Federal Network Engineer; Clearance Required - Secret), Hybrid Remote & On-Site OK, UT, PA

Federal Network Engineer (Clearance Required - Secret) - Hybrid Remote & On-Site (UT, PA)

Join HPE Aruba Networking as a Federal Network Engineer working primarily from home with flexibility to work on-site at a federal customer location as required.

You will be part of a larger technical team, supporting HPE’s Private Cloud Enterprise environment at a federal customer site. The Network Engineer is responsible for implementing and maintaining the network infrastructure that supports the delivery of cloud services. This customer-facing role involves a deep understanding of networking technologies, cloud computing principles, and security best practices.

• Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, with flexibility for evenings and weekends as required.
• Monthly rotation schedule required.

• Develop and support comprehensive network LAN, WAN, wireless and security solutions that meet requirements and integrate into the overall HP Enterprise network and security architecture.
• Evaluate current network and security systems to propose and implement network system enhancements on Network Switches, Routers, Internet Firewall Services, VPN and other Network Management devices – defines, designs and implements network and security solutions.
• Create and maintain standard builds/templates and apply advanced network and security engineering and architecture knowledge on complex and diverse problems.
• Participate in IT network infrastructure project design, reviews and ensure network architecture goals and requirements are met and aligned with business objectives.
• Work with global customers / service providers to design and implement large complex networks.
• Be well‑versed in cloud architectures, software‑defined networking, data center switching technologies, and securing virtual environments (AWS, Azure, Google desired).
• Assess vendor development/test strategies for various network domain phase 0 projects.
• Perform network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems.
• Background in deploying both bare metal systems and virtual cloud services.
• Proven experience evaluating emerging technologies and incorporating them into existing or new systems.
• Support and collaborate on the development, implementation and administration of processes and procedures to ensure the reliability, recoverability, and optimum performance of network infrastructure systems and solutions.
• Develop network and security documentation, including diagrams and work instructions, test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects.
• Work as an individual contributor, as a technical expert and as a participant in a team environment.
• Write functional requirements/specifications documents.
• Proven ability to accomplish assigned tasks with little supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Demonstrated confidence with the ability to present and have customer‑facing conversations.
• Establish best practices through collaboration with IT Security and IT Infrastructure Operations.
• Collaborate with IT Security and Client Services toward compliance and auditing.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and/or internationally, if needed.
• Maintain a sensitivity and respect for a culturally diverse work environment.
• Prioritize complex, changing workloads in a challenging technical environment.

• Advanced knowledge of and experience with networking and network protocols (TCP/IP, routing, DNS, DHCP, etc.), IP routing protocols including RIP, BGP, OSPF, IP Multicast, MPLS.
• Thorough understanding of modern service provider technologies and standards (Ethernet, OSPF, IGMP, STP, RSTP, 802.1q, 802.11n/ac, etc.).
• Experience with policy‑based routing, quality of service, Net Flow, wireless, NAT, ACL controls, web security, IPSec, intrusion prevention systems, malware prevention.
• IPv4 and IPv6 experience is required.
• Experience with architecture, installation and management of inbound/outbound proxy, network VPN services.
• Knowledge of HP and Aruba routing, switching, and wireless hardware and software.
• Expert knowledge of Internet proxy, F5 LTM and GTM, VPN…