Network Engineer (SME)

Leidos•McLean, VA

19h

About The Position

Leidos is hiring a Network Engineer SME in its Intel Sector’s Solutions Analysis Business Area. The role provides technical expertise in network engineering, administration, and operations, maintaining enterprise infrastructure for proper configuration, availability, performance, capacity, and maintenance. Responsibilities span on-premises and cloud IT infrastructure, including virtual and physical resources. The engineer monitors technology obsolescence, manages upgrades, evaluates alternatives, and collects and assesses operational metrics for service management, project KPIs, and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The position also performs risk assessments and mitigation analysis, conducts vendor trade studies, documents network services, and supports service availability and continuity of operations, including disaster recovery. The engineer is responsible for the architecture, design, installation, configuration, administration, support, and maintenance of networks and associated hardware and cloud resources. This includes adopting new technologies, tuning performance, and prioritizing critical system patches. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Leidos offers Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays, a 401(k) with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, technical upskilling, education and training support, and paid parental leave.

Requirements

Master’s degree with 15 or more years of relevant experience, or a doctorate with 13 or more years of relevant experience; additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.
Active TS/SCI with a Polygraph.
Expert technical and management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
Expertise establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives.
Domain and expert technical knowledge, including responsibility for financial management, methods, and staffing.
Expertise interfacing with senior management and negotiating client requirements and deliverables.
Experience with AWS cloud technologies.
Expert-level experience with Cisco and Nexus architecture, including designing, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise Cisco/Nexus networking hardware (9K/7K/5K/2K).
Expert scripting skills with shell, Python, Perl, or similar languages.
Proven experience installing and maintaining server security patches.
Documented experience creating, maintaining, and implementing detailed standard systems operating procedures.
Expert experience supporting Windows and Unix environments.
Ability to analyze external vendors’ hardware and software and make purchase and installation recommendations.
Expert experience with ITIL.
In-depth knowledge of Cisco enterprise environments.
Expert experience with IP, routing, and connection services.
Expert experience working on a SAFe Agile Framework.

Nice To Haves

Experience architecting and securing hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
Experience developing DevOps infrastructure using GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, and related tools.
CCNP or CCNA certification.

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise in network engineering, administration, and operations.
Maintain enterprise network infrastructure to ensure proper configuration, availability, performance, capacity, and maintenance.
Monitor technology obsolescence, manage upgrades, and evaluate alternatives across on-premises and cloud infrastructure, including virtual and physical resources.
Monitor operations and collect and evaluate metrics for network service management, project KPIs, and Service Level Agreements.
Perform risk assessments, risk mitigation analysis, and vendor trade studies, and maintain appropriate documentation to support service availability.
Ensure continuity of operations, including disaster recovery.
Architect, design, install, configure, administer, support, and maintain networks, associated hardware, and cloud resources.
Update infrastructure to new technologies, tune performance, and prioritize implementation of critical system patches.
Provide technical and management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
Establish goals and plans that meet project objectives and direct and control activities to ensure technical requirements are met.
Interface with senior management and negotiate with clients on requirements and deliverables.
Analyze hardware and software available from external vendors and recommend purchases and installation.
Install and maintain security patches on servers.
Create, maintain, and implement detailed standard systems operating procedure documentation.