DoD-Cleared WAN Engineer (2nd Shift)

Leidos LLC; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Defense Sector seeks a cleared WAN Engineer (2nd Shift) to engineer, operate, and sustain long-haul transport and routing infrastructure across DoD networks. This on-site role is based at Langley AFB with core hours 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

You will maintain BGP routing, perform circuit migrations, and ensure STIG compliance. The position requires 4+ years of hands-on WAN experience, DoD clearance, and readiness for weekend shifts and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of WAN engineering experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification preferred.
• Hands-on experience with BGP routing and multi-site transport.
• Experience with DISA STIGs, RMF, and IAVA remediation.
• Strong documentation and policy-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain BGP routing architecture across the enterprise WAN, including peering relationships, autonomous system boundaries, and route policy enforcement.
• Execute circuit installations, migrations, bandwidth upgrades, and site cutovers with documented rollback plans and minimal mission impact.
• Develop and maintain routing policy standards, IP address and ASN allocation plans, and authoritative network documentation including logical and physical topology diagrams.
• Apply DISA STIGs to routing and transport devices, remediate IAVA findings, and support RMF assessment and authorization artifacts and POA&M closure.
• Coordinate with DISA, NOC/SOC teams, transport providers, and site network personnel to schedule and validate maintenance actions and outage restoration.
• Monitor WAN health and capacity using SolarWinds, NetFlow, and SNMP-based tooling; produce trend analysis and capacity recommendations for government leadership.
• Manage Type 1 encryptor configuration and key management coordination in support of secure enclave connectivity.

Skills

BGP expertise

WAN engineering

Troubleshooting

Monitoring & analytics

Documentation

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cisco IOS-XE

Cisco IOS-XR

Juniper Junos

SolarWinds

Wireshark

Job description

Leidos Defense Sector seeks a cleared WAN Engineer (2nd Shift) to engineer, operate, and sustain long-haul transport and routing infrastructure across DoD networks. This on-site role is based at Langley AFB with core hours 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

You will maintain BGP routing, perform circuit migrations, and ensure STIG compliance. The position requires 4+ years of hands-on WAN experience, DoD clearance, and readiness for weekend shifts and travel as needed.