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Network Administrator Senior

General Dynamics Information Technology
  • Newington, Connecticut
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    Type of Requisition:

    Regular

    Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

    Top Secret/SCI

    Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

    Top Secret/SCI

    Public Trust/Other Required:

    None

    Job Family:

    IT Infrastructure and Operations

    Job Qualifications:

    Skills:

    Network Configurations, Networking Hardware, Network Operations

    Certifications:

    None

    Experience:

    3 + years of related experience

    US Citizenship Required:

    Yes

    Job Description:

    Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Network Administrator Senior supporting enterprise network operations for our federal customer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

    At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Administrator Senior you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Network Administrator Senior joining our team to maintain and enhance secure, reliable, and high‑performance network services that enable the customer’s critical mission operations.

    How a Network Administrator will Make an Impact:

    • Work closely with senior network engineers, system administrators, and security teams to troubleshoot issues, resolve incidents, and implement network changes in a collaborative team environment.

    • Participate in network design discussions and deployments, supporting equipment setup, cabling, fiber work, and physical infrastructure buildouts while adhering to established standards and best practices.

    • Support Cisco ISE and DNA Center (DNA‑C) to manage network access control, policy‑based automation, and assurance in a fast paced environment.

    • Implement and manage VLANs, routing policies, access control rules, and network segmentation to support secure, scalable, and logically separated environments.

    • Assist in maintaining secure network environments by enforcing firewall rules, VPN configurations, network access control policies, and security best practices in support of compliance and cyber defense objectives.

    • Utilize full scope of technical and interpersonal skills to further the mission.

    What You’ll Need to Succeed

    Required Experience:

    • 3+ years of experience

    Required Technical Skills:

    • Experience configuring and supporting network switches and routers

    • Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, STP, SNMP, and routing fundamentals

    • Hands‑on experience with Cisco ISE and DNA Center (DNA‑C)

    • Knowledge of firewalls, ACLs, NAT, and VPN technologies

    • Proficiency with VLANs, trunking, inter‑VLAN routing, and segmentation

    • Experience with packet capture and analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark, NetFlow)

    • Familiarity with enterprise wireless technologies and basic RF troubleshooting

    • Understanding of network access control systems (RADIUS, TACACS+, 802.1X)

    • Working knowledge of cabling standards, fiber infrastructures, and physical network components

    Required Certifications:

    • CompTIA Security+

    • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    Security Clearance Level:

    • TS/SCI

    Required Skills and Abilities:

    • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with a methodical approach to problem solving

    • Effective verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders

    • Ability to follow standard operating procedures, change management processes, and security/compliance requirements

    • Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate documentation

    • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast‑paced, mission‑focused environment

    Preferred Skills:

    • Experience with cloud networking concepts (Azure or AWS)

    • Exposure to SD‑WAN technologies

    • Familiarity with VoIP and QoS principles

    • Experience with network automation tools or scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Ansible)

    Location:

    • On Customer Site

    Citizenship Required:

    • US Citizenship

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    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.

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:

    40

    Travel Required:

    Less than 10%

    Telecommuting Options:

    Onsite

    Work Location:

    USA VA Newington

    Additional Work Locations:

    Total Rewards at GDIT:

    Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

     

     


    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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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNewington, Connecticut
    IndustryAerospace and Defense
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Websitehttps://gdit.com/careers

    About Company

    General Dynamics Information Technology solves our customers’ challenges through future-focused technology and services, ingenuity and deep mission-knowledge. Partnering with government, defense, the intelligence community, industry leaders and cutting-edge technology companies, we deliver solutions that make a difference – helping our customers to advance mission performance, transform operations and discover opportunities to build a better future.

    Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with major offices worldwide, General Dynamics IT and General Dynamics Mission Systems form the Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) business group of General Dynamics. IS&T and the Aerospace, Combat Systems and Marine Systems groups form General Dynamics Corp.

    Skills

    • 802.1unmatched
    • Access Controlunmatched
    • Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)unmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Ansibleunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Biometricsunmatched
    • CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associateunmatched
    • Change Managementunmatched
    • Cisco Network Systemsunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Contract Requirementsunmatched
    • DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)unmatched
    • DNAunmatched
    • DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
    • Defense Intelligenceunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Firewallsunmatched
    • Governmentunmatched
    • Health Planunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
    • Insuranceunmatched
    • Intelligence Communityunmatched
    • Internet Securityunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • NAT (Network Address Translation)unmatched
    • Netflowunmatched
    • Network Access Control (NAC)unmatched
    • Network Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
    • Network Configuration Managementunmatched
    • Network Designunmatched
    • Network Routersunmatched
    • Network Routingunmatched
    • Network Supportunmatched
    • Network Switchingunmatched
    • Network System Hardwareunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Professional Servicesunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • QoS (Quality of Service)unmatched
    • RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service)unmatched
    • Radio Frequencyunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)unmatched
    • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • TACACS+ (Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus)unmatched
    • TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)unmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Technical Deliveryunmatched
    • United States Citizenunmatched
    • VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)unmatched
    • VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
    • VoIP (Voice over IP)unmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched
    • Windows PowerShellunmatched
    • Wireless Communicationsunmatched
    • Wireshark (Ethereal)unmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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