Senior Network Engineer for Operations and Maintenance - Colorado Springs at LaunchTech
Colorado Springs, CO
$130,000–$150,000
Aug 9, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Tier III network operations and maintenance role supporting the Missile Defense Agency's enterprise network under the IRES contract, based on-site at either Schriever Space Force Base (Colorado Springs, CO) or Redstone Arsenal (Huntsville, AL). The position involves daily O&M activities — routing/switching support, incident troubleshooting, status reporting, and security vulnerability remediation — with participation in an on-call rotation for after-hours incidents. Suited to an experienced network engineer with a DoD Secret clearance and strong Cisco/Palo Alto platform expertise.
Senior level · 10+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · 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 $104,090 (middle half $86,062–$133,513).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role can be filled at two locations: Schriever SFB, Colorado Springs, CO or Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL. The CBSA is reported as Colorado Springs, CO (the first-listed location); Huntsville, AL (CBSA 26620) is an equally valid placement.
The 10-year general experience requirement may be reduced with advanced education per the posting, so it functions as a soft floor rather than a strict hard gate.
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+) is explicitly required; CCNP and CISSP are listed under Desired Requirements.
Firewall configuration and troubleshooting experience appears under Desired Requirements; it is not listed as a separate named product, so no standalone firewall skill was emitted.
SDN is mentioned in the network types list alongside LAN/WAN and VxLAN but is a broad concept rather than a specific named tool, so it was not emitted as a discrete skill.
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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