Network Engineer

$87,100 - $157,450/Yr

Leidos - Fort Meade, MD

Full-time

Fort Meade, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Leidos is seeking a Network Engineer to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to DISA and Fourth Estate Agencies. This position is essential for designing, maintaining, and operating Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), as well as ensuring network security and internet connectivity. The role requires a proactive approach to optimize system performance and manage data flow effectively. The Network Engineer will be responsible for maintaining existing network equipment and installing new equipment in plant environments, ensuring that all systems are functioning optimally. The successful candidate will conduct data captures to obtain network performance information, aiming to minimize network latency and maximize data throughput. This involves providing input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture, as well as designing solutions, integrating, configuring, deploying, testing, and maintaining various types of network devices and methodologies. The role also includes configuring and optimizing the network to connect various front-end and back-end components, gathering necessary data to specify system performance and interface requirements, and implementing specific network solutions to support server requirements, including load-balancing, VPNs, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping, Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT). Flexibility in working hours is crucial, as the Network Engineer must be available to support the team when needed, which may include occasional on-call support and additional hours based on mission needs. The position is primarily a Monday-Friday day shift, but candidates must be open to shift changes depending on mission requirements, including potential mids or swing shifts.

Responsibilities

• Designing, maintaining, and operating Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), Wireless, Internet connectivity, and Network Security
• Maintain existing network equipment, installing new equipment in plant environments
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management
• Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information
• Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools
• Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies
• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components
• Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements
• Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load-balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate
• Must have flexible working hours to be available to support team when needed to include: occasional on call support (typically one week at a time every two months) or additional hours based on mission need.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of network engineering experience; additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Excellent analytical capabilities including creative problem solving and root cause analysis
• Committed to documentation and organization efforts
• Capable of multitasking while working in a constantly shifting environment with many moving pieces
• Must have a DoD IAT level II baseline certification, prior to start (Sec+).

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of proper procedures, techniques, tools and equipment used to install, maintain and repair wireless communications systems and subsystems
• Knowledge of electronic and wireless theory including digital, analog, and circuitry
• Proficiency with Juniper IOS or other IP/transport specific management tools (EMS) and general practices
• Expertise in IP technologies, i.e. Networking architectures and methodologies and Voice Services
• Expert Knowledge of IP principles
• Proficiency in at least two or more of the following devices: SONUS SBC, Juniper MX5 routers, Juniper SRX firewalls, Juniper EX switches, SONUS SBCs, KG175
• Proficiency in at least one of the following tools: SolarWinds or Junos Space.