On-Site Cisco Network Engineer – Enterprise/WAN Focus

Piper Companies; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Cisco Engineer to support a long-term DoD program focused on Navy enterprise IT infrastructure, network operations, and cybersecurity. This on-site role in Norfolk (with other locations nationwide) centers on Cisco Layer 2/3 networking, routing, switching, and configuration.

You will develop, validate, and document implementation-ready Cisco configurations, perform peer reviews, and collaborate with SRE and automation teams to improve

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or IT.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• Active CCNA certification.
• Active IAT Level II certification.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco enterprise networking, IOS/IOS-XE, Layer 2/Layer 3 switching, and routing.
• Experience with VLANs, trunking, STP, EtherChannel, inter-VLAN routing, IPv4/subnetting, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ACLs, and TCP/IP.
• Experience developing, validating, documenting, and reviewing network configurations prior to implementation.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with the ability to understand impact of changes on an enterprise network.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and validate implementation-ready Cisco network configurations for complex enterprise WAN/BAN environments based on site-specific requirements.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco IOS/IOS-XE Layer 2/Layer 3 environments, including VLANs, trunking, STP/RSTP/MST, EtherChannel/LACP/PAgP, inter-VLAN routing, interfaces, and port-channels.
• Apply knowledge of IPv4 addressing, subnetting, static/dynamic routing (OSPF/EIGRP/BGP), ACLs, and first-hop redundancy.
• Analyze existing networks and assess impact of configuration changes beyond templates.
• Create and maintain network configuration documentation and baselines.
• Perform configuration validation and peer reviews to ensure changes are ready for implementation.
• Collaborate with network engineering, SRE, development, automation, and other teams to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Support evolution of network automation and configuration management.

Skills

Cisco networking

Layer 2/3 switching

Network documentation

Peer review

Troubleshooting

Education

CCNA Certification

IAT Level II Certification

Active Secret Clearance

Tools

Cisco IOS/IOS-XE

EtherChannel

Trunking

Subnetting

TCP/IP

OSPF

EIGRP

BGP

ACLs

Python

Ansible

PowerShell

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Cisco Engineer to support a long-term DoD program focused on Navy enterprise IT infrastructure, network operations, and cybersecurity. This on-site role in Norfolk (with other locations nationwide) centers on Cisco Layer 2/3 networking, routing, switching, and configuration.

You will develop, validate, and document implementation-ready Cisco configurations, perform peer reviews, and collaborate with SRE and automation teams to improve