Integration & Data Pipeline Support

  • Lead the integration of MACH-XL data pipelines into internal analysis tools and systems

  • Troubleshoot and resolve network security, configuration, and data-flow issues within high-assurance architectures

  • Collaborate with SAIC cyber, systems, and mission engineering teams to ensure end-to-end data integrity and security

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Network Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field and 9 years of equivalent professional experience

  • Demonstrated experience designing or supporting DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) networks operating at multiple classification levels

  • Working knowledge of cross-domain technologies including radiological filters, data guards, and transfer appliances

  • Familiarity with DoD RMF processes, STIGs, and system authorization requirements

  • Strong foundation in routing, switching, firewall management, and secure network architecture design

  • Ability to work on-site within classified workspaces at NSWC Crane, Indiana

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience integrating data workflows or engineering models for advanced weapons systems or digital engineering programs

  • Hands-on experience with MACH-XL, hypersonics, or modeling and simulation data environments

  • Active certifications such as Security+, CISSP, CCNA/CCNP, or equivalent

  • Experience with automated data pipelines, structured data transfer protocols, and zero-trust architectures

Required Security Clearance

  • Interim secret clearance required to start with the ability to obtain a secret clearance. SAIC will sponsor the clearance process

Target salary range: $100,001 - $140,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618568

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 4,070 open Network Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–140K/yr
  • Indiana median$115–210K/yr41 salary ranges
  • US median$116–191K/yr3,176 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $120K, is 25% below the Indiana median midpoint ($160K) — in the middle half of Network Engineer salary ranges in Indiana.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 47 open Network Engineer jobs in Indiana and 4,070 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Indiana
Experience
This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Network Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,529 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,297 of the 4,070 open Network Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 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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