{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"fa1cec5ba46e973ebcbab96d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fa1cec5ba46e973ebcbab96d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/fa1cec5ba46e973ebcbab96d","title":"Network Manager","description":"Clearance Level\nNone\nCategory\nIT Infrastructure and Operations\nLocation\nRemote, Working from Louisiana\n\nKey Skills For Success\n\nAmazon Web Services (AWS)\n\nCisco\n\nEnterprise Network\n\nNetwork Design\n\nNetwork Troubleshooting\n\nREQ#: RQ226208\nPublic Trust: None\nRequisition Type: Regular\nYour Impact\n\nOwn your opportunity to support the missions that matter. From working with technologies like AI, cyber and cloud to careers in intelligence and health, we offer endless opportunities to apply your expertise to create a safer, smarter world while building new skills to propel your career forward.\n\nJob Description\n\nOwn the opportunity as a Network Manager and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.\n\nAt GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Manager, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Network Manager joining our dynamic team to lead a general Network Engineering organization that spans traditional routing and switching, cloud networking, enterprise network security, visibility, and modern operations. We are looking for a proven people and technical leader who is forward-thinking, excited about emerging technologies, and able to drive delivery across a high-performing team in an environment of customer mission delivery, integrity, and clear communications.\n\nWe are looking for someone who brings deep experience across Cisco routing/switching, cloud networking, next-generation firewalls and SASE platforms, network visibility and microsegmentation, and modern monitoring/observability tools — and who thrives on evaluating and adopting new technologies that improve reliability, security, and operational efficiency. If you love leading technical teams, staying ahead of the technology curve, and delivering program milestones, we would love to hear from you!\n\nHOW A NETWORK MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:\n\nLeads and develops the general Network Engineering team responsible for enterprise routing and switching, cloud networking, network security services (including next-generation firewalls, SASE/SSE, microsegmentation, and related controls), network visibility, and monitoring/observability platforms.\nOwns overall operational delivery, service health, and continuous improvement across the network domain; establishes priorities, allocates work, and ensures the team meets program milestones, SLAs, and customer expectations.\nProvides strong people leadership: coaching, performance management, career development, hiring support, and retention of high-performing technical talent; fosters a culture of accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.\nChampions a forward-thinking technology strategy; actively evaluates emerging networking, cloud, security, and observability technologies and drives adoption of solutions that improve reliability, security posture, automation, and operational efficiency.\nServes as a primary escalation point for complex technical and operational issues across routing/switching, cloud networking, network security, and monitoring domains; coordinates with senior engineers on architecture decisions, major incidents, and high-risk changes.\nPartners with Program Management, security operations, cloud, infrastructure, and other Service Tower leads to ensure seamless cross-domain integration and end-to-end service delivery.\nManages stakeholder relationships with customers and partners; represents the Network Engineering team in operational reviews, architecture discussions, change control forums, and technology roadmap conversations.\nDrives capacity planning, resource forecasting, and coordination of hardware, software, cloud, and tooling investments in support of network service delivery.\nEnsures documentation, runbooks, knowledge transfer, monitoring coverage, and operational readiness standards are maintained across the team; supports audit and compliance activities as needed.\nPromotes automation, infrastructure-as-code mindsets, and modern operational practices that reduce toil and improve consistency across traditional and cloud networking environments.\n\nWHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED:\n\nRequired Education: BA/BS or equivalent experience\n\nRequired Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in enterprise network engineering and operations, including people leadership or technical management experience overseeing network engineering teams in a managed services, government, or large enterprise environment\n\nRequired Skills and Abilities:\n\nCore Networking: Strong hands-on and architectural knowledge of Cisco routing and switching (including enterprise campus, data center, and WAN technologies); experience with modern routing protocols, switching fabrics, and network design best practices\nCloud Networking: Practical experience with cloud networking constructs across major providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) including VPCs/VNets, transit architectures, hybrid connectivity, and cloud-native networking services\nNetwork Security: Working knowledge of next-generation firewalls and SASE platforms (Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager, Prisma Access, and/or GlobalProtect); familiarity with microsegmentation (Illumio and/or Gigamon/ExtraHop), policy analysis tools (AlgoSec or equivalent), and WAF technologies (F5 Distributed Cloud or equivalent)\nVisibility & Monitoring: Experience with enterprise network monitoring and observability platforms such as SolarWinds, ScienceLogic, NetBrain, and/or comparable tools (e.g., ThousandEyes, ExtraHop, Gigamon visibility fabric); ability to drive effective use of these tools for performance, capacity, and fault management\nStrong understanding of ITIL / ITSM practices, change management, and operational governance\nProven track record of evaluating and successfully introducing new networking, cloud, or observability technologies\nDemonstrated experience leading technical teams through complex transitions, migrations, technology refreshes, or multi-domain network transformations in large enterprise or multi-tenant environments\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated experience delivering briefings and status to senior customer and internal leadership\nStrong people leadership and coaching skills\nProven ability to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement\nForward-thinking mindset with genuine enthusiasm for evaluating and adopting new networking, cloud, security, and observability technologies\n\nCertification(s):\n\nMust possess Cisco certification (CCNP / CCIE) -or- equivalent depth of experience in routing and switching\nMust possess Palo Alto Networks certification (PCNSE / PCSAE or higher) -or- equivalent deep platform experience\n\nSecurity Clearance Level: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher clearance.\n\nUS Citizenship Required\n\nLocation:\n\nCandidates more than 60 miles from GDIT's Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City, LA but still a Louisiana resident will follow a remote work model\n\nGDIT IS YOUR PLACE\nAt GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.\n\n Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities\n Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals\n Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off\n Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home\n Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace\n\nOWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY\nExplore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.\n\nWork Requirements\nYears of Experience\n\n5 + years of related experience\n\n* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree\n\nCertification\n\nPalo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) | Palo Alto Networks - Palo Alto Networks\n\nCertified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP) | Cisco - Cisco\n\nCisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Collaboration | Cisco - Cisco\n\nTravel Required\n\nLess than 10%\n\nCitizenship\n\nU.S. Citizenship Required\n\nSalary and Benefit Information\n\nThe likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. 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.\n\nOur Identity Verification Process\n\nAs 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.\n\nAbout Our Work\n\nWe 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.\n\nJoin our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans","company":"General Dynamics Information Technology","rawCompany":"generaldynamicsinformationtechnology","city":"Ponchatoula","state":"LA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T09:34:39.163Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1241.00","title":"Computer Network Architects","slug":"computer-network-architects"},{"code":"15-1231.00","title":"Computer Network Support Specialists","slug":"computer-network-support-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541513","title":"Computer Facilities Management Services","slug":"computer-facilities-management-services"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Network Manager","description":"Clearance Level\nNone\nCategory\nIT Infrastructure and Operations\nLocation\nRemote, Working from Louisiana\n\nKey Skills For Success\n\nAmazon Web Services (AWS)\n\nCisco\n\nEnterprise Network\n\nNetwork Design\n\nNetwork Troubleshooting\n\nREQ#: RQ226208\nPublic Trust: None\nRequisition Type: Regular\nYour Impact\n\nOwn your opportunity to support the missions that matter. From working with technologies like AI, cyber and cloud to careers in intelligence and health, we offer endless opportunities to apply your expertise to create a safer, smarter world while building new skills to propel your career forward.\n\nJob Description\n\nOwn the opportunity as a Network Manager and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.\n\nAt GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Manager, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Network Manager joining our dynamic team to lead a general Network Engineering organization that spans traditional routing and switching, cloud networking, enterprise network security, visibility, and modern operations. 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supports audit and compliance activities as needed.\nPromotes automation, infrastructure-as-code mindsets, and modern operational practices that reduce toil and improve consistency across traditional and cloud networking environments.\n\nWHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED:\n\nRequired Education: BA/BS or equivalent experience\n\nRequired Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in enterprise network engineering and operations, including people leadership or technical management experience overseeing network engineering teams in a managed services, government, or large enterprise environment\n\nRequired Skills and Abilities:\n\nCore Networking: Strong hands-on and architectural knowledge of Cisco routing and switching (including enterprise campus, data center, and WAN technologies); experience with modern routing protocols, switching fabrics, and network design best practices\nCloud Networking: Practical experience with cloud networking constructs across major providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) including VPCs/VNets, transit architectures, hybrid connectivity, and cloud-native networking services\nNetwork Security: Working knowledge of next-generation firewalls and SASE platforms (Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Panorama, Strata Cloud Manager, Prisma Access, and/or GlobalProtect); familiarity with microsegmentation (Illumio and/or Gigamon/ExtraHop), policy analysis tools (AlgoSec or equivalent), and WAF technologies (F5 Distributed Cloud or equivalent)\nVisibility & Monitoring: Experience with enterprise network monitoring and observability platforms such as SolarWinds, ScienceLogic, NetBrain, and/or comparable tools (e.g., ThousandEyes, ExtraHop, Gigamon visibility fabric); ability to drive effective use of these tools for performance, capacity, and fault management\nStrong understanding of ITIL / ITSM practices, change management, and operational governance\nProven track record of evaluating and successfully introducing new networking, cloud, or observability technologies\nDemonstrated experience leading technical teams through complex transitions, migrations, technology refreshes, or multi-domain network transformations in large enterprise or multi-tenant environments\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated experience delivering briefings and status to senior customer and internal leadership\nStrong people leadership and coaching skills\nProven ability to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement\nForward-thinking mindset with genuine enthusiasm for evaluating and adopting new networking, cloud, security, and observability technologies\n\nCertification(s):\n\nMust possess Cisco certification (CCNP / CCIE) -or- equivalent depth of experience in routing and switching\nMust possess Palo Alto Networks certification (PCNSE / PCSAE or higher) -or- equivalent deep platform experience\n\nSecurity Clearance Level: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret or higher clearance.\n\nUS Citizenship Required\n\nLocation:\n\nCandidates more than 60 miles from GDIT's Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City, LA but still a Louisiana resident will follow a remote work model\n\nGDIT IS YOUR PLACE\nAt GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.\n\n Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities\n Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals\n Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off\n Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home\n Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace\n\nOWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY\nExplore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.\n\nWork Requirements\nYears of Experience\n\n5 + years of related experience\n\n* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree\n\nCertification\n\nPalo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) | Palo Alto Networks - Palo Alto Networks\n\nCertified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP) | Cisco - Cisco\n\nCisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Collaboration | Cisco - Cisco\n\nTravel Required\n\nLess than 10%\n\nCitizenship\n\nU.S. Citizenship Required\n\nSalary and Benefit Information\n\nThe likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. 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