Senior Network Engineer - Secret Clearance Required

About the role

We are GDIT—supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects in the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter, with work that has real impact. GDIT is your place to own your career by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best.

Responsibilities

• Configure, manage, and maintain physical and virtual infrastructure, including Cisco routers, Layer 3 switches, firewalls, and Palo Alto IDS/IPS.
• Perform off-hours maintenance and support 24x7 operations of a large enterprise environment per schedules and best practices.
• Implement and maintain DISA STIG baselines and support CCRI inspections and ATO sustainment.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and create/defend system change requests.
• Develop and maintain proactive capacity planning models to support business decisions.
• Support engineering and architecture initiatives, serving as a senior engineer on complex ARNG strategic projects.
• Perform architecture and technology gap analyses and recommend improvements to DoWIN-A(NG) and DoWIN-A(NG)-S operations and security.
• Analyze customer requirements and deliver technical solutions to complex problems.
• Maintain and upgrade networks (servers, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems), ensuring integrity, connectivity, backups, and policy compliance.
• Coordinate acquisition of hardware, software, and subcontractor services as needed.
• Design, plan, and configure data communication networks, including hardware and software components.
• Evaluate and integrate new communications technologies to enhance network capabilities; stay current on relevant technology.
• Coach and guide junior and less-experienced administrators; may serve as a team or task lead.

Qualifications

• Education/Equivalent Training Required: Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years of relevant experience as a Network Administrator / Engineer.
• Years Of Relevant Experience: Required Experience: 6+ years’ experience Cisco and Palo Alto Routing, Switching, IDS/IPS, and Firewall technologies.
• Skills/Additional Requirements: Required Technical Skills: Advance routing (BGP/OSPF), MPLS, Firewall and IDS/IPS policies Advanced networking: BGP/OSPF, MPLS, firewall and IDS/IPS policy configuration Experience securing and hardening devices in accordance with STIGs Broad understanding of system hardware, software, configurations, and technologies Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills; able to understand requirements and troubleshoot complex issues Professional, reliable, and punctual; receptive to direction and feedback Proven customer service skills, including interaction with senior military and government leadership Effective communicator across the enterprise (teams, management, and vendors); strong briefing and documentation skills Strong organizational and teamwork skills; experience leading project efforts Quick learner, self-motivated to study emerging technologies and requirements; stays current with industry practices Able to work under time constraints and adapt to changing priorities and new projects Committed to maintaining and pursuing relevant certifications Certification Requirements: Two certifications - Must Possess the appropriate baseline certification(s) to achieve a minimum of DoW 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II (i.e., CompTIA Security+ CE) in addition to a Computing Environment (CE) certification (e.g., Cisco, Palo Altos) prior to start.

Benefits

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.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $123,250 - $166,750. 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.

Schedule

Work Location: Fairview Park, Falls Church, VAThree (3) days onsite with up to two (2) days telework. Onboarding/transition in period requires on-site support up to 90 days. GECOS work schedules are subject to change on direction by mission requirements from GDIT or USG leadership.

Travel

Less than 10%