Senior Network Engineer at Tyto Athene, LLC
Washington, DC
$145,000–$180,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level network engineering role supporting a federal government client in Washington, DC, requiring an active Top Secret/SCI clearance. Day-to-day work centers on designing and maintaining network architecture, configuring and operating Cisco routers, switches, ASA firewalls, and related security appliances, and managing routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and DMVPN. The role also involves lab environment upkeep, root cause analysis, and architecture documentation for a federal agency.
Senior level · 6+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589). 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 (7)
The JD states two experience thresholds: '8 years of general work experience' and '6 years of relevant experience in functional responsibility.' the overall years minimum is set to 6, reflecting the relevant/functional experience gate, which is the more meaningful hiring bar for this role.
A Bachelor's degree is required; however, a Master's degree may be substituted for 4 years of general work experience — the degree requirement is a hard gate unless the candidate holds a Master's.
BGP, VTP, VRRP, Cisco FirePower, General Dynamics TACLANE/GEM-One, and Cisco VTC appear only in the technology/components narrative section ('Components, technologies, and protocols for which the candidate will be responsible'), not in the explicit Required qualifications block, so they are marked preferred.
The Desired section lists 'CCNE' (likely a typo for CCNP or CCIE), SAN, VMware, AD, DNS, and Group Policy — all marked preferred.
The role is onsite at a client site in Washington, DC; remote work is not offered.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is primarily network operations and architecture (15-1244), but the emphasis on designing and developing network architecture and solutions introduces some overlap with engineering/development (15-1252).
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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