Senior Network Engineer

$146,000 - $234,000/Yr

Peraton - Alexandria, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Alexandria, VA

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

About the position

Peraton is seeking a self-driven and resourceful Senior Network Engineer to join our dynamic Network and Unified Communications Architecture team of network and UC engineers in Alexandria, VA. The team provides IT hardware and software to support the goals of the contract, including performance-based C4IM services, product support, and O&M for both legacy and newly installed systems. Peraton has served as the prime contractor for the network contract since its inception in 1984. We provide executive-level government leaders reliable security voice, video, and fax communications anytime, anywhere, in any environment for day-to-day crisis management. We provide a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications operating over a dedicated IP backbone with secure services for complex national and worldwide executive-level communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components. We provide integration for the development of hardware and software solutions, and task support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions. As a Senior Network Engineer, you will bring your years of experience and expertise to propel the team to success and will be a pivotal member of a team that drives work forward within the program. The work is hands-on and requires engineers that can work with limited guidance, and you will provide technical guidance to junior engineers. You will support the creation and review of network designs, conduct hardware evaluations in a lab, and with vendors. An excellent candidate will not shy away from writing a test plan or reading through vendor's technical documents to solve a problem and write a resolution report.

Responsibilities

• Create/modify network drawings, author system engineering documents and plans
• Support design, test, and pre-deployment readiness reviews
• Support the network operations of the Production system
• Provide team with recommendations on modern engineering approaches and strategies to improve successful task order deployments
• Develop, implement, and manage network engineering processes including configuration management and design standards to ensure contract compliance, technological relevancy, and sustainability
• Perform capacity planning of the network by monitoring and analyzing network performance and availability
• Pro-actively research and evaluate tools and technologies, as appropriate, to the network environment, while developing solutions to increase performance and lower the total cost of ownership

Requirements

• An active/current TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (or similar technical field) and eight (8+) years relevant experience; Master's degree and six (6+) years of relevant experience; PhD with three (3+) years of experience
• 12 years of relevant experience in the above-cited duties may be substituted in lieu of a completed higher education degree
• A current/valid IAT LVL III Certification (Security+ CE, CCNP, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, and CCSP)
• Experience with the design, implementation, and support of network infrastructure solutions for routing and switching of complex networks
• Experience implementing and troubleshooting WAN topologies leveraging ethernet, T-Carrier, and Optical Carrier circuits
• Experience and understanding of networking fundamentals such as network protocols and common services (e.g., DNS, FTP, SSH, SNMP)
• Implementation and troubleshooting experience of networks using concepts/protocols such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPNs and emerging concepts such as Software Defined Networking
• Prior experience supporting a Government and/or Department of Defense customer

Nice-to-haves

• An Engineering degree with a networking focus
• Eight (8+) total years of experience in the architecture/design, development, and implementation of Wide Area Network (WAN) architecture
• Exceptional verbal, written (including the development of CONOPS and procedural documentation), interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Experience using Python to automate routine network tasks
• Understanding and experience with Software Defined Network (SDN) deployments
• Juniper Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional (JNCIP-ENT)
• Advanced Network monitoring and log analysis tool experience with the ability to deploy and improve the current deployments of these systems
• Experience working in a telecommunications carrier environment performing mission critical network implementations
• Self-driven and resourceful in achieving goals independently as well as in cooperation with others
• Experience with application of DoD IAVAs, DISA STIGs, and NIST security controls

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plans
• Tuition reimbursement
• Tuition assistance
• Fertility treatment