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About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
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340 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$92,300–$166,850
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As a Senior Network Engineer within the Cyber & Analytics Business Area, you will provide expert engineering across the entire network and telecommunications lifecycle to support critical national-security missions. You will design, build, integrate, and deploy secure solutions while managing infrastructure including routers, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, cryptographic devices, VoIP, VTC, POTS, and VSAT satellite communications. Your daily work involves optimizing performance through routing protocols, BGP, policy-based routing, traffic shaping, tunneling, IPsec, NAT, and WAN acceleration. You will also perform advanced TCP/IP analysis to manage latency and throughput while providing technical leadership to junior engineers. The role requires proficiency in Palo Alto Networks firewalls and experience with Certification and Accreditation requirements. You will solve complex problems by analyzing system logs and packet behavior to ensure secure, resilient communications for mission-critical environments.
What does a Network Engineer earn?
Median $145000 from 109 postings across 27 companies.
Monitor accredited environments to analyze traffic, minimize latency, and maximize network throughput.
Lead the investigation and resolution of complex network incidents by analyzing system logs and packet behavior.
Maintain accurate network diagrams, configuration documentation, and support Certification and Accreditation requirements.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior and mid-level network engineers.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or five years of experience in Network Engineering disciplines as a substitute.
Fifteen years of experience as a Network Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
Current Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification or an equivalent approved certification.
Demonstrated experience designing, configuring, troubleshooting, and optimizing complex network environments including BGP, IPsec, NAT, and WAN technologies.
Experience maintaining enterprise security infrastructure including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and cryptographic devices.
Ability to provide technical leadership and guidance to junior and mid-level Network Engineers.
Experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, VoIP, VTC, or satellite communications (preferred); experience with C&A activities and integrating new technologies (preferred).
LAN
WAN
CAN
Telecommunications
Firewall
Load Balancing
Traffic Shaping
VoIP
GRE
IPSec
IP Encryption
MoIP
NAT
Data Capture
ISO 9000
Information Assurance
Security Engineering
LAN
CAN
WAN
Telecommunications
Firewall
Traffic Shaping
VoIP
GRE
IPSec
IP Encryption
MoIP
NAT
Data Capture
ISO 9000
Security Engineering
Cryptographic Key Management