On-Site Network Engineer - Defense Communications (Secret)

Piper Companies; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Tuition Reimbursement

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Network Engineer to support a defense program focusing on command and control, battle management, communications, and ballistic missile defense operations. This on-site role is based in Colorado Springs, CO.

The Network Engineer will implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure across multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alto), supporting secure, reliable communications for national defense objectives.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise network infrastructure and troubleshooting in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper routing and switching technologies.
• Experience with Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Active Security Clearance (Secret or higher) and IAT Level II certification.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network infrastructure (routers, switches, firewalls) in multi-vendor environments.
• Monitor network performance, identify latency and packet loss issues, and perform root cause analysis.
• Implement VLANs, OSPF, BGP, GRE tunnels, UDP multicast, WAN optimization, and TCP/IP architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support network upgrades and deployments.
• Travel to remote sites to install networks and assist with troubleshooting, including after-hours as needed.

Skills

Routing & Switching

Firewall configuration

Network monitoring

Security clearance

IAT Level II

Education

CCNA or JNCIA

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Network Engineer to support a defense program focusing on command and control, battle management, communications, and ballistic missile defense operations. This on-site role is based in Colorado Springs, CO.

The Network Engineer will implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure across multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alto), supporting secure, reliable communications for national defense objectives.