Network Engineer / Architect - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Quick Summary
Required Education and Experience: BA/BS + 10 years Certifications: DoW Approved Baseline 8570 IAT Level III certification is required prior to start date.
Skills:Enterprise Architecture Management, Enterprise Architecture Strategy,
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCIClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + PolygraphJob Family:
IT Infrastructure and OperationsRequirements
~1 min readJob Description:
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.
HOW A NETWORK ENGINEER/COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
- 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
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- 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
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
- 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
Work Location:
USA DC WashingtonAdditional Work Locations:
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- September 24, 2026
- First seen
- September 30, 2026
- Last seen
- October 11, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 12
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 24%
- Scored at
- October 12, 2026
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