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Network Engineer- 2
Akina, Inc.United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jul 2025
💰 $200,000/yr($130,000/yr – $200,000/yr)
About the role
TS/SCI - Polygraph required
10-1430
Network Engineer-2
Core Tasks:
Preferred:
Qualifications:
Salary Range:
$130k-$200k (Annually)*
* *The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could
fall outside of this range.
Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs f
10-1430
Network Engineer-2
Core Tasks:
- Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate
- Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools
- Optimize end to end system performance and dataflow management
- Coordinate with the system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations to minimize down time
- Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devises, interfaces and methodologies
- Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.
- Facilitate the implementation of high speed, scalable, fault-to-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN and LAN design
- Provide assistance in all aspects of network management rom network design through implementation, maintenance and upgrading of existing networks.
- Analyzes design, specification, and related documents and implements communication system requirements to support the distributed functionality of a software engineering environment
- Analyze network characteristics ( traffic connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes and throughput), troubleshoots problems and recommends procurement of, and/or modifications to network components.
Preferred:
- Understanding of project design within the scope of security (RMF) requirements
Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Communications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Information Systems required
- 8 years’ experience as a Network Engineer in programs that encompass system architecture, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation.
- 3 years of direct experience with IC or SIGINT activity
- Experience with Cisco IOS or JunOS
- Experience in developing networks from design through implementation
- Experience with Ethernet Trunking and configuring Ethernet VLANs
- Experience in configuring multi-vendor network equipment; Experience with network test gear and testing network equipment; Experience in configuring NAT and Routing Protocols.
- Ability to demonstrate cyber/IT related experience with attention to detail, customer service, oral and written communication, and problem solving.
- TS/SCI Full scope polygraph, current CI must be under 6 yrs
- Active DoD IAT Level II certification
- Active Cisco certification
Salary Range:
$130k-$200k (Annually)*
* *The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could
fall outside of this range.
Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs f
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