Senior Network Administrator

General Dynamics

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sierra Vista, AZ
Salary
$85,000–$115,000 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $162k
This role $100k
$72k most similar roles pay here $207k

This role pays less than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $130,187–$193,537 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $100k versus about $162k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1123 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,093–$150,385 across 984 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at General Dynamics

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Network Administrator

Senior Network Administrator The Senior Network Administrator joins the NETCOM Global Management Team to ensure the stability, security, and efficient operation of Army enterprise network environments. This role involves acting as an Alternate Network Team Lead while performing advanced administration, monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting for critical infrastructure including JRSS environments. The daily responsibilities include managing routers, firewalls, load balancers, and boundary protection systems in compliance with DoW and Army cybersecurity standards. The candidate will also lead incident response activities, mentor junior staff, and contribute to automation improvements. Required technical skills include mastery of enterprise routing and switching protocols like OSPF, BGP, and VRRP/HSRP using Cisco, Juniper, or Palo Alto platforms. Experience with DoWIN-Army environments, DISA STIGs, RMF, and ACAS is essential for maintaining these mission-critical systems within a high-tempo 24/7 operational environment.

What you'll do

  • Manage routers, firewalls, load balancers, and other critical network infrastructure components.
  • Perform advanced administration, monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting for Army Enterprise Network environments.
  • Lead high-impact incident response activities and coordinate restoration efforts in a 24/7 mission environment.
  • Maintain and secure boundary protection systems according to DoW and Army cybersecurity standards.
  • Develop automation improvements to enhance operational efficiency across the network.
  • Maintain accurate technical documentation and ensure compliance with enterprise security mandates.
  • Mentor junior network administrators and support their professional technical development.
  • Participate in engineering initiatives, enterprise planning sessions, and technical review activities.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a United States citizen.
  • Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance (or TS with the ability to obtain SCI).
  • Must have at least 5 years of related experience.
  • Must have technical training, certifications, or a degree.
  • Experience supporting DoWIN-Army or DoW enterprise networking environments is required.
  • Mastery of enterprise routing and switching including OSPF, BGP, VRRP/HSRP is required.
  • Proficiency with Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, or other Army-utilized platforms is required.
  • Security clearance level: Top Secret/SCI (or TS with the ability to obtain SCI).

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Network Administrator

General Dynamics

Sierra Vista, AZ 25 days ago $85,000$115,000
OSPF BGP VRRP HSRP Cisco Juniper Palo Alto DoW DISA STIGs RMF ACAS Router Firewall Load Balancer Network Configuration Technical Documentation Automation Security+ CCNA CCNP
5+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Network Administrator

General Dynamics

Scottsdale, AZ 21 days ago $126,862$137,269
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Firepower Management Center Panorama Cisco ISE TACLANE OSPF EIGRP BGP IPsec VPN DMVPN L2 eVPN VLANs Zero Trust SolarWinds RMF STIGs Network Monitoring configuration-hardening
8+ yrs exp

Senior Network Administrator

Leidos

Fort George G. Meade, MD 32 days ago $116,350$210,325
Cisco Juniper Dell Linux Windows Firewalls Load Balancers Routers Switches ITIL Service Now Configuration Management Change Management cyber security CCNA CCNP
10+ yrs exp

Senior Network Engineer

Leidos

Fort Belvoir, VA +1 43 days ago $92,300$166,850
Cisco Palo Alto Networks OSPF BGP MPLS VPN SD-WAN Python Ansible Infrastructure-as-Code TCP/IP IPv4 IPv6 DDI VLANs STP HSRP VRRP SASE Zero Trust vSphere AWS Azure SolarWinds PRTG
8+ yrs exp

Network Administrator

General Dynamics

Fort Huachuca, AZ 32 days ago $68,000$92,000
OSPF BGP VRRP HSRP Cisco Juniper Palo Alto DoWIN DISA STIGs RMF ACAS Router Firewall Load Balancer Network Configuration Troubleshooting Cybersecurity Compliance
1+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Network Administrator

General Dynamics

Washington, DC 35 days ago $124,093$161,000
Cisco Juniper Palo Alto VPN OSPF BGP RIP VLAN EtherChannel LACP STP RSTP MST 802.1Q ACLs Firepower SRX Cisco ASA LAN WAN Router Switch Firewall
8+ yrs exp