Network Engineer at SAIC
Stafford, VA
$120,001–$160,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Stafford, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A network engineering role focused on a large-scale enterprise unified communications platform serving over 180,000 users. Day-to-day work spans architecture design and documentation, pre-production validation of Cisco voice solutions, and advisory support to deployment and operations teams. The role also contributes to the technology roadmap and requires presenting findings and recommendations to leadership. Suits an experienced Cisco UC specialist comfortable in a federal government environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is primarily onsite in Stafford, VA (4 days/week on-site, 1 virtual day) — not fully remote.
No clearance is required on day one, but candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance; classified as a gate requirement accordingly.
The JD lists 'hardware conferencing' and 'transcoding' as IOS-based voice resources alongside TDM gateways, SRST, and CUBE — these are capabilities rather than distinct named products, so they are not emitted as separate skills.
CAIRS TMS and VoIP Discovery System (Unique Communications) appear under Desired Qualifications and are listed as 'ideally' preferred — treated as preferred accordingly.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role blends network architecture/design (15-1241) with hands-on UC administration and operations (15-1244); the design and roadmap responsibilities tipped the classification toward 15-1241.
Federal government experience (DOW) is listed as a required qualification but names no specific technology or tool, so it is not emitted as a skill.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Border Element, Cisco CCNP Collaboration.
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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