DoD Network Engineer — Quantico | Security & Routing

Zachary Piper Solutions; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO,

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Network Engineer to support a DoD network environment based in Quantico, VA. You will design, integrate, test, and troubleshoot large-scale LAN/WAN infrastructure with multi-vendor devices from Cisco, Juniper, and Fortinet, focusing on security and resilience.

Responsibilities include configuring routing protocols (BGP/EIGRP/OSPF/VRF), implementing MPLS, ACLs, IPSec, and enterprise firewalls, and supporting DNS/DHCP/IP addressing.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance Required
• Hands-on experience with Cisco networking equipment and routing protocols including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and VRF.
• Experience with firewalls, VPNs, MPLS, ACLs, IPSec, and network security technologies.
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet/FortiGate, or comparable enterprise networking platforms.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN, routing, ports, and protocols.
• Experience with network security, web filtering, proxy technologies, and HTTP/HTTPS inspection.
• ITIL v3 Foundation certification required.
• Professional-level certification such as CCNP Security, JNCIP-SEC, FCNSP, or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate, test, and troubleshoot complex LAN, BAN, and WAN network environments.
• Support large-scale network engineering initiatives and daily engineering activities alongside Government technical leads.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing technologies including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and VRF.
• Implement network security technologies including MPLS, ACLs, IPSec, L2 VPNs, and firewalls.
• Design and support multi-vendor network environments utilizing Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and other enterprise networking technologies.
• Configure and troubleshoot FortiGate, Juniper Security Appliances, and enterprise firewall technologies.
• Support DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, capacity management, traffic analysis, and network cutovers.

Skills

Cisco networking

Routing protocols

Network security

Fortinet FortiGate

VPNs

DNS/DHCP

LAN/WAN

CCNP Security

ITIL v3 Foundation

Security clearance

Tools

Cisco devices

Juniper devices

Fortinet FortiGate

Firewall appliances

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Network Engineer to support a DoD network environment based in Quantico, VA. You will design, integrate, test, and troubleshoot large-scale LAN/WAN infrastructure with multi-vendor devices from Cisco, Juniper, and Fortinet, focusing on security and resilience.

Responsibilities include configuring routing protocols (BGP/EIGRP/OSPF/VRF), implementing MPLS, ACLs, IPSec, and enterprise firewalls, and supporting DNS/DHCP/IP addressing.