Senior Network Engineer Jobs

Senior Network Engineer jobs hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $161,524/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Odyssey Systems

odysseyconsult.com
odysseyconsult.com · HQ: Wakefield, United States · C4ISR · Engineering Services · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2019 · Trust A · Hiring 163, 31 new
HQ: Wakefield, United States · C4ISR · Engineering Services · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2019 · Trust A · Hiring 163, 31 new
Headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Odyssey Systems Consulting Group is a government contracting and defense technology firm. The company specializes in delivering integrated engineering, management, and technical capabilities to military and government leaders across key domains like aerospace, space defense, and C5ISR. Through its expertise in software development, cybersecurity, and system integration, it supports defense acquisition and helps enhance operational readiness for critical mission requirements.
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Senior Network Administrator

≈ $93k – $187k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 12+ years exp · In office (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Secret · Senior
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Network Administrator

≈ $93k – $187k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 7+ years exp · In office (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Secret · Senior
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BlueForce

blueforceinc.com
blueforceinc.com · Washington · Hampton · Military Training · Est. 2014 · Hiring 8
Washington · Hampton · Military Training · Est. 2014 · Hiring 8
Top of page BlueForce Inc. has been ISO 9001:2015 certified since 2014 , demonstrating our commitment to internationally recognized quality standards.
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STE - Computer Systems Associate/Network Engineer

≈ $97k – $195k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Washington, United States) · Full-Time · TS/SCI · Senior
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Wells Fargo

wellsfargo.com
wellsfargo.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Mortgage Lending & Brokers · Commercial & Retail Banks · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1852 · Trust A · Hiring 1451, 495 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Mortgage Lending & Brokers · Commercial & Retail Banks · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1852 · Trust A · Hiring 1451, 495 new
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest diversified financial services and banking institutions in the United States. The enterprise offers a broad suite of consumer banking, commercial lending, wealth management, and mortgage products to millions of individual and corporate clients. Operating an extensive network of physical branches alongside robust digital channels, it delivers critical financial infrastructure across domestic and international markets.
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Senior Network Automation Engineer

$100k – $163k per year · Senior · 4+ years exp · Hybrid (Columbus, Chandler, Irving, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Python
Python
Django
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Ansible
Jenkins
Rest API
Management
ServiceNow
Jira
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Senior Network Engineer.

≈ $22k – $53k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 4+ years exp · In office (Bengaluru, India) · Full-Time · Senior
Perl
Python
Databases
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Splunk
Kibana
Prometheus
Grafana
Linux
Management
ITIL
SharePoint
Agile
+3
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Next Step Systems

nextstepsystems.com
nextstepsystems.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Hiring 14
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Hiring 14
Next Step Systems is a technology company hiring for artificial intelligence, machine learning and engineering leadership roles in remote work-from-home setups. Its postings cover technical product management of AI systems, vice presidents of engineering applications and research, and an engineering lead for AI email applications. The company is based in the United States.
$80k – $100k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior · English
Zabbix
Windows Server
Hyper-V
DHCP
VMWare
DNS
Azure
Cybersecurity
Active Directory
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Avaya

avaya.com
avaya.com · HQ: Morristown, United States · Biotechnology · Professional Services · Call Center Services · Unified Communications · Contact Center Software · Est. 2000 · Hiring 25, 10 new
HQ: Morristown, United States · Biotechnology · Professional Services · Call Center Services · Unified Communications · Contact Center Software · Est. 2000 · Hiring 25, 10 new
Avaya helps large enterprises and government agencies connect customer experience, critical communications, enterprise voice, data, AI, and workflows.
Top 25% pay 26 days ago Likely open · 51%

Network Engineer (virtual, US)

$143k – $198k per year · Senior · 7+ years exp · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Senior
BGP
MPLS
VPN
TCP/IP
DNS
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Alku

alku.com
alku.com · HQ: Andover, United States · Recruiting & Staffing · 1001-5000 employees · Trust D · Hiring 14
HQ: Andover, United States · Recruiting & Staffing · 1001-5000 employees · Trust D · Hiring 14
Alku is a United States staffing and consulting company operated through ALKU Holdings. Its job ads cover a sales internship program and sales representatives, and the company states that most of its full-time sales employees started as interns. The company is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, United States.
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Network Engineer

≈ $96k – $193k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Fort Meade, United States) · Full-Time · Secret
Verification & Validation
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sssegypt.com · HQ: Cairo, Egypt · Information Technology · Sales & Marketing · Professional Services · Facilities Management · Est. 2024 · Hiring 8
HQ: Cairo, Egypt · Information Technology · Sales & Marketing · Professional Services · Facilities Management · Est. 2024 · Hiring 8
Specialized. Our vision is to become the trusted partner for businesses and advanced technology organizations across industries. We aim to be recognized for providing innovative, high-quality services that drive success, operational excellence, and business sustainability.
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Senior Network & Systems Administrator

≈ $12k – $28k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (Cairo, Egypt) · Full-Time · Senior
BGP
OSPF
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Entra ID
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GIGATEC Engineering

gigatec.net
gigatec.net · HQ: Annapolis Junction, United States · Engineering Services · High-Performance Computing · 11-50 employees · Hiring 37, 1 new
HQ: Annapolis Junction, United States · Engineering Services · High-Performance Computing · 11-50 employees · Hiring 37, 1 new
GIGATEC Engineering is an engineering and technology company that supports demanding high-performance computing missions. It delivers secure software deployments, automates infrastructure with Ansible and Python and runs containerised services on Kubernetes, and it is hiring an HPC DevOps and software integration engineer. The company is based in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States.
Verified live · 3 hours ago 26 days ago Likely open · 56%

Network Engineer - GIGATEC Engineering

≈ $102k – $207k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Annapolis Junction, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · TS/SCI · Staff
VLAN
VMWare
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Modelwise

modelwise.ai
modelwise.ai · HQ: Munich, Germany · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · Industrial AI · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2020 · Trust A · Hiring 374, 46 new
HQ: Munich, Germany · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · Industrial AI · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2020 · Trust A · Hiring 374, 46 new
Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Modelwise is a deep-tech software company specializing in AI-driven functional safety engineering for complex hardware systems. The platform automates safety analysis and verification tasks, enabling engineers to identify design flaws early and accelerate development cycles. By streamlining compliance workflows, it helps engineering teams across the automotive, aerospace, rail, and industrial automation sectors build safer products faster.
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Senior Network Engineer

≈ $21k – $50k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Hyderabad, India) · Senior
Java
Python
DevOps
BGP
TCP/IP
Ansible
GitHub
Terraform
Git
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
+4
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Senior Network Automation Engineer

≈ $22k – $52k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Hyderabad, India) · Senior
Go
Python
DevOps
VPN
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Wise

wise.com
wise.com · HQ: London, United Kingdom · Currency Exchange & FX Payments · Money Transfer & Remittances · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2011 · Trust B · Hiring 377, 66 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom · Currency Exchange & FX Payments · Money Transfer & Remittances · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2011 · Trust B · Hiring 377, 66 new
Wise is a British financial technology company founded in 2011 by two Estonians who were frustrated by the cost of moving money between pounds and euros. It built a network of local bank accounts in each market so that most transfers never cross a border, publishes the mid-market exchange rate with an explicit fee, and has extended the model into multi-currency accounts, debit cards, business payments and an infrastructure product that banks resell. The company listed directly on the London Stock Exchange in 2021 and moves tens of billions of pounds for millions of personal and business customers each quarter.
Verified live · 21 min ago Sponsors in US 26 days ago Fading · 31%

Senior Network Engineer

$48k – $75k per year · Senior · In office (Hyderabad, India) · Full-Time · Senior · English
Java
Python
DevOps
BGP
TCP/IP
Ansible
GitHub
Terraform
Git
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
+4
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Senior Network Automation Engineer

≈ $19k – $45k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Hyderabad, India) · Full-Time · Senior · English
Go
Python
DevOps
VPN
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Eccera

eccera.com
eccera.com · HQ: Solna, Sweden · Healthcare Staffing · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation · 201-500 employees · Staffing · EOR · Hiring 43, 2 new
HQ: Solna, Sweden · Healthcare Staffing · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation · 201-500 employees · Staffing · EOR · Hiring 43, 2 new
Eccera is a Nordic staffing and consulting company based in Stockholm that provides IT and technology consultants, finance professionals and healthcare staff to organisations in Sweden and Norway, alongside recruitment, IT outsourcing, service desk, cloud and cybersecurity services and an IT academy for upskilling. It has around 300 employees and offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Linköping, serves public sector and private clients, and is a member of the Almega Kompetensföretagen employers' association. It recruits IT support technicians, network and Linux specialists, ServiceNow and integration developers, data engineers, ERP consultants and project managers.
26 days ago Likely open · 57%

Senior nätverkstekniker med expertis inom Cisco

≈ $54k – $130k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Stockholm, Sweden) · Full-Time · Senior
DHCP
DNS
Management
ServiceNow
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RingCentral

ringcentral.com
ringcentral.com · HQ: Belmont, United States · Contact Center Software · Video Conferencing & Webinars · Unified Communications · 5000+ employees · Est. 1999 · NYSE: RNG · Trust B · Hiring 72, 5 new
HQ: Belmont, United States · Contact Center Software · Video Conferencing & Webinars · Unified Communications · 5000+ employees · Est. 1999 · NYSE: RNG · Trust B · Hiring 72, 5 new
RingCentral is a US cloud communications company headquartered in Belmont, California, that sells cloud phone systems, video meetings, team messaging and contact centre software to businesses. Founded in 1999 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it replaces on-premise telephony for small, mid-market and enterprise customers and adds AI features such as call summaries and coaching. It has large teams in Manila, Bengaluru, Denver and China, and hires customer success, IT infrastructure, legal and project management staff.
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago Visa sponsor 26 days ago Likely open · 55%

Senior Network Engineer, NetOps Infrastructure

$136k – $166k per year · Equity · Senior · In office (Belmont, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Bash
Python
Mobile
MVP
DevOps
BGP
OSPF
TCP/IP
Linux
Zabbix
VictoriaMetrics
MPLS
Ansible
Grafana
Cybersecurity
Tcpdump
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Verified live · 1 day ago Sponsors in US, UK 2 months ago Fading · 26%

Senior Network Engineer

≈ $19k – $45k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 7+ years exp · Hybrid (Manila, Philippines) · Full-Time · Senior
AI Agents
DevOps
GCP
Linux
AWS
Cybersecurity
Zscaler
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Pythian

pythian.com
pythian.com · HQ: Ottawa, Canada · AI Consulting & Integration · Cloud Consulting & Migration · Databases & DBMS · 51-200 employees · Est. 1997 · Hiring 13, 1 new
HQ: Ottawa, Canada · AI Consulting & Integration · Cloud Consulting & Migration · Databases & DBMS · 51-200 employees · Est. 1997 · Hiring 13, 1 new
Pythian is a Canadian data, analytics and cloud services company offering strategy, modernization and managed services for databases, data platforms and AI. Founded in 1997 to ensure the reliability of mission-critical databases, it hires network, site reliability and sales staff. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.
Verified live · 2 hours ago Sponsors in CA, UK 26 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Network Engineer

≈ $16k – $37k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (India) · Full-Time · Senior
Oracle
Snowflake
DevOps
VLAN
VPN
GCP
AWS
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Verified live · 2 hours ago Sponsors in CA, UK 27 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Senior Network Engineer - Security (Cisco FTD)

≈ $16k – $37k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (India) · Full-Time · Senior
Oracle
Snowflake
DevOps
VLAN
VPN
GCP
AWS
BGP
OSPF
TCP/IP
+1
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Carhartt

carhartt.com
carhartt.com · HQ: Dearborn, United States · Apparel & Fashion Brands · Workwear & Uniforms · 1001-5000 employees · Trust B · Hiring 42
HQ: Dearborn, United States · Apparel & Fashion Brands · Workwear & Uniforms · 1001-5000 employees · Trust B · Hiring 42
Carhartt is a US maker of durable workwear and outdoor apparel. It hires sourcing managers, replenishment planners, IT quality testers and retail sales associates, with most openings at its headquarters area. The company is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
Verified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 26 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Sr. Network Engineer

≈ $85k – $172k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Dearborn, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
DHCP
Wi-Fi
MPLS
VPN
TCP/IP
DNS
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Defense in Depth
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Superloop

superloop.com
superloop.com · HQ: Brisbane, Australia · Broadband · Internet Service Providers · Est. 2014 · Trust A · Hiring 21, 2 new
HQ: Brisbane, Australia · Broadband · Internet Service Providers · Est. 2014 · Trust A · Hiring 21, 2 new
Superloop is an Australian telecommunications company operating fibre networks and broadband services. It supplies wholesale connectivity, business networks and consumer internet across Australia and Asia. The company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Verified live · 4 hours ago 26 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Senior Optical Network Engineer

≈ $70k – $167k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Australia) · Full-Time · Senior
Wi-Fi
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Senior Network Engineer

≈ $74k – $177k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 7+ years exp · Hybrid (Brisbane, Australia) · Full-Time · Senior
BGP
OSPF
VPN
Incident Management
AWS
Cybersecurity
pfSense
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SAP

sap.com
sap.com · HQ: Walldorf, Germany · AI Agents · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Procurement & Spend Management · HR & Payroll Software · ERP & Business Management Software · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1972 · Trust A · Hiring 461, 28 new
HQ: Walldorf, Germany · AI Agents · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Procurement & Spend Management · HR & Payroll Software · ERP & Business Management Software · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1972 · Trust A · Hiring 461, 28 new
SAP is a German software company founded in 1972 by five former IBM engineers and headquartered in Walldorf, and it is the world's largest vendor of enterprise resource planning software. Its systems run the finance, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and human resources processes of a large share of global commerce, with the in-memory S/4HANA suite at the centre and specialised clouds such as SuccessFactors, Ariba and Concur around it. The company is midway through moving its installed base from on-premise licences to cloud subscriptions, and it embeds its Business AI assistant Joule across the portfolio to automate routine enterprise work.
Verified live · 1 day ago Sponsors in US, IE 26 days ago Likely open · 66%

Network Engineer Expert (m/f/d) - Sovereign Cloud Delivery Germany

≈ $96k – $230k per year (Estimated) · Senior · Hybrid (Germany) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
Context Engineering
AI Agents
DevOps
IAM
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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Delos Cloud | Senior Network Engineer (f/m/d)

≈ $93k – $224k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (Germany) · Senior · German: C1 · English
Perl
Python
DevOps
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
TCP/IP
Ansible
DNS
GitHub
Terraform
+2
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Blue Origin

blueorigin.com
blueorigin.com · HQ: Kent, United States · Space Services · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2000 · Trust A · Hiring 1587, 70 new
HQ: Kent, United States · Space Services · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2000 · Trust A · Hiring 1587, 70 new
Blue Origin is an American aerospace company founded quietly by Jeff Bezos in 2000, and funded for two decades largely out of his own fortune rather than external investment. It flies the suborbital New Shepard vehicle for space tourism and research payloads, and developed the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket alongside the BE-4 engine, which also powers United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. Headquartered in Kent, Washington, the company is building the Blue Moon lunar lander under a NASA Artemis contract and has moved from a deliberately slow development culture toward far more aggressive schedules under chief executive Dave Limp.
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 26 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Senior Network Reliability Engineer

$198k – $277k per year · Equity · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Littleton, Reston, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Hazardous materials · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
Rust
C++
Python
DevOps
DHCP
VLAN
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
VPN
TCP/IP
DNS
+3
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 28 days ago Hiring now · 79%

Senior Engineer, Compute Fabric & Network Architecture, Project Sunrise

$134k – $187k per year · Equity · Senior · 10+ years exp · In office (Littleton, Seattle, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Hazardous materials · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
NCCL
InfiniBand
Machine Learning
DevOps
HPC
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 2 months ago Likely open · 47%

Sr. Network Systems Engineer

$134k – $187k per year · Equity · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Littleton, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Top Secret · Hazardous materials · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
Python
DevOps
Nagios
Ansible
Terraform
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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CREODIAS

creodias.eu
creodias.eu · HQ: Warsaw, Poland · Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Earth Observation · Hiring 3
HQ: Warsaw, Poland · Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Earth Observation · Hiring 3
CREODIAS is a European cloud platform that gives access to Earth observation satellite data and processing, serving the space industry, climate research and science. It hires system and network engineers and Python and platform engineers in Poland, with hybrid work. The company is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.
26 days ago Likely open · 50%

Senior System & Network Engineer

$61k – $82k per year · Senior · Hybrid (Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Katowice, Poland) · Full-Time · Senior
Python
DevOps
BGP
OSPF
TCP/IP
Ansible
DNS
Linux
OpenStack
VPN
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
OPNsense
+3
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nhaschools.com · HQ: Grand Rapids, United States · Primary Education · Secondary Education · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1995 · Trust B · Hiring 195, 10 new
HQ: Grand Rapids, United States · Primary Education · Secondary Education · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1995 · Trust B · Hiring 195, 10 new
National Heritage Academies is a US education management organisation headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that partners with communities to build and operate tuition-free public charter schools from kindergarten through high school. Founded in 1995, it runs more than 100 schools in nine states, with the largest group in Michigan and others in Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, Colorado and further states. It hires classroom and special education teachers, physical education and English language teachers, behaviour support specialists, substitutes and school leaders, plus software and technology staff at its home office.
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Sr Network Engineer

≈ $86k – $174k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Grand Rapids, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
DHCP
Wi-Fi
VPN
DNS
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LaunchTech

welaunchtech.com
welaunchtech.com · HQ: Huntsville, United States · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · 51-200 employees · Likely startup · Hiring 28, 2 new
HQ: Huntsville, United States · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · 51-200 employees · Likely startup · Hiring 28, 2 new
LaunchTech is an award-winning woman, minority, and service-disabled veteran-owned company with proven experience navigating groundbreaking critical technology and engineering solutions and initiatives for enterprise customers in the public and private sectors.
Verified live · 3 hours ago 26 days ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Network Engineer for Operations and Maintenance - Huntsville - LaunchTech

≈ $90k – $182k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Huntsville, United States) · Secret · Senior
DHCP
BGP
OSPF
VPN
DNS
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 26 days ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Network Engineer for Operations and Maintenance - Colorado Springs - LaunchTech

≈ $90k – $182k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Colorado Springs, United States) · Secret · Senior
DHCP
BGP
OSPF
VPN
DNS
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