Senior Network Engineer – Onsite Navy Networking & Security

Zachary Piper Solutions; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Tuition Reimbursement

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support Navy-focused network infrastructure and test bed operations. This on-site role in San Diego, CA involves hands-on engineering, configuration, and security compliance to ensure reliable, secure enterprise networks.

Responsibilities include maintaining routing, switching, firewall protections, cloud connectivity, and performance analysis, with required active clearance and IAT II certifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering and operations (or a Master's with relevant experience).
• Experience with Cisco networking technologies, routers, switches, firewalls, OSPF, BGP, IPsec, VLANs, and network security best practices.
• Hands-on with network monitoring, troubleshooting, firmware management, STIG compliance, and performance analysis.
• Master's degree in CS/IT or related field preferred.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• IAT Level II certification required (Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, SCNP, or SSCP).
• Current CCNA, CCNP, or CCDP certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for physical network environments, including hardware/software installation, configuration, firmware upgrades, STIG compliance, and performance optimization of routers and switches.
• Monitor, analyze, troubleshoot, and maintain network performance using enterprise tools and packet-level analysis.
• Design, configure, and maintain routing, switching, firewall, and boundary protection across complex enterprise networks.
• Establish and maintain secure connectivity to cloud environments via IP space, VLANs, routing tables, VPCs, and virtual gateways.
• Support network testing, corrective action programs, vendor coordination, and regression testing to ensure reliability and security.

Skills

Cisco networking

OSPF/BGP

IPsec/VPN

VLANs

Network security

STIG compliance

IAT Level II

CCNA/CCNP/CCDP

Active Secret Clearance

Cloud networking

Education

Master's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Palo Alto

Aruba

Aruba ClearPass

NAC

Zabbix

Traffic Sentinel

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support Navy-focused network infrastructure and test bed operations. This on-site role in San Diego, CA involves hands-on engineering, configuration, and security compliance to ensure reliable, secure enterprise networks.

Responsibilities include maintaining routing, switching, firewall protections, cloud connectivity, and performance analysis, with required active clearance and IAT II certifications.