Sr Network Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$96K — $130K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience (4 years may substitute for degree)
  • 5+ years of related network engineering experience
  • Active Secret clearance with favorable Tier 5 investigation
  • Current IAT Level III certification required
  • CCNP-E and CCSA certifications required
  • Experience with unclassified and classified network environments
  • Proficiency in managing multiple projects and reporting progress

Responsibilities

  • Support network engineering design and technology refresh implementation
  • Conduct laboratory assessments for network operations
  • Collaborate with government clients to create Technology Assessment Plans
  • Prepare After Action Reports documenting project outcomes
  • Identify emerging network capabilities and evaluation criteria
  • Develop procedures for system evaluations
  • Ensure interoperability between DLA WAN and DISA networks

Benefits

  • Diverse medical plan options including Health Savings Accounts
  • Dental and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work weeks and generous paid time off policies
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and accident insurance offerings
  • Regular reviews of benefits package for competitiveness
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Network Design, Network Monitoring, Telecommunications Network
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

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. These assessments may include independent cost estimates.
  • Preparing After Action Reports (AAR) that document the approach taken, results, recommendations and supporting rationale.
  • Identifying new and emerging network capabilities as well as developing product evaluation and selection criteria.
  • 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


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.

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