Cleared Network Operations Cloud Engineer, (Clearance Required - Secret), Hybrid Remote & On-Site OK, UT, PA

HPE Aruba Networking; Oklahoma; Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a senior network engineer for a remote/teleworker role with flexible hybrid work. US citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance are required, along with a DoD 8140 baseline certification at start.

You will handle complex enterprise networks, including NSX and secure private cloud connectivity, with on-site support as needed. The role emphasizes collaboration across security, cloud, and engineering teams, change management via ServiceNow, and maintaining

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and active DoD Secret clearance required.
• DoD 8140-compliant baseline certification required at start.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/NET/IT or related field.
• Seven or more years of progressive network engineering or operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate and troubleshoot LAN, WAN, datacenter, and private networks across classified and non-classified environments.
• Resolve complex connectivity, routing, policy, performance, and application-delivery issues using logs and packet captures.
• Execute approved network and security changes through ServiceNow with incident, change, and problem management.
• Support VMware NSX tenant networking and secure private-cloud connectivity.
• Collaborate with cloud, security, and engineering teams on migrations and deployments.
• Translate architecture into diagrams and procedures for implementation and testing.

Skills

Seven+ years experience

Team leadership

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/NET/IT

DoD 8140 baseline cert (e.g., Security+)

Tools

VMware NSX

NSX-T

Juniper

Palo Alto

Infoblox

OpsRamp

NetScout

Splunk

Wireshark

Job description

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

• US Citizenship Required
• Clearance Required: Secret
• Flexible Hybrid Role with requirement to work onsite at customer location as required

What You’ll Do

• Operate and troubleshoot LAN, WAN, datacenter, and disconnected-cloud networks across classified and non-classified environments, including switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, DNS/IPAM, and network-management platforms.
• Resolve complex connectivity, routing, policy, performance, and application-delivery issues using packet capture, monitoring, logs, and structured troubleshooting.
• Execute approved network and security changes through ServiceNow, including firewall policies, access controls, load-balancing profiles, routing, and DNS updates, while maintaining incident, request, problem, and knowledge records.
• Support and troubleshoot VMware NSX tenant networking and secure private-cloud connectivity, including tenant segments, routing, security policies, and infrastructure-to-cloud integration.
• Partner with cloud, virtualization, systems, security, architecture, and application teams on tenant onboarding, workload migrations, technology refreshes, continuity exercises, disaster recovery, and production deployments.
• Translate approved architecture into diagrams, low-level designs, implementation and test plans, operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-transfer materials for out-of-band connectivity, IPsec, NAT, segmentation, and customer integration.
• Monitor service health, identify recurring risks, and improve reliability through automation, standardization, knowledge sharing, and disciplined problem management.
• Lead customer and cross-functional technical discussions, communicate status, risks, dependencies, and recovery actions, identify ownership or architecture gaps, and drive resolution through engineering, security, and governance channels.
• Review network and NSX STIG checklists, document findings, implement approved hardening, and maintain audit-ready evidence through change management.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide evening or weekend support when mission requirements demand it.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance are required at application. Candidates must be able to maintain the clearance and obtain customer-specific access.
• DoD 8140-compliant baseline certification, such as CompTIA Security+ or an approved higher-level certification, required upon start.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, network engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant technical experience.
• Seven or more years of progressive network engineering or operations experience, including hands-on responsibility for complex enterprise, Datacenter, private-cloud, or federal environments.

Technical Skills

• Experience configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2/3 networking, TCP/IP, VLANs, ACLs, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, BGP, and OSPF. Experience supporting SDN or VMware NSX environments, including tenant connectivity, segmentation, routing, and security-policy troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, DNS/IPAM, monitoring, and packet-analysis platforms. Experience with Juniper, Palo Alto, Infoblox, OpsRamp, NetScout, Splunk, Wireshark, or comparable technologies is highly valued.
• Experience with secure or regulated infrastructure, including Zero Trust, hardening, STIG/SRG implementation, CKL review, vulnerability remediation, Tenable or ACAS validation, segmentation, access control, evidence collection, and RMF/ATO documentation.
• Strong communication and judgment, with the ability to work independently through ServiceNow-based incident, request, change, problem, knowledge, CMDB, CAB, and escalation processes while collaborating with customers and engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Defense or other federal mission environments, including classified and non-classified networks, disconnected or air-gapped operations, Government-Furnished Equipment access, and controlled transfer or sanitization of operational data and evidence.
• Experience with SCCA, disconnected or air-gapped private cloud, hybrid-cloud connectivity, tenant onboarding, multi-tenant routing and segmentation, and integration with platforms such as ServiceNow, OpsRamp, Elastic, Tenable, Cohesity, Morpheus, and identity services.
• Advanced experience with VMware NSX-T and Juniper routing and switching. Experience with Palo Alto, Infoblox or BlueCat DDI, Cisco or Aruba, VRFs, EVPN/VXLAN, IPv4/IPv6, IPsec, policy-based routing, and high-availability design is preferred.
• Familiarity with network automation, configuration validation, and repeatable workflows using Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, APIs, version control, or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory, PKI, Linux/UNIX, and related infrastructure technologies.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, relevant network-vendor certification, cloud certification, or advanced cybersecurity credential.
• Experience leading technical troubleshooting sessions, mentoring engineers, creating training content, or coordinating work across mission partners.

Success in This Role

• Maintains reliable, secure network services and restores service quickly when incidents occur.
• Executes production changes accurately, communicates risk early, and leaves clear operational documentation behind.
• Connects network operations to the broader cloud service and works effectively across organizational boundaries.
• Builds customer confidence through technical credibility, ownership, responsiveness, and follow-through.
• Improves the environment over time through standardization, automation, knowledge sharing, and disciplined problem management.

Work Requirements

• Flexible hybrid role with onsite work at a designated federal customer or HPE location as mission needs require.
• Work primarily Monday through Friday during standard business hours, with flexibility for evening, weekend, maintenance-window, and rotational support.
• Ability and willingness to travel when required.
• Ability to work effectively across diverse teams and manage changing priorities in a mission-focused technical environment.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 109,000 - 251,000 in Oklahoma & Pennsylvania & Utah

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