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Leidos · 14 hours ago

Principal Network Engineer

Odenton, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $180K/yr

10+ years exp

Leidos is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to join their Defense Enclave Services team at Ft. Meade, MD. The role involves using technical expertise and leadership to execute the migration of DISA to a Common Use IT infrastructure, delivering network infrastructure services and overseeing network operations and management.

ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide Subject Matter Expertise in network design, integration, test, security, and implementation of Network Services for DISA DoDNet

Provide expert knowledge of network engineering and operations, large scale enterprise network solution implementation and transition to Network Operations, as well as test and evaluation activities

Participate in technical development of staff

Propose new solutions to Network Domain Architects to define and/or continuously improve:

Direct STIG compliant configuration baselines, versioning, and compliance tracking

Evaluate the effectiveness of Automation and best practice insertion opportunities

Oversee development of SOPs/TTPs

Continuous Service Improvements (CSI)

System performance tuning and enhancements

Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP)

Evaluate network bandwidth needs and recommend measures to meet those requirements

Provide expert knowledge of defense-in-depth standards, Network and Security architecture, network topology, IT device integrity, and common security elements

Plan and execute network upgrades and maintenance activities with the appropriate Delivery Operations Managers, NOC Lead, Release Management team and other key stakeholders

Serve as the senior Tier III escalation support engineer for Incident Management activities

Develop and maintain technical documents, analyses, and reports

Actively participate in Root Cause Analysis for Problem Management activities

Able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced and mission-focused environment

Qualification

Network engineeringRoutingSwitchingNetwork security architectureVendor certificationsIP addressingITIL frameworkDevOps experienceCustomer presentationProblem managementTechnical documentation

Required

BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain

Advanced/Professional level vendor certifications (Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto)

10+ 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

In depth knowledge of IP network/subnet addressing

Experience presenting to senior customer management, customer stakeholders, and company management

Experience executing circuit cutovers in the DISA environment

Familiarity with the ITIL framework

Ability to travel up to 25% including OCONUS potential travel

Willingness to work or be called in to work during off-hours to meet customer mission support requirements

Must hold an active Secret security clearance prior to start and be able to obtain a Top Secret. (US Citizenship required)