Mission Systems Network Engineer

Peraton is a next-generation 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 to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Peraton is seeking a Mission Systems Network Engineer to support our Department of Defense (DoD) / Intelligence Community (IC) customers as part of a highly talented highly motivated and high-performing team.

As part of the engineering team you will support an exciting program which involves the design development test and deployment of an exciting and complex system in an Agile construct to contribute to 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:

• 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
• Work with teams across Group and customers to understand cloud networking requirements for upcoming projects; develop and document Wide Area Networks (WANs) / Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Provide support and guidance to the Tier teams on the identification isolation and troubleshoot network anomalies.
• Track network system build-out status specify and configure firewalls switches and routers and support other systems and network engineering tasks as required.
• Design and implement automation through scripting and other techniques to implement cloud network infrastructure and improve operational efficiencies.
• Create network architectures and designs that are highly available and scalable for new tenant systems and solutions to meet defined requirements
• Coordinate with tenant to fully understand incident reported including documenting incident details in ticketing tool assign as appropriate and track through completion.
• Use state-of-the-art monitoring tools to gather insight and act upon results
• Create network designs implementation plans operational documentation and continual improvement of cloud network services
• Evaluate and recommend potential cloud networking solutions for inclusion into customer cloud service offerings and application migration solutions; participate in the procurement of network devices.

Required qualifications:

• An active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain or maintain a polygraph if required.
• Associates degree in engineering or computer technology and 7 years of experience; OR bachelors degree in engineering or computer technology and 5 years of network engineering experience; OR Masters Degree and 3 years of network engineering experience. An additional four (4) years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a bachelors degree.
• Candidate must meet DoD 8140 intermediate requirements for a Network Operations Specialist work role at an advanced or above proficiency
• 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
• Direct experience in securing networks and maintaining up to date device software in accordance with DOD policies
• Strong understanding of IP addressing and subnetting
• 3 years of experience operating maintaining and troubleshooting DoD encryption and/or COMSEC equipment
• Background in supporting software and/or network operations with a clear understanding of networking fundamentals

Desired qualifications:

• Ability to effectively communicate with customers and technical staff
• Experience working with UNIX and/or LINUX systems in a network environment.
• Experience creating modifying and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for system configuration and/or system sustainment activities (e.g. patching)
• Strong problem solving and decision-making ability
• You are detail and process oriented with the ability to multi-task and work with minimal supervision
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with management the customer and user organizations across DoD

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

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical dental vision life health savings account short/long term disability EAP parental leave 401(k) paid time off (PTO) for vacation and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at Statements