Network Monitoring Lead

Peraton • Arlington, VA

1d • $104,000 - $166,000

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Network Monitoring Lead to join our dynamic team in Arlington, VA.
Peraton has served as the prime contractor for this program since its inception in the 1980's. We provide high-level government leaders with reliable secure voice, video, and fax communications anytime, anywhere, in any environment in support of day-to-day operations. We support a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications allowing complex national and worldwide communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components. We provide integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and engineering support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.
Day to Day Work Responsibilities:
Provide services to establish enterprise event monitoring and management, performance monitoring, and analysis services.
Provide centralized operations, monitoring, reporting, management, and analysis of enterprise applications, systems, and core services.
Support operational management functions ensuring alignment with event, incident, problem, and change management frameworks.
Oversee incident detection, escalation, and resolution processes, ensuring rapid response and minimal service disruption.
Manage and optimize operational work-flows, including Event, Incident, Problem, and Change Management, aligned with ITIL best practices.
Provide workforce education and mentoring to maintain the IT operations, IT System Administration, and Network Engineering culture across programs.
Develop and maintain network and system dashboards for real-time operational metrics to support enterprise decision-making.

Requirements

• An active/current TS/SCI Security Clearance is required.
• BA/BS in IT (or similar technical field) and eight (8+) years relevant experience; Masters and 6+ years; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• A current/valid IAT LVL II Certification.
• Expert on network monitoring at enterprise level to include WAN, LAN, hardware and applications.
• Prior experience leading people, projects, or teams
• Understanding of classified IT system architectures and multi-site connections
• Experience with SolarWinds design, deployment and maintenance.
• Experience leading and managing IT requirements and executing project management schedules through completion
• Demonstrated ability to work seamlessly across organization boundaries
• Ability to coordinate with other sites, business areas, programs and functional areas to coordinate daily operations as well as program coordination and adoption

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading IT operations in DoD environments.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, security automation, and operational resilience.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Previous experience working in dynamic large scale DoD IT environments.
• Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements efficiencies.
• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and proactive interactions.
• Ability to operate in high-tempo, mission-driven environments supporting national security.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to establish enterprise event monitoring and management, performance monitoring, and analysis services.
• Provide centralized operations, monitoring, reporting, management, and analysis of enterprise applications, systems, and core services.
• Support operational management functions ensuring alignment with event, incident, problem, and change management frameworks.
• Oversee incident detection, escalation, and resolution processes, ensuring rapid response and minimal service disruption.
• Manage and optimize operational work-flows, including Event, Incident, Problem, and Change Management, aligned with ITIL best practices.
• Provide workforce education and mentoring to maintain the IT operations, IT System Administration, and Network Engineering culture across programs.
• Develop and maintain network and system dashboards for real-time operational metrics to support enterprise decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees