Joint Fires Network Engineer

Piper Companies; Illinois; On-site; USD 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO and Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Joint Fires Network Engineer for a Federal program at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. The role focuses on network operations, routing, switching, and circuit analysis to ensure mission readiness.

The engineer will work 24x7 shifts, coordinate with government agencies and internal teams, and support change management, incident documentation, and network optimization using Cisco/Juniper gear.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience.
• DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent).
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Able to work in a 24x7 shift environment.
• Experience with Cisco/Juniper MSPP MPLS and optical transport networks.

Responsibilities

• Execute network operations including configuration and analysis of circuits across multiplexers, routers, and switches.
• Perform real-time circuit redesign to restore connectivity during outages and maintenance actions.
• Coordinate with internal/external customers and government agencies to ensure maximum network availability.
• Monitor network alarms using platform management tools.
• Perform change management tasks including hardware replacement and software configurations.
• Document outages/degradations/escalations in incident management systems.
• Assess and resolve network incidents leveraging knowledge of routers, switches, and transport architectures.

Skills

Transport/IP networks

Security clearance

Network monitoring

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SolarWinds

JIRA

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Joint Fires Network Engineer to join a Federal Program located at Scott Air Force Base. The Joint Fires Network Engineer will execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across optical and electro-optical multiplexers, routers, and switches.

Responsibilities of the Joint Fires Network Engineer:

• 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, SDH/SONET.

Qualifications of the Joint Fires Network Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) prior to start date.
• Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment.
• Possess deep understanding of both Transport and IP network topologies.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility
• 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

Compensation for the Joint Fires Network Engineer:

• Salary Range: $80,000+ *flexible based on experience*
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and Sick Leave as required by law
• Flexible working schedule
• Unlimited opportunities for growth

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