Senior Network Engineer

About the role

Peraton is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience designing and implementing network communications systems, providing documentation for network architecture, conducting testing, and troubleshooting network issues.

Responsibilities

• Design plans network communications systems
• Provide documentation for network architecture
• Conduct testing of network design
• Maintain technical expertise in network and computer hardware and software interconnection
• Troubleshoot network issues and provide recommended solutions to government leadership for approval
• Use change management processes to ensure modifications to network configs are approved prior to implementation
• Lead and advise more junior network engineers on the team
• Oversee the deployment of new infrastructure systems and make changes to existing infrastructure
• Add/Remove/Modify firewall rules on Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto devices
• Troubleshoot network issues in a multi-site and enterprise environment
• Experience with routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP
• Perform code upgrades on network infrastructure
• Monitor infrastructure performance and health, respond to and resolve infrastructure-related incidents and outages
• Ensure proper configuration management of network configuration items
• Operate and maintain Big IP F5 partition to include architecture, configuration, and ongoing operational support
• Be familiar with Department of Defense network security requirements and be able to engineer, configure, and operate enterprise security appliances such as firewalls, WAF appliances, and load balancers to support the connectivity of distributed enterprise applications and application load balancing requirements across the enterprise

Requirements

• 8 years with BS/BA; 6 years with MS/MA; 3 years with PhD. 12 years with HS diploma
• US Citizen
• Active Secret clearance
• 8570 Certification - Security +
• Experience with Cisco ACI
• Experience with network infrastructure
• Experience with the configuration and operation of Cisco and Juniper switching and routing infrastructure

Qualifications

• Must have experience with Cisco ACI
• Must have experience with network infrastructure
• Must have experience with the configuration and operation of Cisco and Juniper switching and routing infrastructure

Skills

• Technical expertise in network and computer hardware and software interconnection
• Ability to troubleshoot network issues and provide recommended solutions
• Experience with routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP
• Experience with Cisco ACI
• Experience with network infrastructure
• Experience with the configuration and operation of Cisco and Juniper switching and routing infrastructure

Benefits

• Flexible for occasional telework – must be local to work location

Pay

• Commensurate with experience

Schedule

• Varies