Network Engineer - TS/SCI w/Polygraph

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Network Engineer supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Network Engineer joining our team to support Government activities, solve complex IT issues and provide exceptional customer service

HOW NETWORK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Efficiently identify and mitigate networking incidents to minimize customer impacts.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Work with other team members and groups to analyze requirements or potential problems and proactively develop solutions and policy recommendations.
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of Top Secret, classified networks from inception and design to qualification and validation, through deployment, operation, and optimization.
• Partner with internal application groups and design network infrastructure which meets their networking requirements. Provide both experience in the classified networking space, as well as a hands-on keyboard physical presence in classified spaces.
• Lead development of production network infrastructure through published engineering design documents and specifications. Lead the requirement analysis, engineering design, and solution development of production environment.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Maintain visibility into all aspects of network health through telemetry collection, cloud service logging, and analysis. Use this information along with your fundamental understanding of network theory to efficiently identify and mitigate networking incidents.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelors (Computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)
• Required Experience: 15+ years; 3 years of experience in the networking industry
• Experience with network maintenance, installation, and design for service providers or large enterprise networks; a broad understanding of network theory, network protocols at Layers-2-4, and the operation of routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS) in particular.
• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with active polygraph
• Location: On Customer Site – Tysons
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Having as many of these specific qualifications is a plus, but transferable skills/experiences may be equally valuable.
• Understanding of STIG Hardening and configurations for network devices.
• Experience with implementation and integration of Type-1 Encryption and network encryption devices.
• Experience with field-based work in POPs, carrier hotels, and/or data centers.
• Familiarity with overlay networking protocols and software defined networking concepts (VXLAN and Kubernetes).
• Willingness to participate in shift work in a network operations center environment.
• Experience creating rack elevations and other planned/install/as-built documentation.

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

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