Senior UC Network Engineer - DoD, Secret Clearance, Hybrid

Zachary Piper, LLC; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Sick leave

Job summary

Piper Companies seeks a Sr. UC Network Engineer to join a DoD support team, delivering advanced engineering services and guiding modernization of enterprise networks, data centers, and collaboration platforms.

Active Secret Clearance is required. The role is hybrid with four days onsite weekly at Scott Air Force Base, IL, involving Linux/Windows administration, network design, and security responsibilities, plus automation via APIs, scripting, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, EE, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years in network engineering or related fields.
• Advanced certifications preferred.
• Extensive routing, switching, security, and data center experience.
• Automation using APIs and scripting; experience with infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Docker, version control, and CI/CD.
• Experience Linux/Windows Server administration.
• Voice protocols and PSTN experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer delivery engagements and provide escalation support for large-scale infrastructure, network, and collaboration solutions.
• Design, implement, integrate, optimize, and support enterprise networking, security, data center, virtualization, and collaboration technologies.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex routing, switching, security, data center, and unified communications environments.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer leadership by providing technical guidance, architecture recommendations, and strategic modernization planning.
• Design and implement firewall policies, HA configurations, and secure connectivity solutions supporting voice, video, messaging, and enterprise applications.
• Support hyper-converged and virtualized infrastructure environments hosting critical business and collaboration services.
• Support Linux and Windows Server environments that provide services for enterprise applications, monitoring platforms, and infrastructure management tools.
• Participate in crisis management activities, proactively identifying and mitigating risks that could impact operations or service delivery.

Skills

Secret Clearance

Senior networking

Automation

Voice protocols

Linux/Windows administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/IT or related field

Tools

Docker

GitHub

CI/CD

Python scripting

Job description

Piper Companies seeks a Sr. UC Network Engineer to join a DoD support team, delivering advanced engineering services and guiding modernization of enterprise networks, data centers, and collaboration platforms.

Active Secret Clearance is required. The role is hybrid with four days onsite weekly at Scott Air Force Base, IL, involving Linux/Windows administration, network design, and security responsibilities, plus automation via APIs, scripting, and CI/CD.