Network Engineer III

Leidos LLC; Waipahu (HI); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled Network Operations professional to support the DISA Global Operations Center (DGOC) in Hawaii. The role ensures 24x7 availability of DISN services for DoD and national security customers.

You will manage real-time circuit changes, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, and document outages and resolutions while leveraging Cisco/Juniper and MSPP tech. A DoD Top Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance and DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline.
• Experience with transport and IP network topologies; knowledge of Cisco/Juniper devices.
• Ability to work in a 24x7 shift environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute network operations for circuits across optical and Ethernet devices.
• Real-time circuit redesign to restore connectivity during outages.
• Coordinate with customers and agencies to maximize network availability.
• Monitor alarms using network management tools and document incidents.
• Perform change management: hardware swaps and software configurations.

Skills

Security+ CE

DoD Top Secret

IP Network Topologies

Transport & IP

Cisco/Juniper

Networking Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Solarwinds

JIRA

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

Our customer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the department of Defense (DoD) and national security organizations. This position directly supports the DISA-provided GIG capabilities and services in the 24x7 DISA Global Operations Center (DGOC).

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across optical and electro-optical multiplexers, routers, and switches.
• Perform real-time circuit redesign (alternate routing) to restore customer connectivity during scheduled and unscheduled outages and maintenance actions.
• Work directly with internal and external customers, external government agencies, and other engineering tiers to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact.
• Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools.
• Perform a variety of change management tasks which include hardware replacement, software configurations, and ASI management.
• Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident.
• Assess, identify and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or deficiencies leveraging knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, optical transport network, MPLS, time division multiplexing, SDH/SONET.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) prior to start date.
• Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment.
• Possess deep understanding of both Transport and IP network topologies.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Tech control facility or cyber transport experience.
• Circuit actions and vendor experience.
• IP/Transport architecture experience.
• Solarwinds and JIRA experience.
• Telco NOC, inside or outside plant experience.
• Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs.
• Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management, change management.

LOCATION & PAY

GSM-O II JFN If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00. 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.

In addition to your annual base salary, you will be eligible to receive a Hawaii Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) for this role.

EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

SECURING YOUR DATA

Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

COMMUNITY & DIVERSITY

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

OTHER INFORMATION

Original Posting: August 19, 2026. For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.