What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Network Engineer position at Peraton?
| Requisition ID | 2023-137390 | Position Category | Cloud and Infrastructure Services | Clearance | Public Trust | Sector | Citizen Security & Public Services |
Peraton is seeking a Cloud Network Engineer for one of our key DHS programs. This position is primarily remote telework. The Network Engineers provide ongoing cloud network support, address availability issues, overcome performance problems and provide overall level 3 networking support.
Day to Day Work Responsibilities:
- Evaluating hardware and software and peripheral equipment for large, complex networks.
- Providing system data and information necessary to detect, troubleshoot, help analyze and resolve outages, congestion, or other network issues.
- Managing network performance, diagnosing performance problems and undertaking tuning activities to ensure network performance meets SLA requirements.
- Providing network engineering expertise to resolve operational issues.
- Reporting on overall network performance including frequent problems, underlying issues and plans to improve network availability, performance and problem resolution.
- Training users, maintaining, creating and deleting user accounts.
- Maintaining and updating network diagrams and security plans.
- Implementing and coordinating network policies, procedures and standards.
- Providing technical support to install and deploy new technologies as they are adopted, including hardware, software, network communications hardware and software, security products, and other information technology products or services required to support the operations and maintenance environment.
Required Qualifications:
- BS degree and 5-7 years' experience or a Masters degree and 3 - 5 years' experience
- Experience deploying and managing cloud-based network services and monitoring tools
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. government agency level clearance (the DHS EOD, which you must have prior to starting)
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with Cisco and Juniper products, Linux, scripting, VMware, and OpenShift.
- Network & Security Certifications (e.g. Network , Security , SSCP, GSEC, CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, CISSP).
- Experience with AWS GovCloud
- Experience with Agile methodology
Benefits:
At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can't be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.
Salary : $86,000 - $138,000
