Technical Lead - Wireless

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Network Administration

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Network Engineering, Network Infrastructures, Routers, Telecommunications Network, Wireless Networks

Certifications:

None

Experience:

3 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Network Administrator Senior with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving the network infrastructure for wireless services at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on behalf of the Center for Information Technology (CIT). GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Network Administrator Senior you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Network Administrator Seniors joining our team to ensure that the NIH network wireless infrastructure has widespread coverage and is resilient, secure and operational for the NIH community to progress their science and research and continue their mission critical work.

How a Network Administrator Senior will Make an Impact:

• Responsible for designs, projects, and expansion of wireless networks at NIH Bethesda campus and satellite offices within the DC-MD-VA area and nationally
• Leverage in-person and virtual connections to coordinate projects and work actions to take the burden of IT off our customers so they can focus on the science
• Contribute your knowledge and experience to the collective pool at NIH and helping other IT pros at the institute level work better for their community
• Working together with the CIT federal team and other service areas as ONE CIT to serve NIH
• Helping ensure the wireless network infrastructure and the associated internet and intranet services are available to scientists, researchers, patients, etc… with maximum uptime by responding quickly and thoroughly to incidents, requests, coverage issues, and sudden outages
• Utilizing your experience of wireless infrastructure and following of evolving technologies and changing industry standards to develop solutions for a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and ever-changing enterprise federal environment that needs to remain compliant and secure but also not holding back scientific discovery and progress

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or high school diploma accompanied with relevant experience and professional certification)
• Minimum three (3) years of wireless network administration experience including performing extensive site surveys, creating and reviewing wireless designs, managing wireless projects in an enterprise environment
• Experience with Ekahau and Cisco Insider
• CCNP Wireless Enterprise certificate required
• Ekahau Design certificate required
• Must be able to obtain an NIH public trust

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Wireless Infrastructure / 802.1x
• Experience with Monitoring Tools (i.e Sitescope/Solarwinds/Sciencelogic)
• Experience with ServiceNow or Remedy
• Be meticulous in documentation showing work performed so that it may be reviewed, recreated or presented to management
• Be organized with their workspace
• Be able to work in a team setting or with other IT pros effectively in-person or virtually for root cause analysis
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership of tasks

The likely salary range for this position is $97,750 - $132,250. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MD Bethesda

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety