Network Administrator III (WAN) at DLS Engineering Associates, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$84,000–$86,000
Jul 26, 2026
Montgomery, AL
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site network administration role supporting the Air Force Intranet Control (AFINC) program at Gunter Annex in Montgomery, AL. The position involves operating, managing, and defending DoD network infrastructure — including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and SANs — across both classified and unclassified environments, with scripting for task automation and traffic analysis for troubleshooting and configuration testing.
Senior level · 7+ years · Montgomery, AL · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $79,828 (middle half $61,963–$98,878).
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 '7+ years' experience requirement is stated against a combined list of tasks (installing, configuring, troubleshooting, upgrading, patching, and hardening routers, serial consoles, load balancers, and switches) — it is a role-level gate, not a per-technology figure, so it is captured as the overall experience minimum. Individual skills derived from that same sentence are marked required accordingly.
IAT-II is a DoD certification category (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CCNA Security) rather than a single product; it is listed as a hard requirement.
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is explicitly described as 'desired' in the posting, placing it in the preferred category.
Firewalls, proxies, servers, workstations, printers, and SANs are mentioned in the role narrative/context section rather than the explicit requirements list; firewalls are included as required given the network defense mission context, while the others are omitted as they name general hardware categories rather than specific named technologies.
No compensation figures are provided; salary is described only as 'competitive.'
An active Secret clearance is explicitly required; the posting also notes a government background check must be passed before employment.
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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