Network Solutions Engineer - Enterprise Network Principal
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Job description
GDIT is seeking a Network Solutions Engineer (Enterprise Network Principal) to design, optimize, and deliver advanced network solutions for mission-critical Federal environments. In this role, you'll support customer engagements, innovation initiatives, and solution development efforts across the Office of the CTO and GDIT's COVE AIOps Digital Accelerator. If you're energized by shaping modern network architectures and solving complex technical challenges, this role offers high impact and high visibility. How You'll Make an Impact
- Architect and optimize enterprise-grade networks across multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Palo Alto, and more).
- Deliver technical briefings, solution demos, and customer-facing presentations that translate complex architectures into mission value.
- Create authoritative architecture documents, diagrams, runbooks, and build guides for engineering and customer teams.
- Deploy and validate network solutions across lab and production environments, including copper and fiber physical infrastructure.
- Serve as a Principal on proposals (RFIs/RFPs), contributing technical volumes, solution approaches, and cost-informed recommendations.
- Integrate network monitoring and observability platforms (SolarWinds, PRTG, Elastic, etc.) into hybrid environments.
- Develop firewall policies, segmentation strategies, and perimeter architectures aligned to Federal cybersecurity and Zero Trust frameworks.
- Provide deep troubleshooting expertise including packet analysis, protocol diagnostics, and IPv4/IPv6 network assessment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of progressive technical and leadership experience.
- 8+ years in enterprise network engineering, design, implementation, and customer-facing technical leadership.
- Strong communication, analytical, and time-management skills.
- Ability to design, present, and lead complex network solution initiatives in fast-paced environments.
- US Citizenship required.
- Candidate must posses active secret, ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.
Preferred Technical Expertise
- 8 years or more of Expert-level experience with Cisco routing/switching and Palo Alto firewalls.
- Advanced L2/L3 protocol mastery (OSPF, BGP, STP, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6).
- Experience designing networks across on-prem, cloud (AWS/Azure), and hybrid architectures.
- Strong packet analysis skills (Wireshark) and ability to resolve multi-layer issues.
- Hands-on physical infrastructure experience with copper/fiber cabling.
- Experience integrating monitoring/observability tools into enterprise ecosystems.
Preferred Certifications
- CCIE, CCNP, PCNSE, JNCIE, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, Network+
Security Requirements
- Active Top Secret / SCI clearance required
- US Citizenship required
Location & Travel
Remote role with approximately 25% travel to customer sites and GDIT headquarters.
Work Requirements Years of Experience 8 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Benefits & conditions
(part of General Dynamics) 3.73.7 out of 5 stars Indiana Remote $131,750 - $178,250 a year, The likely salary range for this position is $131,750 - $178,250. 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. View information about benefits and our total rewards program.
Our Identity Verification Process As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.