Senior Network Engineer (Tier III) — TS/SCI, 24/7 Operations

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a self-driven Senior Network Engineer to join the Network and Unified Communications Architecture team in Washington, DC. The role focuses on Tier III support, root-cause analysis, and permanent solutions for complex network issues, contributing to secure, high-performance communications across government operations.

The candidate will design and deploy routing and switching solutions, maintain documentation, and guide deployments with modern engineering practices, DoD-compliant

Qualifications

• . Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• 2. Ability to work shift schedule (Panama) supporting 24/7 operations.
• 3. DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification.
• 4. Experience designing, implementing, and supporting network infrastructure for routing and switching of complex networks.
• 5. Knowledge of networking fundamentals (DNS, FTP, SSH, SNMP).
• 6. Experience with BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPNs and SDN concepts.
• 7. Prior Government/DoD customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Create/modify network drawings and author system engineering documents.
• Support design, testing, and pre-deployment readiness reviews.
• Support production network operations.
• Recommend modern engineering approaches to deployments.
• Develop and manage network engineering processes and standards.
• Perform capacity planning by monitoring network performance.
• Research tools and technologies to improve performance and lower TCO.

Skills

Security clearance

CCNA

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VPNs

SDN

Networking fundamentals

DoD customer experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field

Engineering degree with networking focus

Tools

CCNP-Enterprise Infrastructure

Job description

Peraton seeks a self-driven Senior Network Engineer to join the Network and Unified Communications Architecture team in Washington, DC. The role focuses on Tier III support, root-cause analysis, and permanent solutions for complex network issues, contributing to secure, high-performance communications across government operations.

The candidate will design and deploy routing and switching solutions, maintain documentation, and guide deployments with modern engineering practices, DoD-compliant