Senior Network System Engineer

Description

Job Description:

Leidos has an immediate opening for a Senior Network System Engineer to join and grow with our Corporate Information Technology (IT) Services Team. This position can be supported in Orlando - FL, Reston - VA, Gaithersburg - MD, or Huntsville - AL. We will also consider 100% telework option for the right candidate but you are expected to work East Coast hours in this role.

In this role, you will research and provide design level solutions for the current corporate WAN / LAN system within LEIDOS taking into account availability, scalability, security and manageability as appropriate. You will also perform network system engineering and system engineering on a broad range of programs providing overall support for various business-critical networks. Some tasks involve the full system engineering life-cycle including  project management, cost, risk, supportability, requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies design, development, integration, device/system testing, validation,  implementation, technical management, and quality assurance.

You will provide support for WAN / LAN / Data Center Network / DNS / DHCP / IPAM/ Wi-Fi / WAN Acceleration from a System viewpoint to the individual viewpoint, including:

• Research and Provide recommendations to Operations  on what features to enable and how to use them.
• Assist with Tier III support to Operations in support, as required.
• Respond to problem (architecture and design level) tickets associated with observations within each area.
• Provide project-based engineering and on-going enhancement engineering support within each area.
• Develop for each area a system analysis and design documents for Leidos' corporate architecture, specific projects, assessment of business process and design artifacts provided by project, program or service support staff.
• Work with the other departments in designing, staging configuration, implementation and support as applicable.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience in IT Network Administration or IT Systems Engineering. Additional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with CISCO Switching: STP, RSTP, MST, LAN tuning / protection, VTP, Vlans, 802.1Q / ISL trunk connections, Understand MAC / ARP tables.
• Experience with Cisco WAN/LAN technologies, including primary routing protocols such as: EIGRP / BGP, some OSPF / RIP  (ISIS Not required), redistribution, route  maps, Access Control Lists (ACL),  IP Subnet/ Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM), SNMPv2 / SNMPv3, TACACS/Radius.
• Experience with Network Hardware Design and Configuration, Network Troubleshooting, Network Performance Tuning.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance is required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Network Access Controls (NAC) / 802.1X authentication.
• Experience with Aruba CPPM solution / product line
• Experience with Aruba WI-FI Solution / product line
• Experience in Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for new technologies.
• Experience with WAN and VPN  / VRF Solutions, MPLS, DMVPN Phase1/2/3, IPsec, IPsec/GRE,  and Performance Routing.
• Experience with SilverPeak SD WAN / WAN Acceleration/Optimization Solution
• Experience with Arista Product Line / Software Defined Data Center
• Experience with VMWare / NSX-T routing / Software Defined Data Center
• Experience with DNS/DHCP, IPAM (BlueCat), load balancers (F5), and Authentication Systems (Clearpass), SSL VPN.
• Experience with enterprise network management tools such as HPNA, SolarWinds, Cisco Smartnet, LiveAction, Splunk, or similar technologies with WAN/SDWAN/SDN system analysis and design documents.
• VoIP implementation and Support
• Experience with Multicast/ Streaming Service.
• Knowledge of ITIL Change & Configuration Management.
• Knowledge of IPv6 addressing and routing protocols.
• Current or former Cisco certifications - CCNP and above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 47,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.   For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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