Senior Network Engineer Onsite Secret Clearance Zero-Trust

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Information Systems Solutions (ISS) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support NIWC Pacific by providing engineering and day-to-day operational support for the physical CTB network environments. Role emphasizes hardware/software installation, STIG compliance, and performance enhancements for routers and switches.

The candidate will monitor network performance at the physical and IP packet levels, respond to outages after hours, and manage multi-cloud connectivity, VLANs, VPCs, and network

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience; senior-level role with independent and collaborative responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and day-to-day operational support for the physical CTB network environment, including hardware/software installation, firmware upgrades, STIG compliance, and performance enhancements for network routers and switches.
• Monitor and analyze network performance at physical and IP packet levels using enterprise network management tools (inMON Traffic Sentinel, Zabbix).
• Respond to outages with after-hours on-call support; must be on-site within two hours of notification.
• Manage multi-cloud connectivity (AWS, Azure) including VPCs, IP space, VLANs, route tables, gateways.
• Establish and maintain test environments, execute tests, and report results.
• Record and track issues in a corrective action system; coordinate with vendors for issues and conduct regression tests.
• Prototype and maintain configurations of routing and security hardware (HPE Aruba, Palo Alto) including NAC/Zero-Trust implementations.
• Configure routing protocols (OSPF, BGP) and secure tunneling (IPsec).
• Implement NAC and security protocols, including Aruba ClearPass and 802.1x, with Zero-Trust architectures.

Skills

Network engineering

Cloud connectivity

OSPF

BGP

IPsec

Zero-Trust

NAC

Education

Master's degree in computer science or information technology

Tools

inMON Traffic Sentinel

Zabbix

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager

Job description

Information Systems Solutions (ISS) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support NIWC Pacific by providing engineering and day-to-day operational support for the physical CTB network environments. Role emphasizes hardware/software installation, STIG compliance, and performance enhancements for routers and switches.

The candidate will monitor network performance at the physical and IP packet levels, respond to outages after hours, and manage multi-cloud connectivity, VLANs, VPCs, and network