General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services to various U.S. government agencies. They are seeking a Network Solutions Engineer (Enterprise Network SME) to design, optimize, and deliver advanced network solutions for mission-critical Federal environments, supporting customer engagements and innovation initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and optimize enterprise‑grade networks across multi‑vendor environments (Cisco, Palo Alto, and more)
- Deliver technical briefings, solution demos, and customer‑facing presentations that translate complex architectures into mission value
- Create authoritative architecture documents, diagrams, runbooks, and build guides for engineering and customer teams
- Deploy and validate network solutions across lab and production environments, including copper and fiber physical infrastructure
- Serve as an SME on proposals (RFIs/RFPs), contributing technical volumes, solution approaches, and cost‑informed recommendations
- Integrate network monitoring and observability platforms (SolarWinds, PRTG, Elastic, etc.) into hybrid environments
- Develop firewall policies, segmentation strategies, and perimeter architectures aligned to Federal cybersecurity and Zero Trust frameworks
- Provide deep troubleshooting expertise including packet analysis, protocol diagnostics, and IPv4/IPv6 network assessment
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or 19+ years of progressive technical and leadership experience
- 15+ years in enterprise network engineering, design, implementation, and customer‑facing technical leadership
- Strong communication, analytical, and time‑management skills
- Ability to design, present, and lead complex network solution initiatives in fast‑paced environments
- US Citizenship required
- Candidate must possess active secret, ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI
- 8 years or more of Expert‑level experience with Cisco routing/switching and Palo Alto firewalls
- Advanced L2/L3 protocol mastery (OSPF, BGP, STP, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6)
- Experience designing networks across on‑prem, cloud (AWS/Azure), and hybrid architectures
- Strong packet analysis skills (Wireshark) and ability to resolve multi‑layer issues
- Hands‑on physical infrastructure experience with copper/fiber cabling
- Experience integrating monitoring/observability tools into enterprise ecosystems
- CCIE, CCNP, PCNSE, JNCIE, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, Network+