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Wireless Network Engineer

SAIC

Stafford, VAJob$120–160K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$120–160K/yr
Location
Stafford, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Wireless Network Engineer to design, integrate, and support enterprise wireless LAN/WAN over OSP/FTTx networks and engineer GPON solutions for Marine Corps installations. The role is based at a customer site in Stafford, Virginia, and includes operational support, testing, site audits, and technical leadership. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree, five years of work experience, wireless networking expertise, and the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Wireless LANWi-Fi 7Layer 2/Layer 3Cisco Site SurveysNetwork DesignNetwork ImplementationWi-FiWAN/LANRF DesignRF OptimizationPropagation TestingSIPIMSVoLTESecurity+CWNPCWDPCWNANetwork+CySA+CASPCCNAGPON/FTTx DesignGPON Network ArchitectureITU-T G.984.XTelcordia GR 1275IEEE 802.2/802.3NIST StandardsCisco SwitchesCisco RoutersHP ArubaCisco Catalyst

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree5 Years Work ExperienceSecret Security Clearance Eligibility

Full job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Wireless Network Engineer to design, integrate, and support enterprise wireless LAN/WAN over OSP/FTTx networks, engineer and implement GPON solutions (ONT, OLT, WDM) for Marine Corps installations.

The candidate will sit at our customer site in Stafford, VA.

Job Duties:

  • Plan, design, implement, and optimize wireless LAN and related technologies integrated with GPON.

  • Develop engineering drawings, test plans/procedures, and cutover/migration documentation.

  • Provide operational support for large-scale, high-availability wireless deployments; troubleshoot LAN/WAN/wireless issues.

  • Conduct feasibility analyses; execute tests, log defects, verify fixes, and contribute to test strategies.

  • Perform site audits; ensure network compatibility and recommend remediation.

  • Create functional designs, deployment procedures, and operational processes; lead technical efforts and mentor staff.

Qualifications

Required Education and Work Experience:

  • Bachelors degree and five (5) years of work experience.

  • SME-level experience with Wireless LAN; strong knowledge of up to Wi-Fi 7 and Layer 2/Layer 3.

  • Experience with Cisco-based wireless site surveys, network design, and implementation.

  • Experience with Wi Fi, WAN/LAN; RF design/optimization and range/propagation testing.

  • SIP, IMS, and VoLTE standards.

Required Security Clearance:

  • No clearance required to start, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Certifications: Security+, CWNP, CWDP, CWNA, Network+, CySA+, CASP, CCNA.

  • Experience with GPON/FTTx design for major providers; network architecture/engineering focused on GPON.

  • Knowledge of ITU T G.984.x, Telcordia GR 1275, IEEE 802.2/802.3, and NIST standards.

  • Hands-on configuring/installing Cisco switches, routers, and wireless; HP Aruba and Cisco Catalyst experience highly desired.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618770

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 4,081 open Network Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$120–160K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–182K/yr312 salary ranges
  • US median$116–191K/yr3,166 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $140K, is 7% below the Virginia median midpoint ($151K) — in the middle half of Network Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 389 open Network Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,081 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 5 years of experience; Network Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,527 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,204 of the 4,081 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 4, 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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