Network Engineer at Abile Group, Inc.
Springfield, VA
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Jul 5, 2026
Springfield, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior network engineering role supporting an Intelligence Community customer, focused on maintaining and troubleshooting multi-site WAN/LAN environments across multiple security domains worldwide, including satellite communications. Day-to-day work spans network performance monitoring, architecture documentation, site surveys, hardware planning, and evaluating emerging technologies. Suits an experienced network engineer holding a TS/SCI clearance with a strong background in Juniper platforms and classified government network environments.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $163,334 (middle half $129,844–$182,344).
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Why we read it this way (11)
The role is posted as a contract engagement supporting an Intelligence Community customer; the employment type is Contract.
TS/SCI is a hard gate; the CI polygraph is stated as 'ability to obtain' rather than already held, so it is not a separate hard gate beyond TS/SCI.
A BA/BS degree is listed but the posting explicitly states 'Additional experience may be considered instead of a degree,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
8+ years of overall network/transport experience is the stated role-level minimum; the 4+ years with large-scale enterprise networks is a sub-requirement within that gate.
IAT Level II compliance is listed under Required Certifications and is treated as a hard gate; specific certifications (JNCIA, CCNP, CISSP, ITIL v3, etc.) are listed under Desired Certifications and are preferred.
The DoD Architecture Framework experience and the full suite of switching/routing/tunneling protocols (OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IPSec, GRE, QoS, SNMP, AAA, Multicast, IPv4, etc.) are all drawn from the Required Skills section.
Cryptographic devices (KG-175G/F/X, KG-142) are listed under Required Skills; 'Cryptographic devices' is used as the canonical skill name to cover the specific models mentioned.
Network automation via Python/PyEZ or Ansible, and all named vendor tools (Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, ScienceLogic SL1, Riverbed, Infoblox, Forward Networks, etc.) appear under Desired Skills and are marked preferred.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role involves both hands-on network operations (15-1244) and significant engineering/architecture work that could lean toward 15-1299 (Network Architects); 15-1244 was chosen as the primary because day-to-day responsibilities center on operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting multi-domain networks rather than pure design.
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.
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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