Network Engineer at Abacus Technology
Belleville, IL
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Jul 14, 2026
Belleville, IL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A network engineering role supporting an Air Force enterprise program at Scott AFB, focused on maintaining and configuring air-to-ground gateway (A2G2) infrastructure across multiple operational sites. Day-to-day work spans network design, hardware installation, baseline configuration management, troubleshooting, server administration, and VoIP support. Suited to a CCNP-certified engineer with broad experience across routers, switches, firewalls, and security architecture who holds an active Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · St. Louis, MO-IL · Bachelor's required · Top 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 $90,896 (middle half $75,658–$107,973).
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 (7)
The role is located at Scott AFB (SAFB), which is in Belleville/O'Fallon, IL — part of the St. Louis, MO-IL CBSA. The posting also references work at JBA (Joint Base Andrews, MD) and JBLM (Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA), but the primary base of operations is Scott AFB.
The clearance requirement is stated as 'Top Secret' with no explicit TS/SCI or polygraph language, so it is classified as TopSecret rather than TopSecretSci.
The role blends network engineering/architecture (design, configuration, baseline management) with hands-on systems administration (server maintenance, patching, backups). 15-1244 was chosen as the primary SOC because the day-to-day work centers on operating, configuring, and maintaining network infrastructure; 15-1241 (Computer Network Architects) is a reasonable runner-up given the design and architecture responsibilities.
CCNP certification is explicitly listed as a hard requirement ('Must be CCNP certified').
DNS, SNMP, VoIP, IDS, scripting, and disaster recovery are all drawn from the required qualifications or core responsibilities sections and reflect concrete, named technical capabilities the role gates on.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): server administration.
Requires a Top 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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