F5 Network Engineer - TS/SCI clearance Job at GDIT, Arlington, VA

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  • GDIT
  • Arlington, VA

Job Description

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA VA Arlington - Pentagon (VAC108)
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ189747

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:
Network Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
F5, Network Engineering, Networks, Network Systems
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking an F5 Network Engineer to support our Operations Team and join our JSP ETM-NG (Joint Service Provider Enterprise Transport Management - Next Gen) contract at the Pentagon. Due to the nature of this role, the employee must report full-time onsite in in Arlington, VA.

As an F5 Network Engineer, you will 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. You will be responsible for the health and maintenance of a large, complex networking infrastructure. This includes providing network administration and operational support to more than 8000 networked devices. The F5 Network Engineer will 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. This position requires an understanding of best practices pertaining to network security and may require the development, deployment, and integration of network security services. The F5 Network Engineer should be able to work both independently and as part of a team.

HOW OUR F5 NETWORK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
  • 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.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED - REQUIRED:
  • Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Certifications :
  • ---- 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).
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, OR equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
  • Years' Experience:
  • ---- 10+ or more years of related information technology experience
  • ---- 3+ years experience supporting DOD, DISA, or JSP Network environments.
  • Technical Skills:
  • ---- Expert knowledge of information technology principles, methods, and techniques.
  • ---- Experience with F5 load balancers to include troubleshooting, configuring, upgrading, maintaining, and monitoring an enterprise F5 load balancer network architecture.
  • ---- Extensive experience troubleshooting, managing, and monitoring the health of Cisco and Juniper routers and switches.
  • ---- Extensive experience in Software Define 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.
  • ---- Experience with network security, including firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, and vulnerability remediation.
  • ---- Creating and documenting processes and creating work instructions.
  • ---- Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience.
  • ---- Experience creating scripts to automate routine administration tasks.
  • Skills & Abilities:
  • ---- 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.
  • Location: Arlington, VA - onsite at the Pentagon.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED - DESIRED:
  • Certification: F5 Network certification
  • Technical Skills:
  • ---- 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.

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.

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#clearedjobs

#veterans

The likely salary range for this position is $136,000 - $184,000. 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 Arlington

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.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.





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GDIT is seeking an F5 Network Engineer to support our Operations Team and join our JSP ETM-NG (Joint Service Provider Enterprise Transport Management - Next Gen) contract at the Pentagon. Due to the nature of this role, the employee must report full-time onsite in in Arlington, VA.


As an F5 Network Engineer, you will 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. You will be responsible for the health and maintenance of a large, complex networking infrastructure. This includes providing network administration and operational support to more than 8000 networked devices. The F5 Network Engineer will 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. This position requires an understanding of best practices pertaining to network security and may require the development, deployment, and integration of network security services. The F5 Network Engineer should be able to work both independently and as part of a team.



HOW OUR F5 NETWORK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • 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.




WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED - REQUIRED:

  • Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Certifications :
  • ---- 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).
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, OR equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
  • Years' Experience:
  • ---- 10+ or more years of related information technology experience
  • ---- 3+ years experience supporting DOD, DISA, or JSP Network environments.
  • Technical Skills:
  • ---- Expert knowledge of information technology principles, methods, and techniques.
  • ---- Experience with F5 load balancers to include troubleshooting, configuring, upgrading, maintaining, and monitoring an enterprise F5 load balancer network architecture.
  • ---- Extensive experience troubleshooting, managing, and monitoring the health of Cisco and Juniper routers and switches.
  • ---- Extensive experience in Software Define 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.
  • ---- Experience with network security, including firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, and vulnerability remediation.
  • ---- Creating and documenting processes and creating work instructions.
  • ---- Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience.
  • ---- Experience creating scripts to automate routine administration tasks.
  • Skills & Abilities:
  • ---- 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.
  • Location: Arlington, VA - onsite at the Pentagon.




WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED - DESIRED:

  • Certification: F5 Network certification
  • Technical Skills:
  • ---- 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.




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.



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