On-Site Network Engineer for Defense Communications

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

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid holidays

Medical insurance

401K

Tuition reimbursement

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Network Engineer to support a mission-critical defense program focused on command and control, battle management, communications, and ballistic missile defense operations.

This on-site role is based in Colorado Springs, CO, and requires hands-on network implementation, maintenance, and optimization across complex LAN/WAN environments to ensure secure, reliable communications for national defense objectives.

Qualifications

• 3+ years supporting enterprise network infrastructure.
• Hands-on Cisco and Juniper routing/switching.
• Experience with Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Active Secret clearance; IAT Level II; CCNA or JNCIA.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Monitor performance; identify and resolve connectivity issues.
• Implement VLANs, OSPF, BGP, GRE, UDP multicast, WAN optimization.
• Travel to remote sites for installs and stakeholder updates.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

LAN/WAN optimization

Network monitoring

Multi-vendor networks

Tools

Cisco devices

Juniper devices

Fortinet devices

Palo Alto devices

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Network Engineer to support a mission-critical defense program focused on command and control, battle management, communications, and ballistic missile defense operations.

This on-site role is based in Colorado Springs, CO, and requires hands-on network implementation, maintenance, and optimization across complex LAN/WAN environments to ensure secure, reliable communications for national defense objectives.