{"id":1179658,"url":"https://alion.io/job/freedom-consulting-group-network-engineer-779","title":"Network Engineer 779","company":{"id":98194,"name":"Freedom Consulting Group","domain":"freedomconsultinggroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/freedom-consulting-group","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":98,"open_postings":64,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.063,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":59,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Networking","role_family":"Networking","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Columbia, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":112000,"max_usd":233000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":157},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"CentOS Stream","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Red Hat","optional":false},{"name":"VPN","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T11:29:19Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T17:25:51Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Freedom Technology Solutions Group is looking for a Cloud Network Engineer to join our team at a customer site in McLean, VA to support a mission-critical geospatial data visualization application. The Network Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and modernizing the current physical and cloud networks and helping to guide the system migration to the cloud. Your focus will be on system availability, performance, security compliance, and proactive operations, using automation, monitoring, and disciplined operational practices to keep systems reliable and compliant. This is a hands-on role for an experienced Network Engineer who is not afraid to get their hands dirty and take on a challenge to improve and guide network design changes. \nWhat You’ll Get to Do: \nFocus will be on Network Engineering, new project requirements, and operation and sustainment of existing infrastructure.\nCoordination of system maintenance, monitoring and upgrade of the current environment encompassing multiple platforms and technologies both physical and cloud based. \nAssist with research and implementation system-wide network solutions/capabilities/enhancements to support customer business/mission goals and objectives.\nTroubleshoot and resolve network media and components.\nEvaluate and monitor health and performance of the network including hardware and management software.\nDevelop and maintain a road map for capabilities, operations, and technologies and full cloud migration.\nAssist with development and execution of test plans and supporting documentation of all network configuration upgrades, additions or revisions for customer approval before implementation.\nSupport network traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization efforts to ensure attainment of performance and availability objectives.\nEvaluate and report on new/emerging network/communication technologies to enhance capacity, performance and reliability of the network.\nEvaluate and recommend changes and/or technology upgrades to address performance, standardization and industry best practices\nFollows all Customer network security processes and procedures, ensures compliance with all Government policies.\nDevelop and maintain network architecture diagrams. \nYou’ll Bring These Qualifications: \nActive security clearance with a polygraph.\n8+ years related technical experience in Network and Transport technologies, tools, and techniques\n4+ years’ experience with cloud network technologies, design and maintenance\nExperience with configuring and maintaining Cisco Juniper, switches, routers, and firewalls\nExperience with configuring networking on Linux systems (Centos, Red Hat, Amazon Linux)\nExperience with network modernization both physical and cloud\nExperience with supporting IP services to connect to systems operating at different classifications (IPv4, VPN, IPv6, Multicast, QOS, SDN, SNMP, VOIP, VTC, etc)\nCertifications: IAT II\nThese Qualifications Would be Nice to Have: \nJNCIA, JNCIS, JNCIP, CISCO CCNP, CCVP, CCNA or CCDP (or equivalent)\nCompTIA Security + \nWhat’s in It for You?\nFlexible work environment\nA team mentality - work with friendly, like-minded professionals\nWork with innovative, cutting edge technologies\nEnjoy extremely competitive compensation and benefits\nA work-life balance you can count on\nOpportunities to grow and advance your career on our dime\nThe Benefits You Get with Freedom\nAmazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more\nGenerous paid time off - including paid site closure days\nCompetitive salary offerings\nPaid training and tuition reimbursement\nReferral bonuses\nFully paid life and disability\nAnnual logo wear allowance\nCompany sponsored events (game nights, holiday party, summer party, happy hours)\nInterested in learning more about Freedom and our culture? Contact us today! We’re constantly hosting hiring events in our office and elsewhere, to help you get a sense of what life is like at Freedom before joining the team.\nAs an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability or veteran status\nApplicant Federal & E-Verify Postings\nVEVRAA Federal Contractor\nAccessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources at\nPhone: 410-290-9035 \nEmail: \nEqual Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.\nIf you want to view the EEO Law poster, please choose your language: English - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese\nIf you want to view the EEO Law Supplement poster, please choose your language: English - Spanish - Chinese\nIf you want to view the Pay Transparency Policy Statement, please click the link: English","description_format":"text","description_chars":4712,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Chinese","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"Spanish","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"Arabic","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["401k plan","Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Data & Analytics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T13:08:29Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":59,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T21:07:48Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/freedom-consulting-group-network-engineer-779","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/freedom-consulting-group-network-engineer-779.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T21:07:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}