Network Engineer - Top Secret
About The Position
Transform technology into opportunity as a Network Engineer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career. GDIT is seeking a Network Engineer to help support the JSP ETM-NG program at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Selected candidate will support Mid-Shift: Tuesday - Saturday (10:00pm – 6:30am). Due to the nature of work this role entails, telecommuting is not allowed and will require full-time onsite support Meaningful work and personal impact: The Network Engineer will play a crucial role in driving the success of multiple concurrent efforts. Designs, plans, and builds communications networks. Configure routers and switches, and firewalls for LAN and WAN systems and VPN concentrators with appropriate network engineering and communications protocols. Coordinates LAN/WAN hardware/software improvements and/or enhancements. Monitors the network utilizing industry leading technologies. Provides innovative methods and technical solutions using the engineering design process. Plans for implementation of enhancements. Analyzes customer requirements and provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Performs maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and networks. Maintains network integrity and connectivity while ensuring compliance with policies and maintains system backup and recovery capability. Coordinates the acquisition of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed. Creates plans and configure systems for data communication networks. Evaluates new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network. Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned. Designs and builds the hardware and software components for computer or telecommunications networks. Provides guidance and leadership to less-experienced network personnel.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in leu of degree.
- Experience: 2+ years of related experience.
- Security clearance level: Active Top Secret required with the ability to obtain SCI.
- Certifications: Current IAT Level II certification required. In addition, candidate must possess a current Networking Certification to include Brocade, Cisco (CCNA/CCNP), Juniper (JNCIA/JNCIS/JNCIP), or Aruba.
- Role requirements: Hands-on experience/knowledge with Aruba networking systems required.
- Skills: Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN), LAN/WAN NETWORKING, Network Engineering
- US Citizenship Required: Yes
Responsibilities
- Designs, plans, and builds communications networks
- Configure routers and switches, and firewalls for LAN and WAN systems and VPN concentrators with appropriate network engineering and communications protocols
- Coordinates LAN/WAN hardware/software improvements and/or enhancements
- Monitors the network utilizing industry leading technologies
- Provides innovative methods and technical solutions using the engineering design process
- Plans for implementation of enhancements
- Analyzes customer requirements and provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
- Performs maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and networks
- Maintains network integrity and connectivity while ensuring compliance with policies and maintains system backup and recovery capability
- Coordinates the acquisition of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed
- Creates plans and configure systems for data communication networks
- Evaluates new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network
- Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned
- Designs and builds the hardware and software components for computer or telecommunications networks
- Provides guidance and leadership to less-experienced network personnel
Benefits
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
