Senior Network Engineer

1 week ago


Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States Leidos Full time
About the Role:

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled Communications Network Engineer Senior to join our team on the Service Management, Integration and Transport (SMIT) Contract. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in delivering the core backbone of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, including cybersecurity services, network operations, network engineering, service desk, and data transport.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide network boundary professional services and thought leadership for the largest Intranet in the world.
  • Design, implement, and manage load balancing solutions to optimize network performance and ensure high availability for government applications.
  • Configuration and maintenance of firewall systems to protect sensitive government data and ensure security compliance and resource availability.
  • Monitor network traffic and analyze performance metrics to identify and address current and potential issues.
  • Develop and enforce security policies and procedure related to network boundary traffic management.
  • Collaboration with other enterprise network teams and departments to streamline firewall and load balancing solutions within the existing network infrastructure.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues related to network boundary appliances.
  • Provide network boundary expertise and technical guidance for junior network engineers and supporting staff.
  • Continuous Service Improvements (CSI).
  • Network appliance updates, performance tuning, and enhancements.
  • Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP).
  • Analyze network bandwidth needs and recommend actions to meet requirements.
  • Expert knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, Network and Security architecture, network topology, IT device integrity, and common network security elements.
  • Plans and executes network upgrades and maintenance activities with the NMCI Operations Manager, NOC Lead, Release Management team and other key enterprise stakeholders.
  • Tier III escalation support and vendor engagement supporting Incident Management activities.
  • Active participation in Root Cause Analysis for Problem Management activities.
Requirements:
  • Requires B.S. Degree and 8–12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6–10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain (in STEM or relevant field, or comparable experience with an additional 10 years or a Master's degree with 8 years of overall related experience).
  • Additional years of related experience may substitute for a degree at Hiring Manager's discretion.
  • 8+ years' experience engineering and troubleshooting networks, including extensive routing and switching experience such as MPLS, VPNs, routing protocols i.e. BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, switching protocols i.e. Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP, Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies.
  • Currently possess an active Secret security clearance and ability to attain a Top-Secret clearance
  • Minimum of DoD IAT Level III Certification required prior to onboarding: i.e. CCNP Security, CISSP, or CASP+ (See DoD M Appendix 3 for valid certifications).
  • An Associate level Network Vendor Certification is required prior to onboarding (from one of the following Vendors): Cisco, Juniper, F5 Networks or Aruba Networks.
  • Effective written and oral communication; Expert problem-solving skills and strategies.
  • Willingness to be called during off-hours on a rotational basis to meet customer mission requirements.
  • Information Assurance Professional for boundary operations providing tier-III support to the enterprise.
  • Participate in engineering and project planning meetings to bridge the gap between operations and engineering providing operational readiness for new solutions projected to be deployed into production.
  • Perform highly technical maintenance involving firewalls, load balancers, and other network appliances.
  • Perform Government Directed Action (GDA) changes to existing network configurations.
  • Strong understanding and in-depth knowledge of IP network/subnet addressing.
  • Experienced and adept at developing and maintaining technical documents, analyses, and reports.
  • Experience presenting to senior customer management, customer stakeholders, and company management.
  • Familiarity with the ITIL framework.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% including OCONUS potential travel.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous work experience providing support to the NGEN-NMCI program is highly desired.
  • Experience with Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) identity management solution.
  • Advanced/Professional level vendor certifications (Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto).
  • Demonstrated NET/SEC DevOps experience.
  • IAT Level III Certification (i.e. CISSP or equivalent).
  • ITIL v3/v4 certification/training.
  • Agile certifications or applicable experience.
Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.

Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.



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