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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # NETWORK ENGINEER/COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECT - **Company:** General Dynamics Information Technology - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $144,500.0 - $195,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** 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, 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 - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://gdit.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/USA-DC-Washington/Network-Engineer---Architect---TS-SCI-with-Polygraph_RQ229136-1/apply ## About the Role * 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 ## 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 ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [The Sustainability Race: AI's Promises, Pitfalls and Potential](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100155-the-sustainability-race-ai-s-promises-pitfalls-and-potential) - [Building the Nervous System of AI - Michael Kagan (NVIDIA)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2133-building-the-nervous-system-of-ai-michael-kagan-nvidia) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)