Cleared Network Engineer

$104,000 - $166,000/Yr

Peraton - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Chantilly, VA

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

The Network Engineer position at Peraton in Chantilly, VA, supports an Intelligence Community customer by contributing to national security through the development and deployment of a Space Domain Awareness (SDA) system. The role involves working in an Agile environment to design, implement, and maintain cloud networking solutions, ensuring the protection and defense of national space assets. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to address networking requirements and troubleshoot network anomalies, while also focusing on automation and operational efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile meetings and work in an Agile process to plan work for future sprints and increments.
• Work with teams across the 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 Tier teams on the identification, isolation, and troubleshooting of 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 improve cloud network infrastructure and operational efficiencies.
• Create network architectures and designs that are highly available and scalable for new customer systems and solutions to meet defined requirements.
• Coordinate with tenants to fully understand incidents reported, document incident details in a ticketing tool, assign as appropriate, and track through completion.
• Use state-of-the-art monitoring tools to gather insights 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.

Requirements

• Minimum of Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customer's request.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Technology or Advanced Military Training and 5+ years of network engineering experience; OR Master's Degree and 3+ years of network engineering experience; additional four (4) years equivalent experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.
• Must satisfy DoD 8570.01 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.
• Strong understanding of IP addressing and subnetting.
• 1-2 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.
• Detail/process oriented, can multi-task, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Nice-to-haves

• Effective communication skills with customers and technical staff.
• Experience working with UNIX and/or LINUX systems in a network environment.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with management, the customer, and user organizations across DoD.

Benefits

• Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for employees and their dependents.
• 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap.
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.