Senior UC Network Engineer – DoD, Secret Clearance, Hybrid

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

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

The role requires an active Secret clearance and will operate in a hybrid setting at Scott Air Force Base, IL (4 days onsite per week). You will lead complex network and collaboration initiatives, provide technical guidance, and contribute to modernization efforts alongside cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• 8+ years experience in network engineering, systems engineering, or related environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, EE, IT, or related discipline preferred.
• Expert-level networking knowledge with advanced certifications preferred.
• Experience with enterprise routing, switching, security, and data center technologies.

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 with architecture recommendations and modernization planning.
• Design and implement firewall policies, high-availability configurations, and secure connectivity for voice, video, messaging, and enterprise apps.
• Support hyper-converged and virtualized infrastructure environments hosting critical services.
• Support Linux and Windows Server environments providing services for enterprise apps and monitoring tools.
• Participate in crisis management activities to mitigate risks.

Skills

Secret clearance

Network engineering

Automation scripting

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/IT or related (preferred)

Tools

Docker

GitHub

CI/CD tooling

Job description

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

The role requires an active Secret clearance and will operate in a hybrid setting at Scott Air Force Base, IL (4 days onsite per week). You will lead complex network and collaboration initiatives, provide technical guidance, and contribute to modernization efforts alongside cross-functional teams.