# WiFi Network Architect

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $186,542 - $252,380
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The WiFi Network Architect will lead the technical design and implementation of large-scale, global network operations and modernization contract supporting the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technologies (DT).

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with DT and Program Director on defining outputs, outcomes, and adoption framework for project creation and implementation

- Leading team providing steady-state support for current environment network operations, preparing for a modernization journey

- Define and evolve the enterprise architecture, strategy, and roadmap for network capabilities, aligning solutions with business, technology, and cybersecurity objectives as it aligns with wireless infrastructure with the department

- Design secure, scalable, and automated and AI-augmented solutions for provisioning, monitoring, and operational support

- Establish governance frameworks, lifecycle controls, and operational standards for hardware, process, and procedure

- Develop architecture artifacts, implementation guidance, metrics, and telemetry driven reporting that promote consistency, automation, resiliency, and operational excellence

- Serve a trusted advisor, technical leader, and mentor across the program, collaborating with other senior technical leaders and mid- to junior-career staff

Requirements:

- Active TS/SCI clearance

- Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline

- Minimum of 10 years’ technical experience

- Certified Wireless Network Expert (CWNE) or CCIE Wireless

- Security+ or DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification

- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

- Demonstrated experience with large and/or complex network modernization efforts

- Demonstrated experience with designing and implementing network solutions incorporating load balancing, route, switch, firewalls, congestion and prioritization management, and micro segmentation

- Deep understanding of and previous experience with Zero Trust Architecture, NIST frameworks, and other government standards and compliance frameworks

- Deep understanding of Software-Defined Networking (SDN), SD-WAN, container networking, virtualization platforms, and other cloud focused network technologies

- Previous experience with one or more industry leading vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, HPE, Avaya, or similar

- Previous experience with enterprise WiFi design and implementations, including mesh solutions

- Previous experience with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

- Experience integrating workflows and automation solutions with ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow

- Experience with DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Python, Git, and/or other applicable technologies

Nice to Have:

- Experience working within a government enterprise environment

- Demonstrated understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP) implementation and concepts of intent-based architecture

- Previous experience with low bandwidth, high latency locations and solutions

- Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) or similar vendor certification

- One or more of the following Microsoft certifications: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100), Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Microsoft Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Microsoft AI-centric professional certifications or Applied Skills

- AWS Certified Advanced Networking and/or AWS Certified Security

- Technical certifications from other industry leaders in the network or security segment

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages

- 401K with company match

- Competitive pay and paid time off

- Full flex work weeks where possible

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- Collaboration
- Enterprise IT
- System Security
- Zero Trust Architecture
- NIST frameworks
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
- SD-WAN
- container networking
- virtualization platforms
- cloud focused network technologies
- WiFi design
- implementations
- mesh solutions
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- ServiceNow
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Python
- Git

### Nice to have
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- intent-based architecture
- low bandwidth
- high latency locations
- Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE)
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
- Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Microsoft AI-centric professional certifications
- Applied Skills
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking
- AWS Certified Security
- technical certifications

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