Senior Network Engineer

Leidos

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Work type: On-site
Location: Odenton, MD
Salary: $92,300–$166,850 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 2 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 · Senior Network Engineer

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The Senior Network Engineer joins the Defense Enclave Services team to support DISA enterprise Information Technology services. This role involves leading a complex IT discovery, design, and migration effort to consolidate Department of Defense IT services into a single service provider model within the modernized DoDNet environment. You will plan and design secure network solutions, perform legacy environment discovery, and develop architectures for wide area connectivity, including underlay, overlay, and COI transport. Key responsibilities include designing wired and wireless access, managing IP addressing schemes for IPv4 and IPv6, and ensuring compliance with DoD standards. Required skills include experience with Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet technologies, alongside proficiency in Visio, Powerpoint, and troubleshooting complex LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Proxies, Routing, and Firewalls.

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Skills

LAN WAN TCP/UDP IPSec VPN Routing Firewalls SD-WAN IPv4 IPv6 Cisco Juniper F5 Aruba Palo Alto Fortinet SolarWinds Cisco DNA ScienceLogic SL1 Visio STIG CCNA CCNP Security+

What you'll do

Plan and design secure network solutions to consolidate connectivity services under an enterprise service model.
Perform legacy environment discovery to assess current capabilities, configurations, and unique requirements.
Design secure wide area connectivity including underlay, overlay, and COI transport designs.
Develop implementation and transition plans for wired and wireless secure access solutions.
Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into solution designs.
Identify legacy service paths and develop strategies for to-be enterprise service capabilities.
Support the development of IP addressing schemes across IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
Work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance with DoD standards and provide accreditation artifacts.

What we're looking for

Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must hold an active Secret security clearance and be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree required, or specific experience, education, and training in lieu of degree.
8+ years of prior relevant experience.
Must hold a network certification meeting or exceeding CCNA and an active DoD IAT Level II (Security+) certification.
Must have broad exposure to LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Proxies, Routing (L2/L3), and Firewalls.
Must have experience with two or more of the following: Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet.
Must have experience documenting designs using tools like Visio, Powerpoint, Gliffy, Cameo, or MagicDraw.
Experience creating or executing migration plans for circuits, network traffic, services, applications, or data (preferred).
Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent (preferred).
Experience with enterprise network management tools such as PaloAlto Panorama, SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA, What’s Up Gold, or Junos Space (preferred).
Experience in designing and implementing VTC solutions (preferred).
Experience with ScienceLogic SL1 and/or SolarWinds (preferred).
Hands-on experience with SD-WAN (preferred).
Expert knowledge of DoD security requirements and STIG implementation (preferred).

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