Senior Data Center Network Delivery Lead

Peraton; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Data Center Network Service Delivery Manager to support the Texas DIR, overseeing ADC, SDC and CyrusOne nodes across Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. The role leads complex, high-availability DCN environments, including DCN Ring, LAN, firewalls, load balancers, SDN and cloud connectivity.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in data center networking, CCNP certification, and US citizenship, with strong leadership and multi-tenant networking experience.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in data center networking or equivalent leadership roles.
• 8+ years of enterprise data center networking experience.
• Strong expertise with MPLS, BGP, and OSPF routing design and operations.
• Experience with Cisco data center platforms including ASR routers and Nexus switches.
• SDN design and operations experience.
• Firewall management and network security operations experience.
• Experience managing multi-tenant environments with VRF and MPLS.
• Strong understanding of data center architecture, routing, switching, security, and connectivity.
• Proven leadership in delivering network services in complex, high-availability environments.
• CCNP (Data Center or Enterprise) certification; US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accountability for all data center network services across ADC, SDC and CyrusOne nodes.
• Oversee a 20 Gbps DCN ring across five locations with MPLS connectivity.
• Lead LAN operations for two consolidated data centers (switches, fabric extenders, firewalls, load balancers).
• Manage CyrusOne colocation nodes in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio.
• Coordinate public cloud connectivity across Azure Government, AWS Government and commercial.
• Oversee roughly 60 Gbps of cloud connectivity via Megaport.
• Manage 40–50 VRFs and provide operational oversight for routing protocols (OSPF, MPLS, MP-BGP, BFD).
• Lead SDN operations and evolution and automated firewall rule management.
• Ensure remote access infrastructure supports 500+ users with strong security.
• Maintain the LAN laboratory for pre-production testing and guide infrastructure evolution.

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Data Center Network Service Delivery Manager to support the Texas DIR, overseeing ADC, SDC and CyrusOne nodes across Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. The role leads complex, high-availability DCN environments, including DCN Ring, LAN, firewalls, load balancers, SDN and cloud connectivity.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in data center networking, CCNP certification, and US citizenship, with strong leadership and multi-tenant networking experience.