GDIT is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to help support our Joint Service Provider Enterprise Transport Management - Next-Gen (JSP ETM - NG) program at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

Due to the nature of work this role entails, telecommuting is not allowed and will require the employee to report full-time onsite.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide architecture/engineering expertise for network implementations, cloud environment integrations, project designs, and standards development, as well as onboarding new tenants
• Provide administration/support for intelligent DNS routing between enterprise locations/data centers, as well as plan and implement upgrades (includes installation of new equipment)
• Implement approved authentication and certificate management controls
• Use caching (static html content) for the enterprise infrastructure environment (hardware, software, and configuration components) and supported tenants
• Support deployment options
• Configure self IPs, port lockdown, and network routes
• Configure remote logging to Splunk
• Adhere to change management processes and procedures
• Troubleshoot, configure, upgrade, maintain, and monitor the load balancer network architecture (performance, configurations, traffic flow, application monitoring, CPU capacity/utilization)
• Analyze network alarms and identify sources
• Coordinate with on-site support personnel while troubleshooting
• Use enterprise service management tools to initiate, respond, and track service requests
• Create reports and analyze performance metrics
• Develop processes/procedures and related engineering documentation for troubleshooting and quickly identifying issues
• Perform reach back to OEM Vendors to de-conflict operational issues with known operating system bugs and security alerts
• Partner with the information security personnel to assess potential exposure to vulnerabilities, identify mitigation plans, and ensure compliance with enterprise security baselines and standards
• Evaluate modern technologies to optimize network efficiency and review/provide recommendations to improve the network
• Inform management in a clear, concise, and timely manner of any customer or technical issues
• Be responsive and decisive on adjusting architecture as customer requirements and technology evolves

Required Qualifications:

• Active Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering or Equivalent; Master's degree preferred
• IAT Level II in accordance with DoD 8570.01-M
• IAT Level II certification
• At least one nationally recognized certification for senior network administrators/engineers/architects tied to the proposed solution's routers and switches
• 5+ years primary role operating, troubleshooting, installing network routers and switches
• 5+ years primary role directly designing, architecting routed and switched networks up to and including enterprise sized networking solutions.
• 2+ years as senior or lead engineer in planning, designing, and building software defined networks
• 3+ years DoD environment
• Configuring and installing various network devices and services
• Monitoring network performance and resource utilization, trending, capacity planning
• Use of current and emergent network design principles and protocols
• Experience with network virtualization technologies
• Experience with multi-tenant network architectures
• Familiarity with a width variety network routing and switching equipment devices from multiple vendors
• Scripting languages such as Pearl, Python, coding for network threshold events.

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