DoD Cisco Network Engineer: Enterprise WAN/L2-L3

ZP Group; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k Plan

Holidays

PTO

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Cisco Engineer to support a DoD program focused on Navy IT infrastructure, network operations, and cybersecurity. This on-site role is in Norfolk, VA, with travel to Bremerton, WA; Jacksonville, FL; Honolulu, HI; San Diego, CA; or Washington, DC.

The engineer will develop implementation-ready Cisco configurations for WAN/BAN networks, focusing on L2/L3 switching, routing, documentation, and peer reviews to enhance reliability and automation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or IT.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• Active CCNA certification required.
• Active IAT Level II certification required.
• Hands-on Cisco enterprise networking, IOS/IOS-XE, and Layer 2/3 switching and routing.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and validate implementation-ready Cisco network configurations for complex enterprise WAN/BAN environments.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco IOS/IOS-XE Layer 2/Layer 3 environments, VLANs, trunking, STP/RSTP/MST, EtherChannel, inter-VLAN routing.
• Apply IPv4 addressing, subnetting, static/dynamic routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), ACLs, and first-hop redundancy.
• Create and maintain network configuration documentation and baselines.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to improve reliability, standardization, and automation.

Skills

Cisco networking

IOS/IOS-XE

Layer 2/Layer 3 switching

Routing protocols

Network configuration documentation

CCNA certification

IAT Level II certification

Tools

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Ansible

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Cisco Engineer to support a DoD program focused on Navy IT infrastructure, network operations, and cybersecurity. This on-site role is in Norfolk, VA, with travel to Bremerton, WA; Jacksonville, FL; Honolulu, HI; San Diego, CA; or Washington, DC.

The engineer will develop implementation-ready Cisco configurations for WAN/BAN networks, focusing on L2/L3 switching, routing, documentation, and peer reviews to enhance reliability and automation.