Onsite Senior VPN & Firewall Engineer (Navy/DoD)

Zachary Piper Solutions; Norfolk, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Plan

Holidays

PTO

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a VPN/Firewall Engineer to support the U.S. Navy. This 100% onsite role is located in Norfolk, VA and other listed bases.

You will focus on enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, and network security engineering, operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include Tier III SME support for NMCI, design and maintenance of security appliances, collaboration with operations and project teams, and documentation including EIPs and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 8–12+ years of relevant network engineering experience.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• IAT Level III certification (CCNP Security, CISSP, or CASP+).
• Certification from Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, or F5 Networks.
• Extensive experience in enterprise networks including firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, routing, switching, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, STP, multicast, IP/subnet addressing.
• Strong understanding of network security and modern topologies.
• Experience with Ansible, Python, IaC, & network automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier III network engineering & SME support for enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, routing, switching, & network security technologies.
• Design, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, & implement enterprise network security appliances, including firewalls, VPNs, DMZs, & Cisco/Juniper infrastructure.
• Collaborate with various teams to execute upgrades, maintenance, integrations, and service improvements.
• Develop & maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIPs), SOPs/TTPS, automation solutions, and technical documentation.
• Support Incident & Problem Management, including Tier III escalations and on-call rotations.

Skills

Network engineering

Security clearance

IAT Level III

CCNP/CISSP/CASP+

Cisco/Juniper/Palo Alto/F5

Ansible/Python/IaC

MPLS/BGP/OSPF

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto

F5 Networks

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a VPN/Firewall Engineer to support the U.S. Navy. This 100% onsite role is located in Norfolk, VA and other listed bases.

You will focus on enterprise firewall, VPN, DMZ, and network security engineering, operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include Tier III SME support for NMCI, design and maintenance of security appliances, collaboration with operations and project teams, and documentation including EIPs and automation.