Software Defining Network Engineers

Job Description

SITEC – Network Engineer (SDN) – MacDill AFB | Peraton

The Tone:
Peraton is a national security company that protects the nation and its allies through advanced technology solutions. This full-time role at MacDill Air Force Base supports the United States Special Operations Command’s IT enterprise by maintaining secure network operations and infrastructure. As a technical lead, this position is crucial for designing, implementing, and optimizing secure enterprise networks with a strong focus on advanced security measures and Zero Trust principles. The work ensures secure application data flows across complex, mission-critical Department of War networks globally.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida, USA
• Pay: $104000–$166000 yearly
• Mission: Serve as a technical lead for the design, implementation, optimization, and maintenance of secure enterprise network infrastructure, heavily focusing on advanced network security and Zero Trust enforcement across mission-critical Department of War networks.
• Tech Stack: Cisco Secure Workload (CSW), BGP, OSPF, Cisco ACI, Viptela, Python, Ansible, REST APIs

What You’ll Actually Do
• Design: Design, deploy, configure, and maintain secure enterprise network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers across globally distributed environments.
• Engineer: Engineer and sustain network access control and endpoint compliance architectures to ensure secure, policy-driven device authentication across the enterprise.
• Develop: Develop and integrate advanced micro-segmentation, application dependency mapping, and zero-trust workload protection strategies within data centers and multi-cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot: Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex network performance and connectivity issues, spanning from OSI Layer 2/3 routing protocols to application-layer workload policies.
• Implement: Implement Comply to Connect (C2C) architectures to enforce endpoint compliance, device profiling, network access control (NAC), and automated remediation.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An intermediate level Network Operations Specialist with DoD 8140 and 8570 IAT II compliance, holding a CCNP certification, and possessing a DoW TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years with a Master’s degree, 8 years with a Bachelor’s degree, 10 years with an Associate’s degree, or 12 years with a High School diploma, with a strong focus on advanced network security, Zero Trust enforcement, endpoint compliance, and application micro-segmentation.
• Skills: DoD STIGs compliance, OSI Layer 2/3 routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), Comply to Connect (C2C) architectures, Cisco Secure Workload (CSW) implementation, secure network design and advanced troubleshooting.
• Bonus: Previous experience operating within Department of War (DoW) or DoD enterprise network environments, active Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification, experience with Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions like Cisco ACI or Viptela, and familiarity with network automation scripting using Python, Ansible, or REST APIs.