Network Engineer (MSIC)
COLSA Corporation · Huntsville, AL
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Jul 21, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A network engineering role focused on designing, deploying, and tuning data center and HPC network infrastructure, including Cisco ACI, InfiniBand, RoCEv2, and EVPN-VXLAN environments. Day-to-day work involves configuring BGP/OSPF, optimizing QoS for RDMA workloads, integrating with hypervisor platforms, and analyzing telemetry for capacity planning. Requires an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with full-scope polygraph and U.S. citizenship.
Senior level · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The posting states 'Bachelors Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, the degree requirement is set to None.
Active DoD Top Secret/SCI with full scope polygraph is a hard gate ('U.S. Citizenship required; Active DoD Top Secret/SCI with full scope poly').
The role title is 'Network Engineer' with no level modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; the scope (architecture, HPC/AI/ML fabric design, multi-vendor multi-site environments) supports a Senior classification.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role spans both network architecture/design (15-1241 Computer Network Architects) and hands-on network administration/operations (15-1244). The emphasis on deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization tips toward 15-1244, but 15-1241 is a genuine runner-up.
Salary period is listed as 'Annually' with no figures provided; the bottom of the pay band/max are null.
CompTIA Security+ CE and ISC2 SSCP are listed as interchangeable baseline certification options under Required Qualifications.
Ansible, Terraform, and Python (Netmiko/NAPALM) are listed under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable network automation options.
Nutanix, KVM, and Citrix appear together under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable virtualization platforms; KVM also appears in the responsibilities narrative alongside VMware NSX and Hyper-V.
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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