Lead Network Engineer

Clearance Level
Top Secret
Category
IT Infrastructure and Operations
Location
Wiesbaden, Germany
(Onsite Workplace)
Key Skills For Success

Communication Network

Microsoft Windows

Network Engineering

REQ#: RQ226883
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Lead Network Engineer

Transform technology into opportunity as a Lead Network Engineer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical coalition network projects across the globe while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Lead Network Engineer you will help ensure that today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

  • Provide management, direction, administration, quality assurance, and leadership of coalition network engineering and service delivery.

  • Manage and prioritize coalition network needs and analyze project costs and feasibility

  • Keep well-informed of NATO FMN standards, new technologies and industry best practices when developing coalition network support plans

  • Analyze customer's requirements, concept of operations documents, and high level system architectures to develop network requirements specifications

  • Guide network development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of network engineering management plans and network integration and test plans

  • Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Network Engineering area of responsibility

  • Responsible for long-term planning, including circuit forecasts, traffic studies, and other coalition network performance criteria

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Experience:

  • Ten (10) years of experience leading complex coalition network engineering efforts

  • Ten (10) years of experience leading the development, implementation, and

  • maintenance of coalition enterprise IT service programs, including multinational

  • interoperability, cybersecurity compliance, and mission-critical network support

  • Proficiency in applying Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs), managing network access controls and implementing boundary protection

  • Extensive, hands-on experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting scalable, multi-domain architectures

Education:

  • A bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

  • (STEM) discipline from an accredited institution, preferably in engineering, computer science, IT, mathematics, or a related field

Certification and Training Requirements:

  • A Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise certification (or higher)

  • A CCNP Service Provider and/or CCNP Data Center certification

  • IAT-III baseline certification: SecurityX/CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP

Security Clearance:

  • TS clearance with SCI eligibility.


GDIT IS YOUR PLACE


At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace


OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

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

Certification

CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $106,250 - $143,750. 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. Total compensation for international positions varies by tax, social security, and immigration statuses, as well as location. Generally, an international assignment may include allowances, premium uplifts, and/or relocation or transportation benefits, above base salary range noted.
View information about benefits and our total rewards program.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

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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