Network Engineer II

Peraton is seeking a Network Engineer in our Linthicum, MD office in support of our Department of Defense (DoD) customer as part of a highly talented, highly motivated, and high-performing team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of cyber investigations, digital forensics, cyber threat analysis, and mission support in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

What You Will Do

Design, implement, and maintain a robust and scalable network infrastructure encompassing LAN/WAN technologies, routing protocols, firewalls, load balancers, and network security tools. Proactively monitor network performance, uptime, and capacity, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks and ensuring optimal network health.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Ability to participate in on-call rotation, providing after-hours support for critical network incidents. Familiarity with routing and switching such as MPLS, VPNs, and protocols such as, but not limited to, BGP, Spanning Tree, VLANs, LLDP, and VoIP.

Requirements

• COMSEC background with experience as the primary COMSEC Responsible Officer
• Maintain and operate cryptographic equipment and secure data transfer devices
• Understand and be able to implement AFMAN 17-1302-O
• Experience troubleshooting circuit issues within a DISA environment
• Previous experience providing engineering and operation services on DoD supported networks
• Familiarity with routing and switching such as MPLS, VPNs, and protocols such as, but not limited to, BGP, Spanning Tree, VLANs, LLDP, and VoIP
• Familiarity with Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies
• Ability to design, implement, and manage Cisco ISE solutions for network access control and identity management
• Ability to develop and enforce network access policies based on user roles, device types, and security requirements
• Ability to implement security policies, rule sets and network segmentation on Palo Alto firewalls to protect enterprise environments
• Ability to perform firewall upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting to ensure firewall availability and functionality
• Experience performing security assessments and audits of systems and applications against DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Ability to implement and configure systems according to STIG requirements for both classified and unclassified environments

Benefits

• Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000
• Overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay