Principal Network Engineer - TS/SCI clearance at General Dynamics Information Technology

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Network Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Network Design, Network Performance, Troubleshooting

Certifications:

CCNA - Cisco, CCNP - Cisco, Security + - CompTIA

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to help support our Joint Service Provider Enterprise Transport Management - Next-Gen (JSP ETM - NG) program at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

Due to the nature of work this role entails, telecommuting is not allowed and will require the employee to report full-time onsite.

How the Principal Network Engineer will make an impact:

• Provide architecture/engineering expertise for network implementations, cloud environment integrations, project designs, and standards development, as well as onboarding new tenants

• Provide administration/support for intelligent DNS routing between enterprise locations/data centers, as well as plan and implement upgrades (includes installation of new equipment)

• Implement approved authentication and certificate management controls

• Use caching (static html content) for the enterprise infrastructure environment (hardware, software, and configuration components) and supported tenants

• Support deployment options

• Configure self IPs, port lockdown, and network routes

• Configure remote logging to Splunk

• Adhere to change management processes and procedures

• Troubleshoot, configure, upgrade, maintain, and monitor the load balancer network architecture (performance, configurations, traffic flow, application monitoring, CPU capacity/utilization)

• Analyze network alarms and identify sources

• Coordinate with on-site support personnel while troubleshooting

• Use enterprise service management tools to initiate, respond, and track service requests

• Create reports and analyze performance metrics

• Develop processes/procedures and related engineering documentation for troubleshooting and quickly identifying issues

• Perform reach back to OEM Vendors to de-conflict operational issues with known operating system bugs and security alerts

• Partner with the information security personnel to assess potential exposure to vulnerabilities, identify mitigation plans, and ensure compliance with enterprise security baselines and standards

• Evaluate modern technologies to optimize network efficiency and review/provide recommendations to improve the network

• Inform management in a clear, concise, and timely manner of any customer or technical issues

• Be responsive and decisive on adjusting architecture as customer requirements and technology evolves

What you'll need to be successful:

• Active Top Secret security clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering or Equivalent; Master’s degree preferred +8 years primary role operating, troubleshooting, installing network routers and switches

• IAT Level II certification in accordance with DoD 8570.01-M

• One of the following Networking Certifications - Brocade, Cisco (CCNA/CCNP), Juniper (JNCIA/JNCIS/JNCIP), Aruba

• 5+ years primary role directly designing, architecting routed and switched networks up to and including enterprise sized networking solutions.

• 2+ years as senior or lead engineer in planning, designing, and building software defined networks

• Demonstrated experience is a DoD environment

• Configuring and installing various network devices and services

• Monitoring network performance and resource utilization, trending, capacity planning

• Use of current and emergent network design principles and protocols

• Experience with network virtualization technologies

• Experience with multi-tenant network architectures

• Familiarity with a width variety network routing and switching equipment devices from multiple vendors

• Scripting languages such as Pearl, Python, coding for network threshold events.

The likely salary range for this position is $102,000 - $138,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.