Network Engineer at Robert Half
Swansea, SC
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Jul 21, 2026
Swansea, SC
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure engineering role focused on maintaining and improving enterprise server and network environments. Day-to-day work spans Cisco/Aruba networking, firewall management, Microsoft identity and cloud platforms, and virtualization, with additional responsibility for security controls, scripting automation, and acting as an escalation point for complex incidents. Suits an experienced infrastructure generalist with at least five years across networking and systems engineering, ideally with a background in regulated industrial settings.
Senior level · 5+ years · Columbia, SC · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 40 people in the Columbia, SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 10–85
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $88,555 (middle half $73,134–$108,525).
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 (8)
This is a Robert Half staffing placement; the posting offers contract, temporary, and permanent placement solutions — the exact engagement type for this specific role is not stated, but Robert Half's model defaults to contract/temporary. Treat employment type accordingly.
Cisco and Aruba are presented as interchangeable options ('Cisco and/or Aruba') for wired/wireless networking — captured as one requirement with Aruba as an alternative.
Palo Alto and Fortinet are presented as interchangeable firewall options ('such as Palo Alto or Fortinet') — captured as one requirement with Fortinet as an alternative.
VMware vSphere and Hyper-V are presented as interchangeable virtualization options ('such as VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper-V') — captured as one requirement with Hyper-V as an alternative.
Intune and Apple Business Manager are presented as interchangeable endpoint management options ('such as Intune and/or Apple Business Manager') — captured as one requirement with Apple Business Manager as an alternative.
Experience in manufacturing, food production, pharmaceutical, or similarly regulated industrial environments is explicitly called out as preferred, not required — no specific technology is named, so it is not captured as a skill.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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