# Network Engineer - Principal

Purpose and Impact: In support of a challenging, critical, and rewarding program, Amentum is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead full-lifecycle IT infrastructure, hardware, and service transitions across our program. You will drive cross-functional delivery efforts-spanning Procurement, Change Management, Logistics, Production, Engineering, Network Architecture, and Customer Project Management teams. In this role, you will guide voice, video, and data capabilities from initial concept through full operational deployment in DISA/DoD environments. Work Schedule: 5 Days (Mon - Fri); 8 hrs/Day; 40 hrs/wkly Essential Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities of the Principal Network Engineer include, but are not limited to the following: Perform as primary Subject Matter Expert to Government Leaders with knowledge and experience in local and wide area networking, communications, data center operations and related software/hardware within a multi-platform operating environment. Manage team of 10-15 Network Engineers in both operation and maintenance of existing enterprises as well as development and integration of emerging capabilities. Ensure engineering rigor to manag

- **Id**: 4229294
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amentum-network-engineer-principal>
- **Role**: Networking
- **Role family**: Networking
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Warrenton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T00:42:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 15065
- **Description truncated**: yes
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Logistics, Facilities Management, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 14861
- **Name**: Amentum
- **Domain**: amentum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amentum>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 465
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.912
- **Repost share**: 0.002
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 210000
- **Max**: 240000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 240000

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **ITIL** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **OSPF** — Optional: no
- **Outlook** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SharePoint** — Optional: no
- **Speech Recognition** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **VMWare** — Optional: no
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: no
- **ServiceNow** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T09:05:32Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:25:14Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 240000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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