Leidos - Gaithersburg, MD
posted 2 months ago
Leidos Health Mission Solutions is seeking a Senior Network Engineer specializing in network operations, contingent on contract award, for a large network services opportunity supporting the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the Bethesda, MD area. The Senior Network Engineer will be a vital member of an operations team responsible for maintaining and supporting a large-scale enterprise network primarily based on Cisco technology. This role is crucial in ensuring a secure and highly available network backbone, wireless, and data center services in accordance with existing customer service level agreements (SLAs). The candidate will provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior staff, direct Tier 3 support for incident response, and engage in problem management and incident prevention activities while coordinating with vendors and service providers. The responsibilities of the Senior Network Engineer include maintaining virtual local area networks (VLANs), wide area networks (WANs), data center networks, wireless networks, and industrial control communications systems in accordance with SLAs. The engineer will provide expertise in Cisco switching and routing to support NIH data center networks and applications. Evaluating the potential impacts of new network solutions on the NIH and Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) networks is also a key responsibility, as is configuring and optimizing network monitoring tools to provide high-fidelity alerts and visualizations. The engineer will measure, monitor, and plan network performance, usage, availability, capacity, and risks for network change requests, while also providing strategic and tactical direction for NIH CIT Network Services enhancements and projects. In addition to these responsibilities, the Senior Network Engineer will provide Tier 3 technical support, develop standard operating procedures, and mentor the operations team. Collaboration with program architecture and security teams is essential to ensure policy and security compliance for change requests and new capabilities. The engineer will also support the transition from traditional to software-defined enterprise networking, making this role integral to the future of NIH's network operations.