Leidos · 6 hours ago
Network Engineer
Fort Meade, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$73K/yr - $133K/yr
4+ years expLeidos is seeking a Network Engineer to join their Defense Enclave Services (DES) team at Fort Meade, MD. This role involves supporting a complex IT discovery, design, and migration effort for the Department of Defense, focusing on secure network solutions and compliance with DoD standards.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Plan and design secure network solutions to consolidate connectivity services under an enterprise service
Partner with key stakeholders and technical experts to perform legacy environment discovery, assessing current capabilities, configurations, and unique requirements to develop a design and architecture leveraging approved design patterns
Design secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay, overlay, and COI transport design that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements
Provide secure access solutions leveraging wired and wireless technologies, integrating standards, use cases/scenarios, and develop associated implementation and transition plans
Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall design of solutions
Collect, investigate, and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards
Identify legacy service paths (i.e. dataflow, firewall rulesets, and ACLs) and develop strategies and designs for the to-be enterprise service capability to meet requirements while balancing security, sustainability, and maintainability
Support development of IP addressing schemes across IPv4 and IPv6 networks
Work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with providing accreditation artifacts
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree
Active DoD Secret clearance
Require network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNA (comparable vendor certification accepted upon review)
Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start
Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, Powerpoint, Gliffy, Cameo, MagicDraw) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of I/T applications and infrastructure
Experienced and comfortable with conducting technical troubleshooting to resolve issues
Experience conducting site surveys or analyzing data obtained from site surveys
Experience creating or executing a migration plan to move circuits, network traffic, services, applications, or data between environments or to a commercial cloud provider. Alternatively, experience planning or executing a technology refresh or lifecycle refresh of an existing I/T system
Heavily experienced in upgrading and LCR of network devices
Must have broad exposure to common I/T infrastructure networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Proxies, Routing(L2/L3), and Firewalls
Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vendor network technologies: Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet
Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing medium to large network infrastructure and producing corresponding technical documentation
Must be able to work as part of a team to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This shall include drafting SOPs and technical documentation
Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership (internally or client) regarding matters of significant importance to the organization/project
Must be able to present designs and plans to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals
Preferred
Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent
Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following enterprise network management tools such as PaloAlto Panorama, SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA, What's Up Gold, or Junos Space
Experience in designing and implementing VTC solutions
Experience with ScienceLogic SL1 and/or SolarWinds
Hands on experience with SD-WAN
Demonstrate expertise in design and improvement of complex and geographically enterprise networks
Expert knowledge of DoD security requirements for network infrastructure
Demonstrate experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation
Benefits
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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