Network Engineer (Zscaler) at GovCIO
Atlanta, GA
$150,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A fully remote network engineering role focused on designing, deploying, and maintaining secure network infrastructure for government agency environments. Day-to-day work centers on managing next-generation firewalls, web security proxies, and Cisco routing/switching across data centers and distributed field locations, including policy configuration, threat monitoring, log analysis, and security hardening. Suits an experienced network security engineer comfortable operating within 24/7 environments and working toward a public trust clearance.
Senior level · 12+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (9)
The title 'Network Engineer' carries no seniority level word, so the title states no level; the 12+ years requirement and breadth of ownership support a Senior classification.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role blends network engineering (15-1244) with significant security-platform ownership (15-1212). The day-to-day work — designing, implementing, and operating firewalls, proxies, and routing/switching infrastructure — leans toward network/systems administration rather than pure security analysis.
The clearance requirement is an AOUSC Public Trust (not a DoD security clearance), so the clearance requirement is set to None — the Public Trust designation does not map to any of the enumerated clearance levels.
A bachelor's degree is listed but explicitly paired with 'or equivalent experience,' so the degree requirement is None.
The 5-year IT/network security experience and 3-year firewall/platform experience figures are sub-role minimums; the governing overall requirement is 12+ years, captured in the overall years minimum.
RADIUS and TACACS+ are listed as a paired authentication technology; they are interchangeable authentication protocols for network device access and are combined into one skill entry with TACACS+ as the alternative.
Master's degree, TOGAF, cloud architect certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP), CCNP/CCIE, and CISSP all appear under the 'Preferred Skills and Experience' heading and are marked accordingly.
NTP and 802.1X ('1X' in the posting) appear in the required skills block but are networking protocol details rather than named tools/platforms; they are omitted per the instruction to list only concrete, named technologies.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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