Network Design Engineer

Leidos

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Work type: On-site
Location: Aurora, CO
Salary: $116,350–$210,325 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 42 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $164k

This role $163k

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This role pays more than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $129,575–$197,821 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $163k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

Leidos currently has 340 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $92,300–$166,850 across 294 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Network Design Engineer

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Network Design Engineer The Network Design Engineer joins the Digital Modernization Sector to support a government customer’s global enterprise networks. This role focuses on Campus Area Network and Local Area Network architecture, where the engineer will design, engineer, and transition critical operations to a modern service provider network architecture. Daily responsibilities include interpreting requirements, documenting designs with diagrams and bill of materials, testing new technologies in a private lab, and scheduling maintenance windows for migrating user connections from legacy systems. The role requires technical expertise to support fault isolation and the creation of secure designs aligned with DISA STIGs. Key skills include proficiency with Cisco, Brocade, and Juniper hardware; experience with OSPF, BGP, VLANs, 802.1q, and port-channels; and knowledge of MPLS WANs, firewalls, and network management tools to solve complex problems within a mission-focused operational enterprise.

Skills

CAN LAN MPLS Cisco Juniper Brocade OSPF BGP VLANs 802.1q Port-channels Firewalls Network Design Routing Protocols Switching Protocols

What you'll do

Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches to deliver network services.
Document designs using diagrams, bills of materials, cabling sheets, and configuration files.
Evaluate new technologies and test proposed changes in a private lab environment.
Schedule maintenance windows to migrate user connections from legacy systems to modern infrastructure.
Provide technical expertise to operations teams for fault isolation and complex problem resolution.
Develop secure network designs that comply with DISA STIGs and enterprise security policies.
Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices, software, and capabilities.
Supervise other specialists to plan and coordinate the implementation of network services.

What we're looking for

Must possess a TS/SCI CI Poly_clearance.
Candidate must have 16 years of experience based on a combination of work history and education.
Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
Experience in network engineering including Tier III or higher operations, design, and implementation.
Prior responsibility for production network hardware configurations for Cisco, Brocade, and/or Juniper.
Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard routing protocols like OSPF or BGP in a production network.
Hands-on experience implementing and troubleshooting standard switching and trunking protocols such as VLANs, 802.1q, and port-channels.
Experience with CAN/LAN, MPLS WANs, firewalls, or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification (preferred).

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