Req ID: RQ224893
Type of Requisition: Expatriate
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations
Skills:
Network Administration,Network Engineering,Network Infrastructures
Certifications:
Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP) | Cisco - Cisco
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Transform technology into opportunity as a Network Engineer Principal at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Network Engineer Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of U.S. Army Europe and Africa. You will play a crucial role in providing mission command support.
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Analyzes customer requirements and provides an overall engineering design plan.
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Plans, designs, and deploys network infrastructure on coalition networks (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless devices).
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Has strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP), VLANs, DNS, and OSI models.
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Familiar and capable of supporting RMF compliance by contributing to NIST System Security Plans (SSPs), Basis of Estimate (BoE) documentation, Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) activities, and Assessment and Authorization (A&A) requirements across networks.
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Performs maintenance and upgrade of networks including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and networks. Be well versed in a multi-vendor environment for layer 2/3 switching and routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP, etc.), Network management solutions, as well as virtual and cloud-hosted networking technologies.
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Oversee System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and system/ network administration activities.
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Operations & Maintenance to include system administration, information assurance, and storage management to customer owned networks. Analyzing network performance, resolving, and providing Tier-2/Tier-3 support for network incidents and service requests.
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Maintains network integrity and connectivity while ensuring compliance with policies and maintains system backup and recovery capability.
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Must utilize network monitoring applications for traffic, access, and performance of entire network. Ensuring network reliability through continuous monitoring, proactive maintenance, and system upgrades.
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Creates and updates technical documentation for network configuration, topology, and mapping.
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Provide recommendations related to understanding operating system dependencies, physical and virtual server environments, integration with infrastructure resources (e.g. storage and networking), and how to configure operating systems and applications in an efficient manner.
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Coordinates the acquisition of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed.
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Evaluates new network solutions, capabilities, and technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.
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Subject matter expert to escalate all IT issues to leadership.
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Participates in special projects as required.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Network Engineer Principal must have:
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Education: Bachelor’s Degree
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Experience: with 10 years of relevant experience or Associate’s Degree with 12 years of relevant experience or High School / GED with 14 years of relevant experience.
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Technical skills: System Development Life Cycle, system/network administration activities, Windows and Linux systems experience a must.
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Security clearance level: TS/SCI Security Clearance
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US citizenship required
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Role requirements: Experience in writing operating procedures and reporting templates to ensure best practices are being implemented across the sections in accordance with national and DoW requirements.Comprehensive knowledge of National and DoW directives, orders, regulations, and instructions governing the conduct of network activities.
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Certifications: Required: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP); Required: Security+ Must pass German TESA
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
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Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
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Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
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Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
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Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.
The likely salary range for this position is $107,744 - $143,750. 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. Total compensation for international positions varies by tax, social security, and immigration statuses, as well as location. Generally, an international assignment may include allowances, premium uplifts, and/or relocation or transportation benefits, above base salary range noted.
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.
Our 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.
About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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