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title: Satcom/Network Engineer III at Risadirect
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| **Company** | risadirect.com |
| **Location** | Mount Weather, VA |
| **Salary** | $99K/yr - $108K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Sep 28, 2026 |
## Description

**SATCOM Network Engineer III (VSAT, iDirect, Juniper)**

**Network Engineer III - SATCOM Services**

**Location:** Mt Weather (Bluemont), VA - on site

**Time Type:** Full time, Exempt

**Clearance Required to Start:** Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph (U.S. citizenship required)

**Schedule:** Must be able to work weekends and evening hours as needed

**Salary Range:** $99,000 – $108,000

**Satellite transport across multiple security domains, end to end.**

RISA is hiring a SATCOM Network Engineer to engineer and sustain an Intelligence Community customer's WAN, LAN, and campus networks across multiple security domains. This one runs the full RF chain - VSAT and fixed ground stations, modems, bandwidth management - alongside the routed enterprise behind it. You work with little direction, and you will talk to the owner here, not a recruiting queue.

**What You Will Do**

- Install, maintain, and troubleshoot satellite communications equipment.
- Evaluate, configure, test, and sustain every element of the RF transmit and receive chain.
- Coordinate maintenance, monitoring, and installation across multi-domain WAN/LAN environments.
- Troubleshoot network media and components; monitor the health and performance of the network.
- Research and implement enterprise-wide solutions and enhancements against mission objectives.
- Develop test plans and configuration documentation for customer approval before implementation.
- Run traffic analysis and bandwidth optimization to hold performance and availability objectives.
- Perform site surveys for new installations and technology refresh; maintain architecture diagrams.
- Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.

**What You'll Bring**

- S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.
- Education and experience, per the contract labor category criteria: Bachelor's degree in a field applicable to the position plus 6 years of relevant experience. Equivalents accepted - Master's plus 4, Associate's plus 8, or High School diploma/GED plus 10.
- 8+ years in network and transport technologies, and 8+ years on large-scale enterprise or global networks.
- Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) and larger fixed ground station systems across SCPC, TDMA, and other industry-standard SATCOM configurations.
- IP satellite modems interfacing with bandwidth management systems such as iDirect and Comtech VMS.
- Juniper switches and routers, cryptographic devices, VPN and VPN client, and Starshield.
- OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and multicast.
- IP services supporting NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and JWICS - IPv4, VPN, multicast, QoS, SDN, SNMP, VoIP, VTC.
- Network analysis tooling - Forward Networks, HP Network Node Manager, or Riverbed.
- DoD Architecture Framework and related DoD network architecture and strategic planning instructions.
- Ability to work independently with little direction, and to write and brief at the executive level.

**Nice to Have**

- CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or ITIL v3 Foundations.
- JNCIA, or Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCVP.

**About RISA**

Rolston Information Systems Assurance (RISA) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that has supported federal defense and intelligence cybersecurity missions for more than seventeen years. We are small on purpose: direct access to leadership, a real say in how the work gets done, and none of the layers that slow large primes down.

**Benefits**

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) and Roth; Paid Time Off; and 11 paid Federal Holidays.

*RISA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.*

- Upon receiving an offer of employment, all applicants will be required to do a background check, including a criminal record check and employment/education verification.
## Skills

- Enterprise Architecture
- Cisco Certified Network Associate
- Cisco Certified Network Professional
- Hewlett-Packard HP Network Node Manager
- Insightful S-plus
- Network Engineering
- Multicast Networking
- SIPRNet
- Cisco Systems VPN Client
- Juniper Networks
- Satellite Communications
- Deployment Strategy
- Cisco
- ITIL
- Electrical Equipment Components
- Solution Architecture
- Open Shortest Path First OSPF
- NIPRNet
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- Network Analysis
- Virtual Private Networks (Vpn)
- Video Conferencing
- Network Routing
- JWICS (Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System)
- Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Software
- CI/CD
- Strategic Planning
- Network Architecture
- VoIP
- IPv4
- Software Defined Networking (Sdn)
- Riverbed
- Test Planning
- Polygraphy
- Maintenance
- Ability to Work Independently
- Border Gateway Protocol BGP
- Tibco S-plus
- Multiprotocol Label Switching MPLS
- Quality of Service
- Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (Ts/sci Clearance)
- Ground Station Operations
- CompTIA Security+
## Benefits

- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off (Pto)
- 401(k) Plans

## How to Apply

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