Principal Network Engineer

Leidos

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VABethesda, MD
Salary: $116,350–$210,325 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 13 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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

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TL;DR · Principal Network Engineer

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The Principal Network Engineer joins the Intel Sector's Analysis Solutions Business Area to maintain enterprise network infrastructure. This role involves the architecture, design, installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance of networks, including associated hardware and cloud resources. The engineer will monitor technology obsolescence, manage upgrades, perform risk assessments, and ensure continuity of operations through disaster recovery. Key responsibilities include tuning performance, prioritizing critical system patches, and evaluating metrics for project KPIs and Service Level Agreements. The position requires expert knowledge of Cisco and Nexus Architecture, specifically 9K, 7K, 5K, and 2K hardware. Required skills include IP, Routing, and Connection services, ITIL, and SAFe Agile Frameworks. Preferred experience includes securing hybrid or multi-cloud environments and developing DevOps infrastructure using GitHub, Jenkins, and Ansible.

What does a Network Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $147500 from 34 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

Cisco Nexus IP, Routing DevOps GitHub Jenkins Ansible ITIL SAFe Agile Disaster Recovery Multi-cloud CCNA

What you'll do

Design, install, configure, and maintain enterprise network hardware and cloud resources.
Apply critical system patches and perform regular performance tuning on network infrastructure.
Conduct risk assessments, risk mitigation analyses, and vendor trade studies for network services.
Manage disaster recovery planning to ensure continuous operations and high availability.
Monitor network metrics to manage service levels and meet project KPIs.
Evaluate technology obsolescence and recommend hardware or software purchases from external vendors.
Create and maintain detailed documentation for standard operating procedures and system configurations.

What we're looking for

Must have a Bachelor’s degree with 12 or more years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 10 or more years of relevant experience.
Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
Must have an active TS/SCI with a Polygraph.
Must have experience providing technical and management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
Must have master level experience with Cisco and Nexus Architecture, including designing, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise-level hardware.
Must have expert experience with IP, Routing, and Connection services, as well as working on ITIL and SAFe Agile Frameworks.
Must have experience analyzing external vendor hardware and software and creating detailed documentation for standard operating procedures.
Experience architecting and securing hybrid or multi-cloud environments (preferred).
Experience developing DevOps infrastructure using GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, and related tools (preferred).

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