Networks Engineer

Leidos; Suffolk (VA); Presencial; USD 73.000 - 133.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Descripción de la vacante

Leidos is seeking a Network Engineer to lead transport, SD-WAN, and firewall operations, ensuring real-time network performance and adherence to standards. You will direct incident response, coordinate across teams, and provide leadership to improve playbooks and SOPs while maintaining SLA expectations.

Requires TS clearance and a strong IT background with DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II credentials. A BS with extensive experience or a Master’s degree is expected, with additional industry

Formación

• Requires a current Top Secret security clearance.
• BS degree with 8+ years of prior relevant IT experience or Master's with 6+ years of prior relevant IT experience.
• ITIL v4 Foundation certification and a DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+).
• Certifications such as ITIL v4 Managing Professional, CISSP, CCNP Enterprise/Security, or PCNSE are highly desired.

Responsabilidades

• Serves as the operational authority for all network transport, SD-WAN, and firewall services, overseeing day to day service delivery and ensuring adherence to architectural standards.
• Acts as the primary Incident Commander during major Incidents affecting network services, directing the activities of all technical response teams and orchestrating the overall service restoration effort.
• Provides authoritative operational status, mission impact assessments, and situational reports to government leadership during network service disruptions.
• Owns, maintains, and refines the operational playbooks, SOPs, and incident response procedures for the transport, SD-WAN, and firewall operations teams.
• Oversees the Problem Management process for network services, ensuring root cause analyses and remediation plans are tracked to completion.
• Represents operational interests in the Change Advisory Board process, assessing operational risk of proposed changes to network and security infrastructure.
• Manages, monitors, and reports on network SLA performance related to transport availability, SD-WAN performance, and firewall uptime.

Descripción del empleo

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions guided by our commitment to deliver mission success for our customers. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

The Leidos Digital Sector is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network Engineer that will have multiple focus on transport, SD-WAN, and firewall management. This Network Engineer is responsible for overseeing the delivery service, operational readiness, and incident command for these specific domains in support of the ordering activity. This role ensures the stability, availability, and performance of the live network by leading the operational teams, enforcing established standards, and managing the service lifecycle of these core functions, ensuring real-time network operations, orchestrating the response to all service disruptions impacting transport, SD-WAN, or security infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the operational authority for all network transport, SD-WAN, and firewall services, overseeing day to day service delivery and ensuring adherence to architectural standards.
• Acts as the primary Incident Commander during major Incidents affecting network services, directing the activities of all technical response teams and orchestrating the overall service restoration effort.
• Provides authoritative operational status, mission impact assessments, and situational reports to government leadership during network service disruptions.
• Owns, maintains, and refines the operational playbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and incident response procedures for the transport, SD-WAN, and firewall operations teams.
• Oversees the Problem Management process for network services, ensuring that government-approved root cause analyses for complex or recurring network issues are completed and that remediation plans are tracked to successful completion.
• Represents operational interests as a primary stakeholder in the Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, responsible for assessing the operational risk of all proposed changes to the network and security infrastructure.
• Manages, monitors, and reports on network Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance related to transport availability, SD-WAN performance, and firewall uptime.

Required Education and Experience

Requires a current Top Secret Security Clearance. Requires a BS degree with 8 + years of prior relevant IT experience or Master’s degree with 6 + years of prior relevant IT experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. ITIL v4 Foundation certification and a certification meeting DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II requirements (e.g., CompTIA Security+). Certifications such as ITIL v4 Managing Professional, CISSP, CCNP Enterprise/Security, or PCNSE are highly desired to demonstrate a strong understanding of both the operational framework and the underlying technologies.

Required Skills

Deep understanding of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of technical domain and has broad understanding of other related specialty areas. Provides mentorship and guidance to junior staff focused on operational best practices and disciplined incident management related to the network infrastructure.

Clearance Required

Must possess an active Top Secret security clearance at time of consideration. ECNOMS

About Us

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.

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.

Original Posting

Original Posting: October 14, 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.

Pay Range

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.

Pay and 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].

Commitment and 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.