Onsite Cisco Network Engineer — DoD/Navy Ops

Zachary Piper Solutions; Norfolk, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Plan

Holidays

PTO

Sick leave as required by law

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cisco Engineer to support a long-term DoD program for Navy IT infrastructure, network operations and cybersecurity. On-site in Norfolk, VA (and other locations).

You will develop Cisco configurations for WAN/BAN, focus on L2/L3 switching, routing, and automation, while ensuring reliability and accuracy through reviews and documentation. Qualifications include 5+ years in network engineering, Active Secret clearance, CCNA, IAT Level II, and strong Cisco

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or IT.
• Active Secret clearance; CCNA; IAT Level II.
• Hands-on Cisco enterprise networking with IOS/IOS-XE; L2/L3 switching and routing.
• Experience with VLANs, trunking, STP, EtherChannel, inter-VLAN routing, IPv4/subnetting, OSPF/EIGRP/BGP, ACLs.
• Ability to develop, validate, document, and review configurations before implementation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate Cisco configurations for complex WAN/BAN environments.
• Configure Cisco IOS/IOS-XE L2/L3 with VLANs, trunking, STP, EtherChannel, inter-VLAN routing.
• Apply IPv4 addressing, subnetting, routing protocols, ACLs, and first-hop redundancy.
• Analyze network changes for impact, dependencies, and functionality beyond templates.
• Create and maintain configuration documentation and baselines.
• Perform validation and peer reviews to ensure accuracy for deployment.
• Collaborate with SRE, development, and automation teams to improve reliability and standardization.
• Support evolution of network automation and configuration management initiatives.

Skills

Cisco Networking

Layer 2/Layer 3 Switching

Routing Protocols (OSPF/EIGRP/BGP)

Cisco IOS/IOS-XE

Network Automation

Documentation

Education

CCNA

IAT Level II

Active Secret clearance

DoD / 8570 familiarity

Tools

Cisco Catalyst switches

Cisco routers

Python

Ansible

Bash

PowerShell

Terraform

Linux/Unix

GitLab

Jenkins

AWS

Azure

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cisco Engineer to support a long-term DoD program for Navy IT infrastructure, network operations and cybersecurity. On-site in Norfolk, VA (and other locations).

You will develop Cisco configurations for WAN/BAN, focus on L2/L3 switching, routing, and automation, while ensuring reliability and accuracy through reviews and documentation. Qualifications include 5+ years in network engineering, Active Secret clearance, CCNA, IAT Level II, and strong Cisco