Sr. Network Admin - PDA

About the Role

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Network Administrator Senior and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you. As a Network Administrator Senior, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of federal and defense customers. You will play a crucial role in designing, securing, and maintaining resilient network architectures that enable uninterrupted communication and real-time data sharing.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and support complex enterprise network designs, implementations, and upgrades across multi-enclave environments to ensure modern, secure, and highly available IT capabilities for tactical and strategic operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and military or civilian stakeholders to resolve complex technical challenges and strengthen interoperability.
• Drive network performance monitoring, execute routine maintenance and patching, lead Tier-II and Tier-III troubleshooting efforts to resolve complex outages, and ensure strict infrastructure compliance with federal cybersecurity mandates.
• Utilize advanced network management tools, routing and switching protocols, and firewalls to sustain deployment efficiency, strict security compliance, and overall infrastructure health.

Requirements

• Must hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or possess equivalent years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Required Certification: IAT II 8570/8140 Baseline Certification Security+ CE.
• 3+ years of related experience.
• Must design and optimize high-availability enterprise networks using advanced protocols like OSPF and BGP.
• Configure next-generation firewalls and secure VPNs to defend critical infrastructure against cyber threats.
• Must leverage SolarWinds to automate configuration management, monitor performance, and rapidly resolve network issues.
• Must possess a current Secret Clearance or higher.
• US Citizenship Required: Yes.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with implementing Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guides (DISA STIGs) and the Risk Management Framework (RMF) is highly desirable.

Skills

• Local Area Network (LAN)
• Network Configurations
• Network Control
• Routing and Switching

Benefits

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.
• 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.
• 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 $85,093 - $98,900. 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 Location: USA CO Ft Carson