Piper Companies is looking for a Senior Network Specialist to join DoD consulting company. This position is onsite in San Diego, CA for the HITS-R contract. Essential Duties of the Senior Network Specialist:Provides routine testing and analysis of network facilitiesInstall, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system.Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and may perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.Troubleshoot network systems and performance as necessary Qualifications of the Senior Network Specialist:Bachelors degree and 4 years of experience, Associates degree and 6 years of experience, or 8 years of experience without a degreeExperience with Cisco networking equipment such as routers and switches.Minimum of Secret security clearance (Top Secret preferred)Experience with IPv6 protocol is required along with level 3 network protocols Compensation for the Senior Network Specialist:$100,000 - $140,000 (based on experience)Comprehensive benefit package; Cigna Medical, Cigna Dental, Vision, 401k w/ ADP, PTO, paid holidays#LI-LS3 #LI-ONSITEKeywords: 401k, pto, paid time off, holiday, medical, dental, health, network engineer, network admin, network specialist, system admin, system administrator, system administration, network systems, lan, wan, lan/wan, security+, network+, installation, communication, performance, system performance, troubleshoot, data entry, data control, operations support, systems programming, security clearance, security policy, security procedure, telecommunication, sysadmin, sys admin, firewall, palo alto, redhat, red hat, network support, system support, help desk, helpdesk, service desk, system support, hpcmp, computing modernization, linux admin, linux administration, network architect, network engineer, network security, network specialistNEtwork