Network Engineer - San Diego, CA
Serco · Topeka, KS
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Jul 21, 2026
Topeka, KS
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior network engineering role supporting U.S. Navy shore-based public safety infrastructure, focused on designing, deploying, hardening, and sustaining networked systems across lab, data center, and field environments. Day-to-day work spans configuring and troubleshooting Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, and related platforms; implementing security frameworks such as RMF and STIGs; and producing technical documentation. Frequent domestic and international travel (50%+) for site surveys, installations, and break-fix support is central to the position.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $107,483 (middle half $87,963–$130,375).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (12)
The title 'Network Engineer IV' implies a leveled role but the posting uses no standard seniority label (Senior, Staff, etc.) in the title itself, so advertised seniority is set to Unspecified; the 8+ years minimum and scope of work support a Senior classification.
Degree requirement is None: the JD explicitly accepts a High School Diploma/GED with 12 years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
The 8-year minimum is the stated floor for candidates holding a Bachelor's degree; candidates without a degree must have 12 years. The lower threshold (8 years) is used for the overall years minimum.
DoD 8570/8140 baseline certification (Security+ CE minimum, or higher such as CISSP/CASP+) is a hard gate. Juniper (JNCIA+) or Cisco (CCNA+) certification is also required — these are captured as a single skill with alternatives since the JD presents them as interchangeable.
Antaira switching and Cambium microwave are mentioned in the role description narrative (not a formal requirements block), so they are marked as preferred.
QoS appears in the role description's task list rather than the qualifications block and is marked preferred.
Navy Public Safety Systems experience is explicitly called 'desired' in the qualifications section.
No salary figures are published in the posting body; the JD references a range 'at the top of this posting' which is not present in the provided text.
This role is classified as 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) because the primary day-to-day work is configuring, deploying, hardening, and sustaining existing network infrastructure rather than building new software or tooling. An alt of 15-1299 is noted given the specialized DoD/public-safety systems integration scope.
Position requires 50%+ travel (CONUS and OCONUS) and is not remote.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Navy Public Safety Systems.
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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