Senior UC Network Engineer (DoD) – Hybrid, Secret Clearance

Zachary Piper Solutions; Shiloh (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. UC Network Engineer to join a team supporting mission-critical DoD network, infrastructure, and collaboration environments.

This hybrid role is located at Scott Air Force Base, IL, with four days onsite weekly and an active Secret Clearance requirement. You will lead customer delivery engagements, design and implement enterprise networking, security, data center, virtualization, and UC solutions while advising on modernization and architecture.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/IT or related field preferred.
• 8+ years in network engineering or enterprise tech support.
• Expert-level networking knowledge with enterprise routing and data center tech.
• Experience with automation/orchestration via APIs, scripting, and infra automation tools.
• Hands-on Docker, version control, and CI/CD.
• Experience with Linux and Windows Server environments.
• Strong background with voice protocols and enterprise UC deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery engagements and provide escalation support for large-scale infrastructure, network, and collaboration solutions.
• Design, implement, integrate, and optimize enterprise networking, security, data center, virtualization, and collaboration technologies.
• Lead troubleshooting for routing, switching, security, data center, and UC environments.
• Provide technical guidance and modernization planning to customer leadership.
• Design and implement firewall policies, HA configurations, and secure connectivity for voice and enterprise apps.
• Support hyper-converged and virtualized infrastructure hosting critical services.
• Manage Linux/Windows Server environments and related infrastructure management tools.

Skills

Secret clearance

Networking expertise

Automation scripting

Linux administration

Windows administration

Docker

CI/CD

Voice protocols

PSTN connectivity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

GitHub

APIs

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. UC Network Engineer to join a team supporting mission-critical DoD network, infrastructure, and collaboration environments.

This hybrid role is located at Scott Air Force Base, IL, with four days onsite weekly and an active Secret Clearance requirement. You will lead customer delivery engagements, design and implement enterprise networking, security, data center, virtualization, and UC solutions while advising on modernization and architecture.