Senior Cisco SD-WAN Architect | Enterprise WAN & Security

Leidos

Odenton (MD)

On-site

USD 116,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cisco SD-WAN Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain SD-WAN solutions across DEV/TEST and Production environments. You will interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders and act as a SME for Cisco SD-WAN technologies, ensuring secure, scalable WAN performance.

The role requires advanced routing knowledge, DoD clearance, and experience with Cisco IOS-XE, vManage, and network automation tools.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of related experience or Master with 10+ years.
Experience remoting configuring networking or transport devices.
Strong Cisco SD-WAN experience (Catalyst SD-WAN / Viptela / Meraki).
Expertise in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and WAN technologies.
Knowledge of VPN, IPSec, and on-prem SD-WAN deployment.
Security+ certification.
Must hold active Top Secret with SCI eligibility.
Must have DoD 8570 IAT level II (Security+ CE).
Proficiency with Cisco IOS-XE, vManage, and automation tools.
Basic Linux administration/CLI experience.

Responsibilities

Design, configure, deploy and manage Cisco SD-WAN solutions.
Coordinate deployments and maintenance with DRSN engineers and site personnel.
Evaluate network requirements and provide technical recommendations.
Implement SD-WAN overlay/underlay with BGP, OSPF, IPSec and app-aware routing.
Manage SD-WAN Manager/vManage, Controller/vSmart, Validator/vBond and Edge routers.
Configure QoS, security policies, and segmentation within the SD-WAN fabric.
Assist IA with network security and compliance requirements.
Perform installation, testing, and validation of components on-site and remotely.
Monitor performance, troubleshoot SD-WAN issues, optimize WAN connectivity.
Document architecture, configurations and best practices.
Support deployments, upgrades and migrations as required.