Onsite Norfolk Network Systems Engineer - Secret Cleared

Zachary Piper, LLC; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

PTO

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Network Systems Engineer to support enterprise network infrastructure, vulnerability remediation, and modernization for a large-scale federal IT environment in Norfolk, VA. The role is onsite five days a week and requires an active Secret clearance.

You will work with network operations, engineering, and automation teams to maintain security, performance, and readiness, including patching, IOS upgrades, VLANs, routing protocols (OSPF/EIGRP/BGP/MPLS), and

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Active DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, or equivalent).
• Active networking vendor OS cert (Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA, or equivalent).
• 5+ years hands-on network engineering in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform vulnerability remediation, security patching, and OS upgrades across enterprise network infrastructure.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices.
• Execute Cisco IOS upgrades, firmware updates, and network changes with minimal disruption.
• Provide Tier III network engineering support for routing, switching, firewall, VPN, and connectivity issues.

Skills

Secret clearance

IAT Level II

CCNA

5+ years experience

Tools

Ansible

Python

Infrastructure as Code

Cisco IOS

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Network Systems Engineer to support enterprise network infrastructure, vulnerability remediation, and modernization for a large-scale federal IT environment in Norfolk, VA. The role is onsite five days a week and requires an active Secret clearance.

You will work with network operations, engineering, and automation teams to maintain security, performance, and readiness, including patching, IOS upgrades, VLANs, routing protocols (OSPF/EIGRP/BGP/MPLS), and