Senior Network Engineer

$108,550 - $196,225/Yr

Leidos - Ellicott City, MD

Full-time

Ellicott City, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Leidos is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team at Ft. Meade, MD. This position presents an exciting opportunity to leverage your experience, skills, and leadership in executing the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) migration to the Department of Defense's Fourth Estate (DoD 4th Estate) agencies into a Common Use information technology (IT) infrastructure. The Leidos team will deliver Network Infrastructure services that will support the transition, infrastructure, network operations and management, engineering and innovation, cybersecurity services, and technical refresh for a Single Service Provider (SSP) network environment with all 4th Estate users. The role requires an active Secret security clearance to start, with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance. As a Sr. Network Engineer, you will provide networking expertise in network design, integration, testing, security, and implementation of Network Services for DISA DoDNet. You will be expected to have 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. Your responsibilities will include performing highly technical maintenance involving network devices such as routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX, and providing tier-III support for large-scale enterprise network operations and NOC watch staff. You will also propose new solutions to Network Domain Architects to define and continuously improve various aspects of network operations, including compliance tracking, automation effectiveness, and service improvements. Planning and executing network upgrades and maintenance activities in collaboration with key stakeholders will be a critical part of your role. Additionally, you will develop and maintain technical documents, analyses, and reports, and actively participate in Root Cause Analysis for Problem Management activities. The position requires flexibility in working hours to support the team, including occasional on-call support and additional hours based on mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide Networking 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.
• Perform highly technical maintenance involving network devices routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX.
• Participate in technical development of watch staff.
• Provide tier-III support for Large-scale Enterprise Network operations and NOC watch 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related work experience; additional years of related work experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Effective written and oral communication and problem-solving skills.
• Minimum of DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II Certification prior to onboarding (example: CompTIA Security+ CE).
• An Associate level Network Vendor Certification is required prior to onboarding (from one of the following Vendors): Cisco, Juniper, CommScope/Ruckus/Brocade, F5 Networks or Aruba Networks.
• 8+ years' experience engineering and troubleshooting networks, including extensive routing and switching experience such as MPLS, VPNs, routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), switching protocols (e.g., Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, LLDP), VoIP, Multicast protocols and emerging network technologies.
• Excellent comprehension and 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous work experience providing engineering and operational services on DISA supported networks.
• 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 (e.g., CISSP or equivalent).
• ITIL v3/v4 certification/training.
• Agile certifications or applicable experience.