Network Engineer Senior

About the role

Join us at the Fort Carson Colorado Mission Training Complex as a Network Engineer Senior. Your work will be impactful to the mission of federal and defense customers, ensuring uninterrupted communication and real-time data sharing through the design, securing, and maintaining of resilient network architectures.

Responsibilities

• Tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our customer
• Lead/Manage/Support complex enterprise network designs, implementations, and upgrades across multi-enclave environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and military/civilian stakeholders
• Drive network performance optimization, proactive monitoring, and troubleshooting of tier-III escalations
• Utilize advanced routing/switching protocols, firewalls, and modern network automation tools

Requirements

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 5+ years of related experience
• Comprehensive expertise in routing and switching protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP)
• Experience managing MTC integration and use of networks owned and managed by external organizations, including NIPR, SIPR, CENTRIXS, tactical networks, and other networks as required
• Collaboration & Coordination: Coordinates network design requirements and responsibilities with other MTCs, training sites, training units, and external network and communications organizations
• Tactical Communications & Encryption: Manage, configure, and operate TACLANE cryptographic/network encryption devices to secure communication pathways
• Hands-on Operations: Performs set up, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting for LAN/WAN, encryption, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, security, software-defined network (SDN), voice, video, data, collaboration, and Cloud components

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required to start
• IAM Level 2 and Computing Environment Certifications

Skills

• Communication Network, Data Communication, Telecommunications Network Certifications: CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA

Benefits

At GDIT, you can expect comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, a 401(k) plan with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off. We also offer short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $109,250. 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.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work

Work Location: USA CO Ft Carson

Total Rewards: 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.