Senior Network Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Peraton is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support our Department of Defense (DoD) customer as part of a highly talented highly motivated and highperforming team. As part of the network engineering team you will support an exciting program which involves design development test deployment and sustainment of an exciting and complex cloud infrastructure system to ensure mission success for a variety of stakeholders. Join us and be part of the next generation of innovators as we blaze a trail forward for our profession and company.

What youll do:

• Create network designs implementation plans operational documentation and continual improvement of cloud network services that are highly available and scalable for new customers systems and solutions to meet defined requirements
• Conducts 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
• Evaluate and recommend potential cloud networking solutions / technologies for inclusion into customer cloud service offerings and application migration solutions to enhance capabilities of the network
• Conducts testing of network design. Responsible for monitoring network hardware operations to ensure properly set configuration options. Plans implementation of enhancements and upgrades to the network
• Design and implement automation using Ansible through scripting and other techniques to implement cloud network infrastructure and improve operational efficiencies.
• Track network system buildout status specify and configure firewalls switches and routers and support other systems and network engineering tasks as required.
• Work with internal teams and customers to understand cloud networking requirements for upcoming projects; develop and document Wide Area Networks (WANs) / Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Advises network users of hardware requirements configurations and limitations. Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing such as routers multiplexers firewalls hubs bridges gateways etc.
• Provide support and guidance to the operations and maintenance Tier teams on the identification isolation and troubleshoot network anomalies.
• Coordinate with tenant to fully understand incident reported including documenting incident details in ticketing tool assign as appropriate and track through completion.
• Use stateoftheart monitoring tools to gather insight and act upon results
• Participate in Agile meetings (sprint planning daily standups sprint retrospectives sprint reviews etc. and work in an Agile process to plan your work for future sprints and increments

Required qualifications:

• You have an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain or maintain a polygraph if required.
• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD. However four 4 years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a Bachelors degree.
• Must satisfy DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT)Level II for both Information Assurance and Computing Environment requirements
• Experience supporting designing building and maintaining networks in a classified environment.
• Experience configuring VLANS VPNs firewalls/switches/routers (Cisco Arista Brocade Juniper Palo Alto etc. networking and using network management functions and tools.
• Securing networks and maintains device software up to date in accordance with DoD policies.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of IP addressing and subnetting.
• You have 12 years of experience operating/maintaining/troubleshooting DoD encryption/COMSEC equipment.
• Background in supporting software and/or network operations with a clear understanding of networking fundamentals
• Experience using automation tools (Ansible etc. allowing more efficient service deployment to network devices
• Experience with network system management and /or monitoring tools (Solar Winds Nagios etc.

Desired qualifications:

• You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with management the customer and user organizations across DoD
• You are detail/process oriented can multitask and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong problem solving and decisionmaking ability
• You are able to effectively communicate both with customers and internal technical staff
• Identifies business opportunities with new customers. Leads efforts to capture new business through technical work and capability briefings
• You have experience working with UNIX and/or LINUX systems in a network environment

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participatein an attractive bonus plan

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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.