Network Engineer Senior

General Dynamics Information Technology
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$85,093.0 - $109,250.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol Spanning Tree Protocols Cloud Computing CompTIA Security+ Data Transmissions Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Domain Name System (DNS) Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol Identity and Access Management Network Architecture Network Planning and Design Wireless Security
+10 more
Routing NIPRNet Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Wide Area Networks Firewalls (Computer Science) SC Clearance SDN Network Performance Monitor Enterprise Integration Real Time Data

Job description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Network Engineer Senior at the Fort Carson Colorado Mission Training Complex. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our customer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Engineer Senior, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Network Engineer Senior joining our team to help build and enable the readiness of our Nation’s Army!

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Network Engineer 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.

  • 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

  • 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

Communication Network,Data Communication,Telecommunications Network

Certifications:

CompTIA Security+ CE CompTIA - CompTIA

Experience:

8 + years of related experience, + Education : BS/BA degree

  • Required Experience: 5+ years of related experience.

  • Required Technical Skills:

  • Comprehensive expertise in routing and switching protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP)

  • Network Integration: Manages 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

  • Certifications: IAM Level 2 and Computing Environment Certifications

  • Security Clearance Level: Active Secret clearance required to start

Benefits & conditions

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.

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.

About the company

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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