Network Solutions Engineer – Enterprise Network SME

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+