Senior Network Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton · Virginia Beach, VA
$77,500
Jun 29, 2026
Virginia Beach, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 5+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $77,500–$176,000
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (11)
The role is genuinely ambiguous between 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) and 15-1241 (Computer Network Architects). The JD emphasizes both hands-on deployment/troubleshooting and design/architecture work; 15-1244 was chosen as primary because the day-to-day scope leans toward deploying, upgrading, and supporting live network infrastructure, with design as a supporting activity.
No work location (city/state) is specified in the posting; the CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role appears to be onsite at a Booz Allen or customer facility given the TS/SCI clearance requirement and classified network context.
The minimum education requirement is a high school diploma or GED — no college degree is required or preferred, so the degree requirement is set to None.
TS/SCI clearance is explicitly required as a hard gate ('TS/SCI clearance is required' in the Clearance section and listed under 'You Have').
The 5-year total experience figure comes from the most senior stated requirement ('5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and providing advanced support of multi-protocol IP backbone and access networks'). The 3-year sub-requirements are captured on the relevant skills.
The routing/switching protocols (BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, VPLS, STP, L3VPNs) are listed as a knowledge requirement under 'You Have'; BGP is used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives since the JD treats them as a family of interchangeable protocol knowledge.
Vendor equipment (Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper, Dell, HPE, VMware) is listed as 'including … or' — Palo Alto is used as the primary with the others as alternatives, reflecting the JD's intent that experience with any of these satisfies the requirement.
All 'Nice If You Have' items are marked as preferred, including SD-WAN, F5, Linux/Unix, STIGs, Windows, cloud networks, and certifications.
The compensation range ($77,500–$176,000 annualized) is wide, reflecting Booz Allen's multi-factor salary determination policy as stated in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): multi-protocol IP networking, network documentation.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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