Network Engineer
J5 Consulting · WMA
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Jun 29, 2026
WMA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A network and endpoint security role supporting a government sponsor's technical risk assessment activities. Day-to-day work centers on firewall administration, network access control, VPN tunneling, and securing endpoint and mobile emulation environments, with additional involvement in developing and maintaining security policies and conducting assessments. Suited to a cleared professional with hands-on infrastructure security experience and an active Top Secret/FSP clearance.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance
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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 $148,950 (middle half $122,590–$173,850).
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 posting requires a Top Secret clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph — mapped to TopSecretSci.
No overall years-of-experience requirement is stated anywhere in the posting; seniority is assessed as Mid based on the scope of the role (hands-on network/endpoint security administration with no leadership or architectural ownership signals).
Certifications (CCNP Security, PCNSE, ITIL v4, Microsoft MCP, CompTIA Linux+) are listed under a 'Certifications' heading separate from both required and highly desired sections, with no gating language — treated as preferred, consolidated into one skill entry with alternatives.
BlueStacks is explicitly called out by name under the required skills section as an example of a mobile emulation environment; it is retained as a named required skill.
The posting mentions software development, web development, and scripting in the introduction/narrative but does not list any specific languages, frameworks, or tools — no skills were emitted for these.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Firewall administration.
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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