Network Engineer
City of Newport News · Newport News, VA
$249,600
Jun 29, 2026
Newport News, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 12-month-plus onsite contract role focused on designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise network security infrastructure across on-premises and hybrid environments. Day-to-day work covers firewall administration, VPN and IDS/IPS management, perimeter defense, security patching, and incident troubleshooting, alongside collaboration with networking, server, and cloud teams. Suits an engineer with at least three years of hands-on enterprise network security experience, including familiarity with VMware-based firewall platforms.
Mid level · 3+ years · Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 4–25
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 $126,030 (middle half $89,660–$158,220).
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)
SOC classification is a close call: the role is titled 'Network Security Engineer' and emphasizes firewall administration, IDS/IPS, VPN, and perimeter defense — work that straddles Information Security Analysts (15-1212) and Network/Systems Administrators (15-1244). The security architecture and threat-prevention framing tips it toward 15-1212.
VMware is called out parenthetically under the firewall/network security technologies requirement ('enterprise firewall platforms and network security technologies (VMware)'), suggesting it is the primary firewall/security platform in use rather than a standalone virtualization requirement.
The posting is a 12+ month contract, onsite 100% in Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metro), working for a client 'on the peninsula' — likely the Newport News/Hampton area.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
The 3+ years requirement is stated at the role level against enterprise network security infrastructure broadly, not tied to any single named technology.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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