Onsite Network Engineer – DoD/DOE Q (Amarillo)

Zachary Piper Solutions; Amarillo, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a trusted engineering and technical services organization within the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise.

This position is fully onsite in Amarillo, TX and requires an active DoD Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance. The IT Networking Engineer will maintain secure, highly available enterprise network infrastructure, handling routing, switching, wireless, VoIP,

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance or DOE Q required.
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Amarillo, TX.
• 5+ years of networking experience with Cisco enterprise routing and switching.

Responsibilities

• Maintain 99.9% availability of core network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and data center fabrics, while resolving network incidents and service outages within established SLAs.
• Develop and execute network lifecycle, upgrade, patching, and rollback plans to support infrastructure stability and availability.
• Monitor network devices, support NOC/SOC onboarding and telemetry reporting, and provide recommendations for performance optimization, capacity planning, and remediation.
• Support Cisco ISE authentication, authorization, access control services, Network Access Devices, and identity groups.
• Administer wireless LAN infrastructure, access point deployments, and VoIP services, including moves, adds, changes, and deletions.
• Manage load balancers, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM environments supporting enterprise network operations.
• Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, inventories, and change records while managing RFCs through ServiceNow and established CAB processes.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

Operations

Infrastructure management

Onsite work

Clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

10+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Cisco ISE

Cisco Catalyst/DNA Center

Tenable

Splunk

LTM/GTM load balancers

DNS/DHCP/IPAM administration

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a trusted engineering and technical services organization within the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise.

This position is fully onsite in Amarillo, TX and requires an active DoD Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance. The IT Networking Engineer will maintain secure, highly available enterprise network infrastructure, handling routing, switching, wireless, VoIP,