Senior Network Engineer at Metron
Reston, VA
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Jul 23, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on senior networking role based on-site in Reston, VA, focused on configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, firewall, and DNS infrastructure across corporate and classified environments. Day-to-day work involves executing network changes, supporting Cisco switching and security platforms, managing vendor and carrier cases, and keeping documentation and change records current. Suits an experienced network engineer comfortable operating in secure or government-adjacent settings and following formal change-management processes.
Senior level · 7+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · 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 $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589).
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 (6)
The posting requires candidates to be 'eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance' as a hard gate, but lists an 'active U.S. security clearance' only under Preferred Qualifications. Clearance requirement is set to Secret (the minimum typical for defense contractor environments of this type); the actual level is not explicitly stated in the posting.
Cisco ISE, TACACS+, and RADIUS appear in both the Key Responsibilities narrative (as context) and the Preferred Qualifications section. They are marked preferred, consistent with their placement under Preferred Qualifications.
The 7+ years overall experience requirement and the 5+ years Cisco-specific requirement are both drawn from the Required Qualifications section; the 5-year figure is captured on the Cisco skill and the 7-year figure drives the overall years minimum.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The role is fully on-site in Reston, VA; remote work is not offered.
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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