{"id":727479,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ashburnconsulting-network-engineer-level-iii","title":"Network Engineer Level III","company":{"id":669541,"name":"Ashburn Consulting","domain":"ashburnconsulting.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ashburnconsulting","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Networking","role_family":"Networking","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Camp Springs, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":160000,"max":190000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":190000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Corelight","optional":false},{"name":"Matter","optional":false},{"name":"Splunk","optional":false},{"name":"Zero Trust","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-05-28T20:39:02Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-05-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-05T02:06:21Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":129,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":128},"description":"Ashburn Consulting, LLC, based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized, and highly regarded, within the network and security communities.\n Ashburn is seeking a Network Engineer Level III to support a federal cybersecurity architecture opportunity. This Key Personnel role will provide senior wireless, network, and security engineering expertise with emphasis on Cisco wireless infrastructure, secure network operations, continuous visibility, security product integration, and advanced enterprise network engineering for a proposal opportunity.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nDesign, deploy, troubleshoot, and optimize secure wireless LAN solutions.\nSupport Cisco wireless, Cisco ISE, MSE, WLC, Prime, and AnyConnect environments.\nImplement secure guest wireless and BYOD solutions.\nIntegrate network security tools to support visibility, monitoring, access control, and enforcement.\nTroubleshoot complex LAN, WAN, and wireless issues.\nSupport network performance, availability, and security for mission-critical environments.\nDevelop and review secure network configurations, diagrams, procedures, and technical documentation.\nSupport enterprise architecture design reviews, engineering meetings, change management, and security posture improvement efforts.\nRequired Qualifications\nCandidates must be U.S. citizens.\nCandidates must be willing and able to work as Ashburn W-2 employees. 1099 and corp-to-corp arrangements are not permitted for these roles.\nDHS EOD / suitability is required for clerance.\n10+ years of experience designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing Wireless LAN systems for Government or similarly complex enterprise environments.\nExperience addressing Radio Frequency (RF) shared-medium challenges.\nExperience ensuring robust wireless network performance and implementing security best practices aligned to Federal standards.\nSubject Matter Expert-level experience with Cisco wireless technologies, including Cisco ISE, Cisco MSE, Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Prime, and Cisco AnyConnect.\nExperience implementing secure BYOD and guest wireless solutions while maintaining production network security.\nExperience applying federal information security policies, principles, and practices to secure network operations.\nExperience using tools such as ForeScout, Cisco ISE, Stealthwatch/Cisco Secure Network Analytics, and Splunk.\nExperience maintaining continuous network visibility and enforcing network security measures.\nAdvanced network engineering experience designing, implementing, and managing complex LAN, WAN, and wireless systems.\nExperience with network performance optimization, troubleshooting, and advanced security protocol integration.\nAbility to support mission-critical Government operations.\nPreferred / Strongly Desired Qualifications\nActive Cisco certification strongly preferred, such as CCNP Security, CCIE Security, CCIE Wireless, CCIE Data Center, or comparable experience.\nExperience with Cisco Nexus, IOS, FlexPod, Corelight NDR, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and network security tools.\nExperience with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Orion, or comparable configuration management tools.\nExperience with Zero Trust Network Access, SASE, network segmentation, and micro-segmentation.\nPrior DHS, DOD / DOW, or federal network security engineering experience.\n PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\nWork is equally performed in the field as well as in a normal office environment. Lifting (up to 50lbs) may be required. Ladder climbing may be required. Driving is required. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.\nAdditional Information\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status\nAshburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.\nIn compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request and accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting, please e-mail .”\nAshburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.\nIn compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request and accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting, please e-mail .”","description_format":"text","description_chars":4775,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T08:51:39Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 2","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":2,"median_offered_wage_usd":122500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.292,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":128,"expected_fill_days":34,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":190000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ashburnconsulting-network-engineer-level-iii","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ashburnconsulting-network-engineer-level-iii.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T02:25:33Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3279,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1721,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}