Network (NOC night shift) Engineer / Technician

We are seeking a NOC Technician or Network Engineer to support a network providing network monitoring and network outage support to our U.S. Navy Customer on site at the Washington Navy Yard, DC and Arlington, VA office locations.

Candidates must be able to work 12 hour night shifts and have reliable transportation to make it in to work during inclement weather.

Work hours are 6:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. What days of the week are to be worked can be discussed during the interview process.

What will you do:

Working in a team environment and will be responsible for creating incident tickets, troubleshooting network related incidents, contacting site POCs for touch labor support, work with various circuit providers to obtain the status of repair for circuits and coordinate efforts to resolve network outages.
• Create and resolve incident cases using BMC Remedy ITSM.
• Gain exposure to a variety of technologies including enterprise radio, microwave back-hauls and wireless access points.
• Monitor and maintain a network supporting emergency services and first responders by helping to troubleshoot, analyze, and maintain network availability.
• Update customers and government representatives on network issues that are varied and range from simple to complex.
• Provide knowledge and technical assistance in the areas of installation, maintenance, and support of network infrastructure following established methodologies and processes.
• Perform root cause analysis, problem determination, and support of technical issues related to basic router/switch/firewall configurations, circuit outages and diverse routing protocols.
• Handle network issues through troubleshooting network infrastructure problems.
• Perform network troubleshooting and outage investigations by understanding and performing connectivity test, ping test, bandwidth utilization test, traceroute, firewall policies, and source and destination type of network tickets.

Education and Experience:

BS/BA 2+; MS/MA 0+ OR HS 6+ years of experience,

Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance.

Security + certification (90 days from start to obtain)

Network certification i.e. CCNA, JNCIA. (180 days from start to obtain)

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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.