Sr Network Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Newington (VA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401K with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support the DLA IOEE/IOSEE program in Springfield, VA.

The role is hybrid, with required weekly office presence or as needed for mission requirements. You will design and implement technology refreshes, develop requirements from inception to completion, and manage tasks with regular status updates to leadership and the customer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Active Secret clearance with favorable Tier 5 investigation.
• Current IAT Level III, CCNP-E, and CCSA certifications required.
• Experience with Standard LAN/WAN protocols, BGP, MPLS and LDP in a service provider environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, perform, and document laboratory assessments of hardware and software for both classified and unclassified DISN services to ensure connectivity between DLA WAN, the DLA NOC, and DISA NOCs.
• Coordinate with government customer to create a Technology Assessment Plan (TAP) with objectives, scope, equipment, configurations, and responsibilities.
• Identify new network capabilities and develop evaluation criteria.
• Prepare After Action Reports documenting approach, results, recommendations, and rationale.
• Develop system evaluation methods and procedures.
• Produce documentation for executive briefings with recommendations.
• Ensure interoperability between DLA WAN and DISN equipment and services.
• Plan and track implementation tasks.
• Create configuration artifacts like maps, designs, test plans, and maintenance procedures.

Skills

Network engineering

BGP

MPLS/LDP

Wired/wireless/voice/video

Multi-vendor configurations

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

GDIT is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to help support our Defense Logistics Agency (DLA IOEE/IOSEE) program in Springfield, VA. This is a hybrid position meaning that selected candidate is expected to come into the Springfield GDIT office once a week or based on mission need. As a Senior Network Engineer, you will support network engineering design and implementation of technology refreshes. The selected candidate will work under general supervision, developing requirements from inception to conclusion. Our team consists of multiple senior engineers, and it is expected that each manage assigned projects and tasks and regularly provide status updates to contract leadership and the customer.

Meaningful work and personal impact

• Planning, performing, and documenting laboratory assessments of hardware and software for both the classified and unclassified DISN Services to ensure proper connectivity and operations between the DLA WAN, the DLA's NOC, and DISA's NOCs.


• Coordinating with the government customer to create a Technology Assessment Plan (TAP) to include the objectives, scope, equipment and configurations, technical approach, procedures, schedules, and roles and responsibilities required to complete the DLA LAN technology refresh and upgrades.


• Identifying new and emerging network capabilities as well as developing product evaluation and selection criteria.


• Preparing After Action Reports (AAR) that document the approach taken, results, recommendations and supporting rationale.


• Developing system evaluations methods and procedures.


• Producing formal documentation of recommendations for executive briefings.


• Ensuring interoperability between DLA WAN and DISN network equipment and services.


• Planning and tracking of implementation tasks.


• Creating necessary supporting configuration artifacts such as network maps, detailed designs, test plans, operations readiness test reports, device configurations, and maintenance processes and procedures.

What you’ll need to succeed (Required)

Bring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Senior Network Engineer must have:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in leu of degree.


• Experience: 5+ years of related experience.


• Security clearance level: Active Secret with favorable Tier 5 investigation.


• Certifications: Current IAT Level III, CCNP-E, and CCSA certifications required.


• Role requirements: Network engineering experience in unclassified and classified environments. Familiarity with Standard LAN/WAN protocols, BGP, MPLS and LDP in a service provider environment. Experience with network design, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Experience with device configuration (multi-vendor environment). Experience with wired, wireless, voice, and video technologies. Ability to manage multiple assigned projects and report status and implementation plans.

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The likely salary range for this position is $96,569 - $130,651. 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: 10-25% Telecommuting Options: Hybrid Work Location: USA VA Springfield 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.

Identity Verification Process: As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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