Principal Network Engineer - Secret Clearance
Maania Consultancy Services · Fort Meade, MD
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Jul 6, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior networking role focused on designing, deploying, and operating software-defined networking solutions, including dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 environments. The work involves hands-on responsibility for LAN/WAN, routing, firewalls, VPNs, and related infrastructure within a federal government context, requiring familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA. Suits an experienced network engineer with an active IAT Level II or higher certification.
Senior level · 12+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Bachelor's required
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3 people in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 1–6
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $125,654 (middle half $96,394–$162,956).
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 (6)
The role is located at Fort Meade, MD and listed as Hybrid — not fully remote.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role spans both operating/deploying SDN infrastructure (15-1244) and designing/engineering software-defined networking solutions (15-1252). The primary framing leans toward network operations and administration, so 15-1244 was chosen with 15-1252 as the runner-up.
No active security clearance is explicitly required as a hard gate, though the Fort Meade location and federal compliance requirements (NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA) suggest clearance eligibility may be expected in practice.
The IAT Level II certification requirement names Security+ and CISSP ('CISS' in the posting appears to be a truncation of CISSP) as examples; these are listed as alternatives since any IAT Level II or higher cert satisfies the requirement.
Jira and Confluence are listed together under the Atlassian suite familiarity requirement; 'familiarity with' language is still within the Required Qualifications section, so it is treated as a hard gate. Confluence is captured as an alternative since both are named under one Atlassian suite requirement.
No compensation range was provided in the posting.
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