Network Engineer
C3EL
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Overview:
Job Title: Network Engineer
Security Clearance: Top Secret
Location: Pearl Harbor, HI
(Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.)
Description:
C3EL is seeking a cleared professional to support our critical mission in our Joint Fires Network (JFN) NOC at Ford Island, Hawaii. Our customer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the department of Defense (DoD) and national security organizations. The Network Engineer will perform sustainment, maintenance, and Problem and Change management services to help ensure secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of the networks.
(This role is considered "Mission Essential" and may require supporting rotating shift work, which includes nights and weekends.)
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across optical and electro-optical multiplexers, routers, and switches.
- Perform real-time circuit redesign (alternate routing) to restore customer connectivity during scheduled and unscheduled outages and maintenance actions.
- Work directly with internal and external customers, external government agencies, and other engineering tiers to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact.
- Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools.
- Perform a variety of change management tasks which include hardware replacement, software configurations, and ASI management.
- Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident.
- Assess, identify, and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or deficiencies leveraging knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, optical transport network, MPLS, time division multiplexing, and SDH/SONET.
Minimum Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship.
- An active, in-scope US Government issued Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility.
- Current DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE, or equivalent).
- Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment.
- Working knowledge of both Transport and IP network topologies.
Desired Qualifications:
- Tech control facility or cyber transport experience.
- Circuit actions and vendor experience.
- IP/Transport architecture experience.
- Solarwinds and JIRA experience.
- Telco NOC, inside or outside plant experience.
- Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs.
- Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management, change management.
Education/Experience:
- Requires a Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. (Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.)
About this role
C3EL is hiring a Network Engineer to support critical defense infrastructure at Joint Fires Network operations in Hawaii. This is a contract position requiring an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and U.S. citizenship; you'll work in-office at Ford Island in a 24x7 shift environment, including nights and weekends, classified as mission essential. The role focuses on keeping DoD and national security networks operational through real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
Your day-to-day work involves configuring and analyzing circuits across optical and IP network equipment, redesigning alternate routes during outages to restore connectivity, and documenting incidents through to resolution. You'll monitor network alarms, execute change management tasks like hardware replacement and software updates, and coordinate with internal teams, government agencies, and external customers to minimize operational impact. The technical foundation requires hands-on knowledge of routers, switches, and transport protocols like MPLS and SONET, with CISCO and Juniper experience particularly valued.
This role suits someone with a bachelor's degree and 2–4 years of relevant network operations experience (or equivalent), who holds or can maintain DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 certification, and who is comfortable with on-call shift work in a high-stakes environment. Background in telecom NOC operations, circuit management, or cyber transport is a plus, as is familiarity with SolarWinds, JIRA, and standard Microsoft Office tools.
Typical pay for this role
$120,000
Typical range: $100,000 to $140,000
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