Network Engineer

Chameleon Integrated Services

Network Engineer responsible for Cisco network operations and support in a federal IT infrastructure context. Collaborating with senior engineers to ensure effective network functionality and security.

Posted 6/26/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureDNSFirewallsSwitching

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Must have hands-on Cisco network engineering and operational support.
Responsible for configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, documenting, and monitoring the Cisco network environment under the direction of the Senior Network Engineer and Program Manager.
Demonstrate responsibility for hands-on network changes, as well as for monitoring and escalation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Network engineer with 5–8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience, preferably in federal, legislative branch, financial, research, or other high-sensitivity environments.
Must have practical experience supporting Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, routing protocols, network monitoring tools, network device hardening, firmware upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and formal change control.
Must have worked in production environments where changes required planning, approval, validation, rollback steps, and post-change documentation.
Must have experience working in enterprise network operations across Cisco core, distribution, access, and edge environments; routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs; secure configurations; monitoring; vulnerability remediation; patching; firmware updates; network diagrams; configuration documentation; SOPs; and technical support for complex service desk tickets.
Requires network security controls aligned with NIST SP 800-53 and Zero Trust principles, including segmentation, micro-segmentation, least privilege, 802.1X, centralized logging, secure baselines, strict ingress/egress filtering, MFA for administrative access, and incident response support.
CCNP Enterprise is the strongest practical credential for this role. CCNA is acceptable for a strong hands-on candidate, but CCNP-level experience is preferred. Also useful: Cisco Security, Cisco DevNet, CompTIA Security+, Network+, CySA+, ITIL, Fortinet NSE, Palo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE, Juniper JNCIA/JNCIS, Microsoft/Azure networking credentials, or equivalent network/security certifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Employee Health Insurance options including dental
100% company paid vision plan
401K plan with generous company match and no vesting period
100% company paid life insurance
100% company paid long and short-term disability insurance
Training allowance
PTO and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

Cisco network engineeringnetwork configurationnetwork troubleshootingnetwork monitoringCisco switchesCisco routersfirewallsVPNsVLANsrouting protocols

Soft Skills

responsibilityplanningapprovalvalidationdocumentationescalationtechnical supportincident response

Certifications

CCNP EnterpriseCCNACisco SecurityCisco DevNetCompTIA Security+Network+CySA+ITILFortinet NSEPalo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE