Senior CAN/LAN Network Architect for Government Enterprise

Leidos LLC; Alice Springs; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Network Design Engineer for CAN/LAN to support a government customer’s global enterprise networks. The role focuses on modernizing network components, documenting designs, and transitioning to a new service provider architecture.

The ideal candidate brings TS/SCI with Poly, 16+ years of combined work/education, and hands-on experience with Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, OSPF, and BGP. Expect responsibilities across design, implementation, and operations within a

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Interpret customer requirements and apply standard design approaches for service delivery.
• Fully document designs with diagrams, BOMs, cabling sheets, configurations, and related docs.
• Use private test lab to evaluate new technologies and test changes to production networks.
• Schedule maintenance windows with minimal impact to data flows.
• Provide technical expertise to Operations engineers and technicians for fault isolation and resolution.
• Develop secure network designs aligned with DISA STIGs and enterprise policies.
• Obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for new devices and capabilities.
• Supervise network support specialists to coordinate and implement services.
• Develop and improve design products, processes, and systems for efficiency.
• Optionally learn and work on MPLS WANs beyond CAN/LAN.

Skills

TS/SCI with Poly

Network engineering

OSPF

BGP

VLANs/802.1q/port-channels

Documentation

Unsupervised work

ATO/Certifications

Education

PhD or equivalent experience in network engineering

IAT Level 2 Information Assurance

Tools

Cisco equipment

Brocade equipment

Juniper equipment

Firewall configurations

Job description

Leidos seeks a Senior Network Design Engineer for CAN/LAN to support a government customer’s global enterprise networks. The role focuses on modernizing network components, documenting designs, and transitioning to a new service provider architecture.

The ideal candidate brings TS/SCI with Poly, 16+ years of combined work/education, and hands-on experience with Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, OSPF, and BGP. Expect responsibilities across design, implementation, and operations within a