Network Engineer at PeopleTec, Inc.
Huntsville, AL
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Jul 20, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A network systems engineering role embedded within the Army's Scaled Hypersonics Product Office, focused on the design, development, testing, and fielding of hypersonic weapons systems. Day-to-day work involves managing technical requirements, evaluating software interfaces against existing network architecture, producing network diagrams, and acting as a liaison between program offices and vendors. Suits an experienced defense acquisition engineer with a background in missile or weapons systems and an active security clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $102,322 (middle half $79,797–$130,897).
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 (8)
The role title is 'Network Systems Engineer' but the day-to-day work spans both network architecture/IP configuration and broader systems engineering (requirements management, design reviews, integration, fielding) for a DoD hypersonics program office. 15-1244 was chosen as the primary code given the explicit network focus; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a credible alternative given the heavy systems-engineering and requirements-analysis duties.
The posting requires an active Secret clearance as a hard gate, with a preference for TS/SCI holders. TS/SCI is listed under Desired Skills and is therefore preferred, not required — the clearance requirement field reflects the Secret gate.
A Bachelor's degree in Engineering is explicitly required; a Master's degree is stated as preferred.
10 years of weapon systems engineering experience is the overall role-level requirement; 5 years specifically in systems engineering for a major defense acquisition program or OEM is also required.
Skills such as 'systems engineering', 'requirements analysis', 'network architecture', and 'network diagramming' are named as concrete technical competencies in the required qualifications and duties sections; they are included despite being somewhat broad because the JD explicitly calls them out as required capabilities.
TTWCS, AWS (Aegis), AFATDS, JADOCS, Starlink, and SNAP are all listed under Desired Skills and are therefore preferred.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, network/IP configuration management, network architecture.
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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