Network Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly

General Dynamics Information Technology; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 182,750 - 247,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health packages

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

A leading technology and professional services company seeks a Network Engineer to design and implement technical solutions. Key responsibilities include overseeing network security, managing installations, and troubleshooting issues. Applicants should have at least 15 years in Network Engineering, including extensive experience with firewalls and LAN/WAN devices. A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field is required. This position offers competitive benefits including 401K with match and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience with Cisco ASA/Next Generation Firewall.
• 10+ years of experience with LAN/WAN devices configuration.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the security posture of networks.
• Perform security audits and implement changes.
• Manage network installation and engineering tasks.

Skills

Voice and video traffic management

Cisco firewall deployment

LAN/WAN troubleshooting

Complex problem management

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Cisco ASA

Palo Alto Firewalls

Juniper Firewalls

Job description

Overview

The Network Engineer (SME) is responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. The candidate will define processes to support the implementation of requirements. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. Candidate should be able to define internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software. Candidates will be required to work independently with little supervision and should be flexible to work and support IT Operations needs as requested.

WHAT A NETWORK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Define, maintain, and upgrade the overall security posture of the networks
• Will perform security audits of events, overall health and implement changes to improve the overall programs security posture
• Manage and allocate network installation and engineering tasks, configure and maintain communications systems, familiarity with implementation of LAN and WAN equipment including firewalls, servers, workstations, routers, switches, hubs, storage devices, A/V equipment and equipment racks
• Able to write and edit “build-to” and “as-built” documentation, as well as implementation and test plans for physical and logical installs of IT equipment
• Able to engage in technical system planning beyond the network, to include applications and systems that utilize the network being delivered
• Provides expert level analysis of voice, video, and/or data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites
• Able to plan network layouts and configures systems to user environments
• May provide technical support and troubleshooting to users. (Tier I, II, and III)
• May serve as a technical team and/or task leader, must be independent and self-motivated

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Required Qualifications:

• Experience allowing voice, video traffic across port-based firewall and NGFW
• Expertise/experience (more than 10) deploying Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper firewall Manager servers
• Experience in engineering and deploying multi firewall solutions
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying controlled interfaces (10+ years)
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall vendor transitioning plans
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall in a multicast network environment
• Experience IPSec site-to-site VPN utilizing PKI (CA)
• Experiences Remote access VPN
• 12+ years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco ASA/Next Generation Firewall
• 10+ years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices. Thorough understanding of network routing concepts (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS)
• Basic understanding of QoS concepts
• Experience with network monitoring technologies
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
• Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems
• Complex problem management research and issue resolution
• Ability to mentor junior network engineers

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN or WAN devices
• Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next Generation Firewalls Certifications and hands on experience
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying Multi-Factor Authentication solution
• Experience design, engineering, and deploying Zero-Trust solutions

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• 15+ years of related Network Engineering experience
• Bachelor’s or Technology degree in Engineering or a related specialized area/field, OR equivalent 19 years job-related experience
• TS/SCI with Poly clearance
• Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal and team building skills
• Proven problem-solving skills in complex environments
• Location: At Customer Site – near Tyson Corner

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph salary information is provided for budgeting purposes. The likely salary range for this position is $182,750 - $247,250. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers 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 over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development. Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans