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# Network Operations Lead (R-00182)

- **Company:** True Zero Technologies
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Configuration Management Databases, NetFlow, Network Control, Network Monitoring, Cisco Nexus Switches, Zero Trust Network Access, Simple Network Management Protocols, Syslog, Integrated Service Routers, Computer Network Operations, Cisco Switches, Cisco, Servicenow
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=61d94fe47de9c266

## About the Role

* U.S. Citizenship will be a requirement
 * Public Trust Background Investigation may be a requirement
 * Ability to be deployed across Washington, DC, NYC, and approved globally remote locations

## Description

* Provide end-to-end operational support for Cisco-based routing, switching, and related infrastructure across DFC's enterprise network.
 * Executed in alignment with DFC's Zero Trust architecture-including identity-aware segmentation, continuous monitoring, and policy-based traffic controls-and integrated with ServiceNow ITSM processes for Incident Management, Change Management (ERB/CCB), and CMDB asset tracking
 * Responsible for strategic oversight, ensuring scalability, redundancy, and optimized performance of Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, and ISR/ASR platforms
 * Leverage enterprise-grade network monitoring tools (e.g., SNMP, NetFlow, Syslog) to continuously track Cisco device health, link utilization, and error conditions.
 * Maintaining network availability and performance
 * Minimizing service disruptions
 * Proactively identifying risks or performance issue
 * Ensuring secure access to enterprise resources
 * Support firewall policy lifecycle management, ensuring policies are documented, approved, implemented, and reviewed in accordance with DFC security and governance requirements.
 * Support impact analysis, testing, implementation, and post-change validation.
 * Monitor firewall health, performance, and logs to detect security events, policy violations, and operational issues.
 * Integrate with Zscaler services, identity controls, and Network Operations to enforce Zero Trust policies.


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