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Network Engineer

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Philadelphia, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/28/2026
About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that 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, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio. Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on - from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery. We provide full-lifecycle data center and cloud engineering, 24x7x365 operations and monitoring, DCIM platform administration, analytics, and facility infrastructure reporting. If you want your engineering, operations, or analytics work to matter to someone, this is where it does.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, troubleshoot, and optimize data center network infrastructure supporting secure, resilient, and highly available services.
  • Own routing, switching, and network security fabric decisions and their execution through the CAB.
  • Lead L1-L3 troubleshooting on high-severity network incidents; drive RCA and preventive action.
  • Maintain cable schedules, network topology diagrams, and CM materials in accordance with TIA-942.
  • Author automation for provisioning, diagnostics, and monitoring.

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Qualifications

Requirements

  • Currently possess or be able to obtain VA Public Trust - High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4 background investigation.
  • Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; 8 years of enterprise data center network engineering experience.
  • Education substitutions (per Peraton Career & Compensation Framework): Master's degree substitutes ~2 years of required experience; Ph.D. substitutes ~5 years of required experience. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable (Associate's degree 2 additional years also accepted for equivalent professional levels).
  • Deep hands-on experience with Cisco, Juniper, and/or Arista routing/switching platforms.

Desired Skills, Tools & Certifications

  • Tools: Cisco / Juniper / Arista routing and switching platforms, F5 / Palo Alto for security services, SolarWinds NPM, Wireshark, Ansible, Python, and ServiceNow.
  • Processes: ITIL v4 service management, SAFe Agile / Scrum for iterative delivery, NIST 800-53 / RMF, ISO 27001, TIA-942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, VA CRISP alignment, NFPA 70/70E, and OSHA safety practices.; TIA-942; federal network security practices.
  • Certifications (desirable): Cisco CCNP / CCIE (Data Center or Enterprise), Juniper JNCIS/JNCIP, Palo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE, F5 CTS, CompTIA Network / Security , CDCP., ITIL v4 Foundation (Practitioner/Managing Professional a plus), SAFe Practitioner or SAFe DevOps.

Work location: Philadelphia, PA

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate's own.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Salary : $104,000 - $166,000

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