Lab Systems Engineer – Secure Sandbox & Virtualization

Peraton; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Lab Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure for isolated malware analysis and reverse-engineering environments in Arlington, VA. You will focus on enterprise compute, virtualization, storage, and networking, collaborating with malware analysts to implement specific topologies, device networks, and virtual sandboxes with total containment.

The role requires US citizenship and a Top Secret/SCI clearance, offering work on mission-critical security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with extensive IT infrastructure experience.
• Experience designing and configuring enterprise infrastructure with strong security boundaries.
• VMware ESXi architectures and vCenter management experience.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco HyperFlex and NetApp storage solutions.
• Networking, VLANs, and firewall administration with Palo Alto platforms.
• Linux/Windows system provisioning and management; Ubuntu Landscape experience.
• Splunk for log collection and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise infrastructure for isolation environments.
• Manage virtualization, storage, networking, and compute resources.
• Collaborate with analysts to implement topologies and containment strategies.
• Configure security rules, access controls, and routing tables.

Education

Bachelor's degree

MA/MS degree

Tools

VMware ESXi

vCenter

Cisco HyperFlex

NetApp storage

Palo Alto firewalls

Ubuntu Landscape

Splunk

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Lab Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure for isolated malware analysis and reverse-engineering environments in Arlington, VA. You will focus on enterprise compute, virtualization, storage, and networking, collaborating with malware analysts to implement specific topologies, device networks, and virtual sandboxes with total containment.

The role requires US citizenship and a Top Secret/SCI clearance, offering work on mission-critical security