Network Engineering Manager

Peraton is seeking an accomplished Network Engineering Manager to support a DOD contract in Linthicum, MD by leading enterprise network engineering operations, modernization initiatives, and a team of highly skilled network professionals. This role blends advanced technical expertise with project leadership and organizational management to ensure secure, resilient, and high-performance network services across mission-critical environments.

As a premier provider of national security solutions, Peraton delivers full-spectrum network, cloud, and systems engineering capabilities to government partners across intelligence, cyber, defense, and space domains.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of network engineers, fostering technical excellence and career growth.
• Establish team goals, best practices, and performance standards aligned with industry benchmarks.
• Conduct workload assessments, resource planning, and staff assignments.
• Recognize achievements, address performance issues, and support personnel actions when required.
• Conduct regular staff meetings to communicate priorities, initiatives, and operational updates.
• Participate in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding of new team members.
• Prepare monthly performance and trend analysis reports for contract deliverables.
• Serve as the senior Network Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) supporting DC3 mission requirements.
• Lead the design, planning, and implementation of enterprise network communication systems.
• Provide SME-level support for network hardware, software, and interconnection technologies.
• Maintain and enforce network infrastructure standards, communication protocols, and security requirements.
• Diagnose and resolve complex network performance issues; oversee tuning and optimization activities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to network architecture and capabilities.
• Support DDI services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) and MultiCloud Fabric (MCF) infrastructure.
• Contribute to cloud engineering and modernization initiatives, including migration of legacy systems.
• Lead medium-to-large complex projects and major phases of enterprise-scale initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance for automated solutions, system studies, and advanced analyses.
• Prepare and deliver technical reports, presentations, and documentation.
• Monitor project performance, schedule adherence, and cost compliance.
• Ensure timely resolution of network issues impacting mission operations.
• Participate in on-call rotation, providing after-hours support for critical network incidents.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS clearance/SCI eligible.
• 12 years of experience, may have supervisory or management experience.
• Active IAT Level II certification.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in one of these fields of study: Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or Data Science. In lieu of a degree in one of these fields of study, one of following certifications are required:
  • CEH, Cloud+, GCIH, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, SSCP, SecurityX/CASP+, CCNA, CCNP Security, CCSP, GCED, GCIA, GCLD, GDSA, or GFACT
• Experience in at least four of the following:
  • Network troubleshooting
  • Routers/switches
  • Cisco IOS / Junos OS
  • Firewalls
  • Hubs/bridges/gateways
  • Packet investigation/analysis tools
  • Database tools
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical projects.
• Ability to perform detailed analyses, prepare reports, and deliver presentations.
• Strong background with Cisco, Palo Alto, SonicWall, or similar network vendor technologies.

Desired Qualifications:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Certification - Enterprise, Data Center, or Security.
• Minimum 10 years in enterprise networking, featuring a proven track record of at least 3 years in a formal leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Experience with:
  • DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
  • MultiCloud Fabric (MCF)
  • Cloud engineering and modernization
• Experience supporting large-scale DoD or Intelligence Community networks.

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.