Cleared Network Operations Cloud Engineer, (Clearance Required - Secret), Hybrid Remote & On-Site OK, UT, PA, MD, AL, OH

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • All, Oklahoma, United States of America, MD

7d • $109,000 - $251,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is hiring a Network Operations Cloud Engineer to operate and improve secure, mission-critical private-cloud infrastructure supporting essential customer operations. The role focuses on network availability, resilience, and security across classified and non-classified environments, including secure data centers and disconnected cloud environments. The position is designated remote/teleworker, with primarily home-based work and a flexible hybrid requirement to work onsite at a federal customer or HPE location as mission needs require. Candidates may reside in Alabama, Maryland, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, or Utah. U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance are required at application, and the employee must maintain the clearance and obtain customer-specific access. Travel is required when needed.

The engineer will bring strong Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking skills, secure-infrastructure experience, disciplined IT service management, clear documentation, and ownership in customer-facing situations. The role includes operating and troubleshooting networks and private-cloud connectivity, executing approved changes through ServiceNow, collaborating with cloud and infrastructure teams, maintaining audit-ready security evidence, and improving service reliability through standardization, automation, knowledge sharing, and problem management. The position participates in an on-call rotation and may require evening, weekend, or maintenance-window support when mission requirements demand it.

The expected annual base salary range is USD 109,000–251,000 for Alabama, Maryland, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Utah. Actual offers may vary based on location, experience, education/training, and skill level; variable incentives may also be offered. HPE describes benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing, as well as personal and professional development programs.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance at application; ability to maintain the clearance and obtain customer-specific access.
• DoD 8140-compliant baseline certification, such as CompTIA Security+ or an approved higher-level certification, required upon start.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, network engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant technical experience.
• Seven or more years of progressive network engineering or operations experience, including hands-on responsibility for complex enterprise, datacenter, private-cloud, or federal environments.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2/3 networking, TCP/IP, VLANs, ACLs, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, BGP, and OSPF.
• Experience supporting SDN or VMware NSX environments, including tenant connectivity, segmentation, routing, and security-policy troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, DNS/IPAM, monitoring, and packet-analysis platforms.
• Strong communication and judgment, with the ability to work independently through ServiceNow-based incident, request, change, problem, knowledge, CMDB, CAB, and escalation processes while collaborating with customers and engineering teams.
• Ability and willingness to travel when required.
• Ability to work effectively across diverse teams and manage changing priorities in a mission-focused technical environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting Department of Defense or other federal mission environments, including classified and non-classified networks, disconnected or air-gapped operations, Government-Furnished Equipment access, and controlled transfer or sanitization of operational data and evidence.
• Experience with SCCA, disconnected or air-gapped private cloud, hybrid-cloud connectivity, tenant onboarding, multi-tenant routing and segmentation, and integration with ServiceNow, OpsRamp, Elastic, Tenable, Cohesity, Morpheus, and identity services.
• Advanced experience with VMware NSX-T and Juniper routing and switching.
• Experience with Palo Alto, Infoblox or BlueCat DDI, Cisco or Aruba, VRFs, EVPN/VXLAN, IPv4/IPv6, IPsec, policy-based routing, and high-availability design.
• Familiarity with network automation, configuration validation, and repeatable workflows using Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, APIs, version control, or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory, PKI, Linux/UNIX, and related infrastructure technologies.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, relevant network-vendor certification, cloud certification, or advanced cybersecurity credential.
• Experience leading technical troubleshooting sessions, mentoring engineers, creating training content, or coordinating work across mission partners.
• Experience with Juniper, Palo Alto, Infoblox, OpsRamp, NetScout, Splunk, Wireshark, or comparable technologies.

Responsibilities

• Operate and troubleshoot LAN, WAN, datacenter, and disconnected-cloud networks across classified and non-classified environments, including switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, DNS/IPAM, and network-management platforms.
• Resolve complex connectivity, routing, policy, performance, and application-delivery issues using packet capture, monitoring, logs, and structured troubleshooting.
• Execute approved network and security changes through ServiceNow, including firewall policies, access controls, load-balancing profiles, routing, and DNS updates; maintain incident, request, problem, and knowledge records.
• Support and troubleshoot VMware NSX tenant networking and secure private-cloud connectivity, including tenant segments, routing, security policies, and infrastructure-to-cloud integration.
• Partner with cloud, virtualization, systems, security, architecture, and application teams on tenant onboarding, workload migrations, technology refreshes, continuity exercises, disaster recovery, and production deployments.
• Translate approved architecture into diagrams, low-level designs, implementation and test plans, operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-transfer materials for out-of-band connectivity, IPsec, NAT, segmentation, and customer integration.
• Monitor service health, identify recurring risks, and improve reliability through automation, standardization, knowledge sharing, and disciplined problem management.
• Lead customer and cross-functional technical discussions; communicate status, risks, dependencies, and recovery actions; identify ownership or architecture gaps; and drive resolution through engineering, security, and governance channels.
• Review network and NSX STIG checklists, document findings, implement approved hardening, and maintain audit-ready evidence through change management.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide evening or weekend support when mission requirements demand it.
• Travel when required and work effectively across diverse teams while managing changing priorities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing for employees and their loved ones.
• Personal and professional development programs designed to support career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior