Principal Network Engineer

Public Trust: SSBI (T5)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.

Job Description

We are GDIT. As one of the largest IT and mission services providers to the government, we own our opportunities to better enable healthcare organizations to identify theirs. You can make GDIT your place. You make it your own by turning obstacles into action. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you’ll play an important role in providing the technologies and services that millions of healthcare professionals depend on every day.Our work depends on a Principal Network Engineer joining our team to support the federal Indian Health Service (IHS) Patients at the Heart Electronic Health Record (PATH EHR) modernization program. As a Principal Network Engineer supporting the IHS EHR program, you will be trusted to engage in a variety of technical topics to ensure the success of our customer.

This is a remote position, US based. This role requires you to obtain and maintain an in-depth Public Trust Level 5. This investigation will review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.

• As part of the Cloud Infrastructure team in the broader program Engineering organization, the Principal Network Engineer is tasked with implementing network requirements to meet customer and program objectives
• Supports Deployment activities primarily by creating device mappings in compliance with customer VLAN micro segmentation requirements for facility deployments.
• Supports Sustainment/Support activities by troubleshooting a wide range of technical issues including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) connections to the IHS network; VLAN configurations; system-to-system interface connections, and other protocols, and service management (PPSM) topics
• Collaborate with cybersecurity to ensure alignment with NIST CSF, NIST 800‑53, PPSM, and IHS agency policies; collect artifacts for ATO approvals
• Works closely with the IHS and Team GDIT Network and Cybersecurity teams in developing strategies for routing network traffic to meet cybersecurity policies and objectives
• Works closely with the IHS and Team GDIT Configuration Management and Change Management teams
• Participate in cross-functional teams tasked with implementing new or emerging vendor (chiefly Oracle Health) capabilities, or greenfield initiatives
• Maintains current knowledge of rapidly changing technology and works with management to evolve current processes.

• Experience with FedRAMP-authorized cloud environment (OCI preferred)
• Prior experience with networking and cybersecurity for large Federal program

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience supporting medium-to-large IT projects
• Training/education/experience in task coordination; functional knowledge of IT project management concepts and tools.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the year, if needed.

• Experience with OCI preferred; Federal instances of OCI a bonus
• Experience with the Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium) system preferred

• Task management experience and/or skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to manage frequently changing priorities of competing importance
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with internal/external teams including key stakeholders, various customer teams, and/or executive leadership
• Ability to work and support the work of others across multiple U.S. time zones
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and within tight deadlines, following detailed written policies, processes, procedures, and work instructions
• Ability to produce high-quality documentation

• Must be able to obtain a SSBI (T5) public trust clearance, which requires residency in the U.S. for 3 of the last 5 years. This role requires you to obtain and maintain an in-depth Public Trust Level 5. This investigation will review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.

• ​Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
• 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.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

8 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

10-25%