DoD WAN Engineer (2nd Shift) – Top Secret Clearance

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

Job summary

The Defense Sector at Leidos seeks a cleared WAN Engineer (2nd Shift) to engineer, operate, and sustain long-haul transport and routing across DoD networks. On-site work at Langley AFB with core hours 4:00 PM–12:00 AM, supporting enterprise WAN availability and security.

Responsibilities include maintaining BGP routes, circuit migrations, network documentation, DISA STIG compliance, and RMF/IAVA-related tasks. Travel to CONUS/OCONUS may be required.

Qualifications

• Requires US Citizen with active Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain SCI.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s with relevant enterprise WAN experience in DoD environment.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT II certification preferred (Security+ CE or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with BGP, OSFP/EIGRP, MPLS VPNs, QoS, IPv4/IPv6 dual‑stack.

Responsibilities

• Maintain enterprise WAN routing architecture and BGP policies.
• Execute circuit installations, migrations, and site cutovers with rollback plans.
• Develop routing policy standards and topologies with documentation.
• Apply DISA STIGs, RMF, IAVA remediation, and support POA&M closures.
• Coordinate maintenance with DISA/NOC/SOC and transport providers.
• Monitor WAN health using SolarWinds, NetFlow, SNMP; produce capacity analyses.
• Manage Type 1 encryptors and key management for secure enclave connectivity.

Skills

BGP routing

OSPF/EIGRP

MPLS VPNs

Wireshark

NetFlow

SNMP

CCNP Enterprise

Security+ CE

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years

Master’s degree + 2+ years

DoD 8570/8140 IAT II

Tools

Cisco IOS-XE/IOS-XR/NX-OS

Juniper Junos

SolarWinds

NetFlow tooling

Job description

The Defense Sector at Leidos seeks a cleared WAN Engineer (2nd Shift) to engineer, operate, and sustain long-haul transport and routing across DoD networks. On-site work at Langley AFB with core hours 4:00 PM–12:00 AM, supporting enterprise WAN availability and security.

Responsibilities include maintaining BGP routes, circuit migrations, network documentation, DISA STIG compliance, and RMF/IAVA-related tasks. Travel to CONUS/OCONUS may be required.