General Dynamics Information Technology · 3 hours ago
Principal Network Engineer
USA VA Arlington
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$143K/yr - $172K/yr
10+ years expGeneral Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to join their JSP ETM-NG team at the Pentagon. The role involves providing technical leadership, oversight, and direction to the Core Transport Network Engineering team, while maintaining a large, complex networking infrastructure and ensuring network security and performance.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingConsultingCyber SecurityInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership, oversight, and direction to the Core Transport Network Engineering team and mentors and instructs network engineers on best practices and the execution of network enhancements and upgrades and troubleshooting efforts in a large and complex network environment
Responsible for the health and maintenance of a large, complex networking infrastructure
Providing network administration and operational support to more than 8000 networked devices
Provide comprehensive network administration, security enhancements and remediation, and troubleshooting of network devices such as routers, switches, load balancers, VPNs, 802.11 Wireless, and VoIP
Act as a subject-matter expert to network routing and switching, as well as network performance monitoring and troubleshooting
Review completion and implementation of system additions and/or enhancements and makes recommendations to management and/or clients
Evaluate new application, infrastructure, and cloud decisions in existing context of applications, infrastructure, standards, current business strategy and future business strategy
Determine system specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility
Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced IT staff and may have supervisory responsibilities
Serve as liaison with senior clients, participating in meetings to ensure client needs are met
Provides problem and incident resolution, including dealing with software and hardware vendor technical support
Deploy and maintain network hardware, peripherals, services, and settings in accordance with industry standards and project/operational requirements
Performs daily system monitoring; verifies the integrity and availability of networking hardware, services, systems, and key processes; reviews system and application logs
Documents and conducts changes during ASI windows
Provides leadership in on-call troubleshooting and issue resolution as required
Develops and maintains installation and configuration procedures
Collaborate with the Security team to identify and remediate application and operating system vulnerabilities
Acts as a liaison with other groups to provide information sharing pertaining to the needs of the diverse set of computer users supported by the client as a whole
Develop scripts and other automation solutions to aid in the completion of migration and integration tasks
Review problems to understand the root causes of issues and ensure proper fixes are implemented
Provide high level expertise to multiple projects and tasks
Maintain current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned
Participate in special projects as required
Qualification
Required
Active Top Secret clearance
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification
Must have ONE or more of the following active network certifications: Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ACSA)
Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, OR equivalent work experience in lieu of degree
5+ or more years of related information technology experience (if no degree, 8 years experience required)
Expert knowledge of information technology principles, methods, and techniques
Extensive experience troubleshooting, managing, and monitoring the health of Cisco and Juniper routers and switches
Extensive experience in Software Defined Networks (SDN)
Broad understanding of network infrastructure topologies, security policies, firewalls, and the L2/L3 switch and router infrastructure
Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting network systems, switching, and routing protocol standards such as: TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, SDN, and 802.1x
Experience managing and troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and NTP in a large multi-site environment
Experience with network security, including firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, and vulnerability remediation
Experience using network management and analysis tools such as SNMP probes, network taps, and traffic analyzer
Experience with Network Management & Performance platforms, such as NetScout, IBM NetCool, Solarwinds NMS products, NetBrain, Infovista, Clearpass, Aruba, Arista
Experience building configurations using CLI
Creating and documenting processes and creating work instructions
Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience
Experience creating scripts to automate routine administration tasks
Possess flexibility to operate in a highly dynamic environment while ensuring a high level of operational effectiveness
Experience working as a part of a large team and working directly with customers
Experience with supporting teleworkers and remote access technologies
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong customer service skills
Preferred
Active Top Secret with SCI Eligibility clearance OR Active TS/SCI clearance
Networking certification
Experience with proposals
Experience utilizing Remedy ITSM
Experience administering and troubleshooting server operating systems such as Linux, Windows, or UNIX
Experience documenting network topology using Visio
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
Full flex work weeks
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Company
General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Paul Nedzbala
Senior Vice President
Ben Buckley
Vice President and General Manager
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