About the role

  • Senior Network Engineer Principal supporting enterprise infrastructure team at GDIT. Responsible for enhancing secure internet access and maintaining network capabilities across cloud environments.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and enhance secure internet access services
  • Manage enterprise web traffic filtering and cloud-based secure web access platforms
  • Implement and maintain URL filtering, SSL inspection, and threat protection policies
  • Troubleshoot user connectivity issues related to secure web access and policy enforcement
  • Support secure connectivity and network access
  • Configure and maintain secure network tunnels using technologies such as GRE and IPSec
  • Support enterprise implementations of Zero Trust security models and access controls
  • Implement policies that enable secure access to modern business applications, including AI-enabled services, while maintaining organizational security posture
  • Deliver secure browser and remote access capabilities
  • Configure and troubleshoot cloud browser isolation solutions
  • Support secure access platforms that provide controlled access to internet and SaaS applications
  • Support enterprise authentication and application delivery
  • Maintain network services that support authentication mechanisms such as SAML and Kerberos
  • Work with application delivery and load balancing technologies, including global traffic distribution, SSL offloading/bridging, URI redirection, and HTTP profile configuration
  • Maintain critical network infrastructure services
  • Manage DNS infrastructure, including record creation, monitoring, and troubleshooting
  • Implement DNS security and protection capabilities
  • Support DNS integration with directory services and DHCP systems
  • Collaborate across engineering teams
  • Work closely with security, identity, and cloud engineering teams to implement network controls that support enterprise security initiatives
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to operational best practices and documentation
  • Participate in troubleshooting, change management, and incident response activities across network infrastructure.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelors degree. In lieu of degree, 14+ years of experience supporting enterprise networking environments required.
  • 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise networking environments
  • Strong experience operating internet edge and secure access networking platforms; SASE tools
  • Experience implementing and troubleshooting secure web access controls, including URL filtering and SSL inspection
  • Hands-on experience configuring secure tunnels and encrypted network connectivity (e.g., GRE, IPSec)
  • Experience working in environments implementing SASE tools
  • Zero Trust security principles
  • Familiarity with cloud-connected networking environments, particularly in large hybrid infrastructures
  • Experience supporting application delivery and load balancing technologies, (F5 and/or CloudFlare) including authentication integration and SSL handling
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across network, authentication, and application access layers
  • Experience managing DNS infrastructure, including security, monitoring, and integration with directory services
  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including routing, switching, encryption, and identity-aware access controls
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across network, security, and identity teams in a large enterprise environment
  • Preferred skills not required: Industry certifications in networking, cloud networking, or security disciplines.
  • Experience supporting networking within large-scale cloud SaaS (Zscaler/CloudFlare) platforms
  • Experience supporting secure access solutions within enterprise-scale organizations.
  • Application delivery and load balancing technologies such as F5 and CloudFlare.
  • DNS infrastructure experience with BlueCat and CloudFlare.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
  • 401K with company match
  • Competitive pay and paid time off
  • Full flex work weeks where possible
  • Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.

Job title

Principal Network Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$124,093 - $130,525 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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