Network Engineer (Travel) at PEAKE
Millersville, MD
$82,500–$125,000
Aug 16, 2026
Millersville, MD
Aug 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A field-based Network Engineer role with a small government contractor, working 100% on customer sites in California on an 8-weeks-on/10-days-off rotation. The position covers the full lifecycle of enterprise network deployments — physical rack-and-stack, configuration, troubleshooting, and documentation — primarily on Cisco and Aruba platforms within DoD environments. An active DoD security clearance is required, and the role includes mentoring junior staff and serving as a customer-facing technical point of contact.
Senior level · California (statewide, specific metro unspecified) · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $108,781 (middle half $90,630–$137,141).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The clearance is described as an 'Active DoW Security Clearance' — 'DoW' appears to be a non-standard abbreviation, likely meaning DoD (Department of Defense). The level is not explicitly stated (Secret, Top Secret, etc.); 'Secret' is assumed as the baseline for DoD IAT Level II roles, but the actual level should be confirmed with the employer.
Cisco and Aruba are listed together as a single requirement ('Cisco and/or Aruba'), with Aruba 'strongly preferred'; they are captured as a mutual alternative pair reflecting that either satisfies the gate.
The DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II / 8140 CE certification is described as required prior to starting on contract, with Security+ listed as the baseline qualifying cert. Both are captured as hard requirements.
CCNA and Aruba Certified Associate (ACA) appear under a 'Preferred Computing Environment Certification' heading and are marked accordingly.
No specific CBSA metro is identified — the posting states only 'California' and describes a travel-based rotation. The state is set to CA but no CBSA code is assigned.
No minimum years of experience are explicitly stated at the role level; compensation figures are described only as 'competitive' with no dollar amounts given.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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