Senior Cisco SD-WAN Engineer - Enterprise WAN & Security

Leidos LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 116,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Cisco SD-WAN Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain SD-WAN solutions across DEV/TEST and Production environments. You will serve as a SME, coordinating with customers and vendors to ensure secure, scalable WAN performance.

Required are a Top Secret/SCI clearance, Security+ CE, DoD 8570 IAT II, and 12+ years of related experience; Cisco SD-WAN expertise and strong routing (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP) skills are essential. On-site work at Fort Meade, MD with some remote support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related experience; Master with 10+ years may be considered.
• Experience remotely configuring networking or transport devices.
• Strong Cisco SD-WAN experience (Catalyst SD-WAN/Viptela or Meraki).
• Expertise in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and WAN tech.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• DoD 8570 certification at IAT level II (Security+CE).
• Proficiency with Cisco IOS-XE, vManage, and network automation tools.
• Basic Linux administration/CLI experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, deploy and manage Cisco SD-WAN solutions.
• Coordinate deployments with DRSN engineers and site personnel.
• Evaluate network requirements and provide technical recommendations.
• Implement SD-WAN overlay/underlay networking (BGP/OSPF/IPSec).
• Maintain vManage/vSmart/vBond and Edge routers.
• Configure QoS, security policies, and segmentation.
• Assist IA personnel with security/compliance needs.
• Install, test and validate components remotely and on-site.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot SD-WAN issues and optimize WAN.
• Document architecture, configurations and best practices.
• Support deployments, upgrades and migrations.

Skills

Cisco SD-WAN

BGP/OSPF

VPN/IPSec

Linux CLI

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

vManage/vSmart/vBond

Cisco IOS-XE

SolarWinds

JNCIA/JNCIP

Job description

Leidos seeks a Cisco SD-WAN Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain SD-WAN solutions across DEV/TEST and Production environments. You will serve as a SME, coordinating with customers and vendors to ensure secure, scalable WAN performance.

Required are a Top Secret/SCI clearance, Security+ CE, DoD 8570 IAT II, and 12+ years of related experience; Cisco SD-WAN expertise and strong routing (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP) skills are essential. On-site work at Fort Meade, MD with some remote support.