NETWORK ENGINEER/COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECT

General Dynamics Information Technology
Washington, DC, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Compensation
$144,500.0 - $195,500.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol Spanning Tree Protocols Cisco Routers Cloud Computing Cyber Security Data Centers Data Transmissions Domain Name System (DNS) Monitoring of Systems Internet Control Message Protocol Networking Hardware Local Area Networks
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Network Security Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP) Simple Mail Transfer Protocols Network Planning and Design Network Time Protocols Cisco Nexus Switches Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Performance Tuning Security Information and Event Management Simple Network Management Protocols TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Wide Area Networks Backup and Restore Firewalls (Computer Science) Storage Technologies Firewall Services Module Cisco

Job description

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats., * Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support the government organization’s systems, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), network segments, intranets, and other data communication systems.

  • Manage fact finding, analysis and development of final reports and delivery of presentations related to information technology.
  • Responsible for designing, leading and managing the delivery of mission critical systems and software products.
  • Conduct organizational analysis and evaluations to determine functional requirements
  • Work closely with versatile systems and engineering specialists to prioritize customer requirements, define goals, and refine business objectives.
  • Coordinates with Systems Architect / Engineers, Security, and Program/Project Management to ensure team alignment on key initiatives and dependencies between groups.
  • Assist with network / system design and analyze network models
  • Provide “day-to-day” on-site support customer network, Virtual, and physical server systems.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologies
  • Oversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures
  • Design network and computer security measures to defend, detect and prevent unauthorized network activity.
  • May manage and define network device firewall policies, rules and reports to support network defense.
  • May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.
  • Operate monitoring tools/capabilities with the enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) and create/tailor complex event alarms/rules and summary reports

Requirements

  • Required Education and Experience: BA/BS + 10 years
  • Certifications: DoW Approved Baseline 8570 IAT Level III certification is required prior to start date.
  • Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph prior to starting
  • Required Technical Skills: Understanding of spanning-tree, OSPF, BGP, VRFs; proficient in Cisco routers, switches, Nexus, and firewalls; proficient with Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls; familiar with cloud networking; general troubleshooting skills; physical ability to install new hardware
  • Strong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.
  • Hands on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts
  • Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations
  • Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments
  • Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments
  • Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies
  • Senior level experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers
  • Location: On Customer Site, Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

  • may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification

Benefits & conditions

  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

GDITCareers, The likely salary range for this position is $144,500 - $195,500. 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.

About the company

Transform technology into opportunity a Network Engineer/Computer Network Architect with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Engineer/Computer Network Architect, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter., We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions 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 mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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