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Cisco ASA Firewall
Local Area Network (LAN)
Networks
REQ#: RQ225337
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.
Job Description
The Network Engineer is responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. The candidate will define processes to support the implementation of requirements. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. Candidate should be able to define internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software. Candidates will be required to work independently with little supervision and should be flexible to work and support IT Operations needs as requested.
HOW A NETWORK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Define, maintain, and upgrade the overall security posture of the networks
Will perform security audits of events, overall health and implement changes to improve the overall programs security posture.
Manage and allocate network installation and engineering tasks, configure and maintain communications systems, familiarity with implementation of LAN and WAN equipment including firewalls, servers, workstations, routers, switches, hubs, storage devices, A/V equipment and equipment racks
Ability to write and edit “build-to” and “as-built” documentation, as well as implementation and test plans for physical and logical installs of IT equipment
Able to engage in technical system planning beyond the network, to include applications and systems that utilize the network being delivered
Provides expert level analysis of voice, video, and/or data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites
Able to plan network layouts and configures systems to user environments
May provide technical support and troubleshooting to users. (Tier I, II, and III)
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Required Qualifications:
Experience allowing voice, video traffic across port-based firewall and NGFW
Expertise/experience (more than 10) deploying Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper firewall Manager servers
Experience in engineering and deploying multi firewall solutions
Experience design, engineering, and deploying controlled interfaces (10 + years)
Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall vendor transitioning plans
Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall in a multicast network environment
Experience IPSec site-to-site VPN utilizing PKI (CA)
Experiences Remote access VPN
12 +years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco ASA/Next Generation Firewall
10 + years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices. Thorough understanding of network routing concepts (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS)
Basic understanding of QoS concepts
Experience with network monitoring technologies
Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems
Complex problem management research and issue resolution
Ability to mentor junior network engineers
10+ years of related Network Engineering experience
Bachelor’s or Technology degree in Engineering or a related specialized area/field, OR equivalent 14 years job-related experience
TS/SCI with Poly clearance
Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal and team building skills
Proven problem-solving skills in complex environments
Location: At Customer Site – Herndon area
Desired Qualifications:
Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN or WAN devices
Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next Generation Firewalls Certifications and hands on experience
Experience design, engineering, and deploying Muli-Factor Authentication solution
Experience design, engineering, and deploying Zero-Trust solutions
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
#GDITCareers
#cjpost
#GDITPolyEvent
#JET
#VA_2026Alumni
#GDITEnhanced2026
#MissionPoly2026
Work Requirements
10 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
None
U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $144,500 - $195,500. 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.
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.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Cisco ASA Firewall
Local Area Network (LAN)
Networks
REQ#: RQ225337
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.
Job Description
The Network Engineer is responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. The candidate will define processes to support the implementation of requirements. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. Candidate should be able to define internal and external customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software. Candidates will be required to work independently with little supervision and should be flexible to work and support IT Operations needs as requested.
HOW A NETWORK ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Define, maintain, and upgrade the overall security posture of the networks
Will perform security audits of events, overall health and implement changes to improve the overall programs security posture.
Manage and allocate network installation and engineering tasks, configure and maintain communications systems, familiarity with implementation of LAN and WAN equipment including firewalls, servers, workstations, routers, switches, hubs, storage devices, A/V equipment and equipment racks
Ability to write and edit “build-to” and “as-built” documentation, as well as implementation and test plans for physical and logical installs of IT equipment
Able to engage in technical system planning beyond the network, to include applications and systems that utilize the network being delivered
Provides expert level analysis of voice, video, and/or data communications networks, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading operating systems and protocol suites
Able to plan network layouts and configures systems to user environments
May provide technical support and troubleshooting to users. (Tier I, II, and III)
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Required Qualifications:
Experience allowing voice, video traffic across port-based firewall and NGFW
Expertise/experience (more than 10) deploying Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper firewall Manager servers
Experience in engineering and deploying multi firewall solutions
Experience design, engineering, and deploying controlled interfaces (10 + years)
Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall vendor transitioning plans
Experience design, engineering, and deploying firewall in a multicast network environment
Experience IPSec site-to-site VPN utilizing PKI (CA)
Experiences Remote access VPN
12 +years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco ASA/Next Generation Firewall
10 + years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices. Thorough understanding of network routing concepts (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS)
Basic understanding of QoS concepts
Experience with network monitoring technologies
Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems
Complex problem management research and issue resolution
Ability to mentor junior network engineers
10+ years of related Network Engineering experience
Bachelor’s or Technology degree in Engineering or a related specialized area/field, OR equivalent 14 years job-related experience
TS/SCI with Poly clearance
Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal and team building skills
Proven problem-solving skills in complex environments
Location: At Customer Site – Herndon area
Desired Qualifications:
Experience configuring, designing, and troubleshooting QoS in LAN or WAN devices
Juniper, Palo Alto, or Cisco Next Generation Firewalls Certifications and hands on experience
Experience design, engineering, and deploying Muli-Factor Authentication solution
Experience design, engineering, and deploying Zero-Trust solutions
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
#GDITCareers
#cjpost
#GDITPolyEvent
#JET
#VA_2026Alumni
#GDITEnhanced2026
#MissionPoly2026
Work Requirements
10 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
None
U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $144,500 - $195,500. 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.
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.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in network engineer jobs.
- Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco or Juniper routers and switches
- Active CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent vendor certification
- Proficiency with network monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG, or Wireshark
- Solid understanding of routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP
- Experience with firewalls, VPNs, and network security best practices
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
Tips for Your Network Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to the stack
Hiring managers scan for specific vendor ecosystems before reading anything else. List your Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, or cloud-native tools in a dedicated skills section, and match the exact product names to what the job posting calls out.
Lead with certifications on applications
A CCNA, CCNP, or CompTIA Network+ in your resume header gets past automated screening faster than years of experience buried in bullet points. Put active certifications and their expiration dates above your work history.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists network engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter for architecture versus operations roles
Job titles like 'network engineer' cover very different work. Distinguish whether the role is hands-on operations, design and architecture, or automation and DevOps networking before applying so your cover letter addresses the actual responsibilities.
Prepare for lab-style technical screens
Network engineer interviews frequently include a live troubleshooting exercise or a packet-capture analysis. Practice tracing routing loops, diagnosing OSPF adjacency failures, and explaining your methodology out loud while you work.
Negotiate on-call terms alongside compensation
Network operations roles often carry 24/7 escalation expectations that aren't listed in the job posting. Clarify the on-call rotation schedule and any compensation for it during the offer stage, not after you accept.
Network Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most network engineers?
The companies hiring the most network engineers right now include Meta, General Dynamics Information Technology, and Amazon, with the largest share of openings in Virginia, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in enterprise IT, managed service providers, and cloud infrastructure teams.
How many network engineer jobs are remote?
About 47% of network engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, though availability varies significantly by role type. Network architecture, automation engineering, and cloud networking positions tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while data center operations and on-site infrastructure roles typically require a physical presence.
How do you become a network engineer?
Start by building foundational knowledge in TCP/IP, subnetting, and network protocols through self-study or a degree program. Earn an entry-level certification such as CompTIA Network+ or CCNA to validate those skills. Gain hands-on experience through a helpdesk, IT support, or junior network technician role, then pursue a more advanced certification like the CCNP as you specialize in an area such as security, wireless, or cloud networking.
Can you get hired as a network engineer with no experience?
Yes, though most entry-level network engineer roles expect at least a foundational certification and some lab or internship experience. Building a home lab using virtualization tools like GNS3 or Packet Tracer gives you documented, hands-on practice you can discuss in interviews. Applying to network associate or junior network engineer titles lowers the experience bar compared to mid-level or senior postings.
What does the network engineer interview process look like?
Most companies run a recruiter screen first, followed by a technical phone interview covering fundamentals like subnetting, routing protocols, and OSI model concepts. A second round typically involves a hands-on lab exercise, a troubleshooting scenario, or a take-home design challenge. Final interviews usually include a panel with senior engineers or a hiring manager focused on your project history and how you approach complex outages.
Where can I find and apply to network engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to network engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and specialization, and apply directly to each listing.
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