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Peraton · 3 hours ago

Senior Network Engineer

US-VA-Springfield

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$112K/yr - $179K/yr

10+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe. The Senior Network Engineer will support Peraton’s Customs and Border Protection Network Operations Center program, providing ongoing network support, managing performance, and implementing network policies and procedures.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provides ongoing network support, addresses availability issues, overcomes performance problems, and provides overall level two support

Designs, installs, maintains, and coordinates the use of network systems

Evaluates hardware and software and peripheral equipment for large, complex networks

Manages network performance, diagnoses performance problems, and undertakes tuning activities to ensure network performance meets SLR requirements

Troubleshoots and resolves problems to ensure quality transmission service on the network

Reports on overall network performance including frequent problems, underlying issues and plans to improve network availability, performance, and problem resolution

Trains users, maintains, creates, and deletes user accounts

Maintains and updates system security plans on all platforms

Implements and coordinates network policies, procedures, and standards

Enforces network security procedures

Qualification

RoutingSwitchingNetwork security devicesTCP/IP knowledgeNOC experienceWireshark proficiencyIncident managementChange managementProblem managementRequest management

Required

Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience, Associates degree 14 years of experience or a Masters degree 10 years of experience or a High School diploma and 16 years of experience

U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain/maintain a DHS CBP Public Trust clearance

10+ years' experience working in NOC environment

Routing and switching/Firewall (FW)/load balancing

Working understanding of the OSi model Layers 1-3

Working knowledge of TCP/IP and the functions of NW technologies

Working understanding of NW security devices, IPsec VPNs, TCP/IP, Routing, Switching, VRF, VLANS, Bandwidth Utilization, and Load Balancers

Candidate must be capable to setup tools and capture, mine and interpret data from Wireshark, Syslog, Netscout, and SteelCentral to maintain and restore overall network health

Must be able to work shift work