Senior Network Engineer, Routing & Switching

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 yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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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.

Leidos currently has 376 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $92,300–$166,850 across 315 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Network Engineer, Routing & Switching

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The Senior Network Engineer - Routing & Switching joins the network engineering team to engineer, implement, and sustain enterprise network infrastructure across a large, distributed environment. This role involves designing changes, performing needs assessments, and resolving complex technical problems for the routed and switched core. You will develop specifications, evaluate technologies, and perform installation, modification, and testing of network equipment. Key responsibilities include configuring BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and static routing, alongside Layer 2 infrastructure like VLANs, spanning-tree, and MPLS/VPN services. You will utilize tools and hardware from Cisco, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Infoblox, and Brocade. The work focuses on optimizing performance metrics like latency and throughput while ensuring compliance with hardening requirements and providing senior-level troubleshooting for multi-vendor transport and connectivity issues.

What does a Network Engineer earn?

Median $145000 from 130 postings across 35 companies.

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Skills

BGP OSPF EIGRP MPLS VPN VLAN Spanning Tree QoS TCP/IP SD-WAN SD-Access Python Ansible Cisco Aruba Palo Alto Dell Infoblox Brocade Visio Jira Confluence Packet Capture

What you'll do

Engineer, configure, and implement enterprise routing and switching infrastructure across core, distribution, access, and WAN edge layers.
Design and implement routing policies using BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and static routing, including redistribution and path selection.
Engineer Layer 2 infrastructure including VLAN architecture, spanning-tree design, link aggregation, and loop prevention.
Implement and maintain VRFs, MPLS/VPN services, tunneling, multicast, QoS policies, and high-availability designs.
Perform installation, modification, testing, and servicing of network equipment, including hardware refreshes and firmware upgrades.
Provide senior-level troubleshooting and escalation support for complex routing, switching, and transport issues using packet-level analysis.
Develop implementation plans, test procedures, and rollback documentation for network changes during approved maintenance windows.
Maintain engineering documentation including logical/physical diagrams, routing designs, configuration standards, and troubleshooting guides.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years of experience.
Active DoD Secret clearance.
Current IAT Level II or higher certification, such as Security+ CE.
Significant hands-on experience engineering, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise routing and switching infrastructure at scale.
Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, spanning tree, VRFs, multicast, QoS, and high-availability design.
Experience with network hardware installation, configuration, software upgrades, and lifecycle replacement.
Demonstrated troubleshooting ability, including packet capture and protocol analysis, across multi-vendor environments.
Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Cisco, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Infoblox, and Brocade.
Experience documenting network designs and procedures using tools such as Visio or PowerPoint.
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or equivalent certification (preferred).
Experience with SD-WAN, SD-Access, or software-defined networking (preferred).
Experience with network automation and scripting using Python or Ansible (preferred).

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