Network Engineer
Network Engineer
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$ 104000 - 166000
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Job Description
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia that delivers engineering application development deployment operations upgrades and sustainment of products and services to achieve our clients global missions.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in network load balancing and traffic management engineering on large scale and complex network systems.
Responsibilities:
- Design plan and implement network load balancing traffic management and communications systems.
- Continuously monitor data flows and implement strategies for traffic shaping and load balancing to proactively take action to identify and mitigate performance and security threats.
- Utilize network traffic management best practices and protocols to protect sensitive data ensure compliance with regulatory and client standards and maintain the overall integrity of the programs network infrastructure.
- Provide specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture.
- Conduct cost/benefit analysis and provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs including present and future capacity requirements.
- Conduct testing of network design.
- Monitor network hardware operations to ensure properly set configuration options.
- Plan implementation of enhancements and upgrades to the network.
- Advise network users of hardware requirements configurations and limitations.
- Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing such as routers multiplexers firewalls hubs bridges gateways etc.
- Evaluate and report on new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.
- Develop implement and maintain network management processes procedures test cases test results issue resolutions performance analysis installation configuration and user guidelines/ instructions documentation.
- Travel: Travel may be within the National Capital Region (NCR) on an as needed basis for customer or corporate requirements
**Position is Contingent on Contract Award**
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications:
- Active TS/SCI with CI Poly clearances.
- Bachelors degree in one of the following areas: Computer Science Computer Engineering Software Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer and Information Security Computer Security and/or Network Administration from an accredited university/college; or Masters Degree in Computer Science or related scientific/technical field.
- Experience designing architecting and supporting both Cisco and Linux routing systems.
- Minimum of Five 5 years experience with the following:
- Planning designing and analyzing LANs
- Overseeing the implementation and test/troubleshooting activities
- Reviewing and approving changes to the design and implementation
- Documenting installed systems
- Recommending and operating the network management and control systems to maintain the LAN hardware and software
- Working with operating systems and protocol such as Cisco IOS and NXOS Linux routing technologies Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- VMware virtualization
SECURITY CLEARANCE:
This Position requires an Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a CI Poly US Citizenship is
To hold this clearance.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a nextgeneration national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
EEO
Employment Type
Full-Time
