Onsite Network Engineer in Amarillo — TS/DOE Q Clearance

Piper Companies; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a DoD/DOE secure environment. This fully onsite role is based in Amarillo, TX and requires active Top Secret/DOE Q clearance.

The Network Engineer will maintain high-availability enterprise networks, troubleshoot, and implement lifecycle plans, change management, and documentation using ServiceNow. Candidates should have 5+ years of networking, Cisco routing and switching, and readiness to work onsite; DoD Top Secret

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience, Master’s with 2+ years, or 10+ years of combined relevant education/training/experience in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of relevant networking experience, including Cisco enterprise routing and switching.
• Experience supporting secure, highly available enterprise network environments.
• Strong network troubleshooting, operations, and infrastructure management experience.
• Ability and willingness to work fully onsite in Amarillo, TX*
• Active DoD Top Secret w/ eligibility for DOE Q, or currently active DOE Q security clearance*
• Desired: Cisco ISE, Catalyst/DNA Center, Tenable, Splunk, LTM/GTM load balancers, and DNS/DHCP/IPAM administration.

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

Networking expertise

Cisco routing & switching

Security clearance

Onsite work in Amarillo

NOC/SOC experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree or equivalent

10+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Cisco ISE

DNA Center

Tenable

Splunk

LTM/GTM load balancers

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support a DoD/DOE secure environment. This fully onsite role is based in Amarillo, TX and requires active Top Secret/DOE Q clearance.

The Network Engineer will maintain high-availability enterprise networks, troubleshoot, and implement lifecycle plans, change management, and documentation using ServiceNow. Candidates should have 5+ years of networking, Cisco routing and switching, and readiness to work onsite; DoD Top Secret