On-Site Network Engineer for Defense Communications

Zachary Piper Solutions; Colorado Springs, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package: PTO, Holidays,

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K

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 the Network Engineer will implement, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure across complex LAN/WAN environments.

You will work with Cisco/Juniper routing, firewall platforms from Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Juniper,

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network infrastructure including routers, switches, and firewalls in multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto).
• Monitor network performance, identify connectivity, latency, and packet loss issues, and perform root cause analysis to resolve incidents.
• Implement and support networking technologies including VLANs, OSPF, BGP, GRE tunnels, UDP multicast, WAN optimization, and TCP/IP network architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support network upgrades, installations, infrastructure enhancements, and operational projects.
• Travel to remote sites to perform network installations, lead troubleshooting efforts, and provide status updates to program stakeholders, including support during evenings and weekends when required.

Skills

3+ years enterprise networking

IAT Level II

Active Secret Clearance

Tools

Cisco routing & switching

Juniper routing & switching

Fortinet Firewalls

Palo Alto Firewalls

CCNA

JNCIA

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 the Network Engineer will implement, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure across complex LAN/WAN environments.

You will work with Cisco/Juniper routing, firewall platforms from Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Juniper,