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Sr. Network Engineer

BAE Systems

Quantico, VAFull-time$97–165K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$97–165K/yr
Location
Quantico, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

BAE Systems seeks a Senior Network Engineer to support complex LAN/WAN environments in a mission-focused operational setting. The role plans, designs, configures, administers, troubleshoots, and optimizes enterprise network infrastructure. The position is full-time and onsite in Quantico, Virginia, with an anticipated relocation to Huntsville, Alabama, in December 2027.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

LAN/WAN NetworkingJuniperCiscoRoutersEthernet SwitchesBridgesGatewaysFirewallsTACLANERIPEIGRPBGPOSPFMPLSVPLSVPN TechnologiesTraffic EngineeringHardware ConfigurationTroubleshootingAnalytical Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's in IT, CS, Engineering or Related6 Years Network Engineering Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

Network Engineer

Full-Time | Onsite Quantico, VA

Anticipated relocation to Huntsville, AL in December 2027

We are seeking a skilled Network Engineer to support complex LAN/WAN environments within a mission-focused operational setting. This role is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure supporting critical operations.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Cisco-based networking environments, routing protocols, VPN technologies, and network security devices in secure enterprise environments.

  • Analyze, design, configure, and maintain LAN/WAN network environments

  • Support routers, switches, gateways, firewalls, encryption devices, and communication systems

  • Troubleshoot interoperability and connectivity issues across multiple platforms and systems

  • Configure systems based on operational and user requirements

  • Perform testing, validation, documentation, and technical analysis

  • Provide network administration, technical support, and troubleshooting assistance

  • Support network layout and infrastructure design efforts

  • Assist with network security administration and system optimization

  • Develop and maintain SOPs and technical documentation

  • May serve as a technical lead or team lead depending on assignment

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Strong knowledge of LAN/WAN communications and network infrastructure

  • Experience with Juniper, Cisco routers, Ethernet switches, bridges, gateways, and firewalls

  • Experience supporting encryption technologies such as TACLANE devices

  • Strong understanding of routing protocols including:

  • RIP

  • EIGRP

  • BGP

  • OSPF

  • Experience with:

  • MPLS

  • VPLS

  • VPN technologies

  • Traffic engineering

  • Experience in the deployment and optimization of hardware configurations.

  • Serve as contact for customers experiencing network connectivity and performance issues.

  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

  • Ability to work onsite in Quantico, VA

  • Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

  • 6 years of relevant network engineering experience

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Analyze, design, configure, and maintain LAN/WAN network environments

  • Support routers, switches, gateways, firewalls, encryption devices, and communication systems

  • Troubleshoot interoperability and connectivity issues across multiple platforms and systems

  • Configure systems based on operational and user requirements

  • Perform testing, validation, documentation, and technical analysis

  • Provide network administration, technical support, and troubleshooting assistance

  • Support network layout and infrastructure design efforts

  • Assist with network security administration and system optimization

  • Develop and maintain SOPs and technical documentation

  • May serve as a technical lead or team lead depending on assignment

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $97008 - $164914

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Sr. Network Engineer

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How this job compares

Set against the 4,085 open Network Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$97–165K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–182K/yr309 salary ranges
  • US median$116–191K/yr3,187 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $131K, is 13% below the Virginia median midpoint ($150K) — in the middle half of Network Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 384 open Network Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,085 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 6 years of experience; Network Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,539 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,225 of the 4,085 open Network Engineer jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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