Network Architect, Journeyman (TS/SCI)
COLSA Corporation · Patuxent River, MD
$122,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Patuxent River, MD
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level network engineering role supporting mission-critical DoD communications infrastructure at a naval air warfare facility. Day-to-day work covers designing and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, configuring and troubleshooting routing and switching protocols, implementing secure communications solutions, and developing basic automation scripts. Suited to experienced network engineers holding an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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 $141,903 (middle half $112,940–$173,360). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 is titled 'Network Architect (Journeyman)' — 'Journeyman' is a DoD/government mid-level labor category, hence the level advertised in the title is Mid. However, the actual requirements (5+ years, TS/SCI, enterprise architecture design, hybrid cloud, advanced routing/security protocols) support a Senior-level role.
Location is NAWCAD Webster Outlying Field (WOLF), which is in Patuxent River, MD (St. Mary's County). The nearest large CBSA is the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro; however, WOLF is more precisely within the California-Lexington Park, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 15680). The 50-mile residency requirement is centered on WOLF/Patuxent River, MD.
Up to 50% remote is authorized, but candidates must reside within 50 driving miles of WOLF — this is not a fully remote role.
Azure Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, and Private Endpoints are listed as 'preferred' within the required experience section via the word 'preferred' in parentheses; Azure ExpressRoute and Private Endpoints are marked accordingly. Azure Virtual Networks is treated as a hard gate given its placement in the required section with only a soft preference qualifier on the specific Azure sub-products.
Only a minimum salary of $122,000 is stated; no maximum is provided.
CCNP and CCNA appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked as preferred, with CCNA listed as an alternative to CCNP per the posting's framing.
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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