Senior Network Engineer - Datacenter & WAN Lead

Leidos Inc; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 131,300 - 237,350; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, migrate, implement, enhance, and maintain LAN/DATACENTER/WAN infrastructure. You will work on network consolidation, architecture updates, and site renovations with engineers on various projects.

The role requires TS/SCI with Poly clearance, hands-on experience with Layer 2/3 routing (BGP/EIGRP/OSPF), data center Nexus tech, Cisco/Juniper/Palo Alto equipment, and monitoring tools such as SolarWinds and SNMP. Occasional travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 10+ years.
• Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI with Poly required.
• Hands-on with Layer 2/3, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF; GRE, IPsec, MPLS, DMVPN, VPLS, and VPNs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for network integration and consolidation across environments.
• Resolve moderate to complex issues in network hardware and systems upgrades.
• Interface with customers, vendors, and technical staff to analyze requirements.
• Engineer and implement end-to-end technical solutions.
• Lead engineers on projects to deliver finalized solutions.
• Mentor engineers on new technologies and automation.
• Document standards and support network architecture changes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and make senior recommendations.
• Maintain strong customer service and communication.
• Lead first article work across system environments.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Network design

Problem solving

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 12+ years

Master’s degree + 10+ years

16 years experience in lieu

Tools

Nexus data center tech

Cisco/Dual-stack routing

Juniper SRX

Palo Alto firewalls

VMware ESXi

SolarWinds

ISE

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, migrate, implement, enhance, and maintain LAN/DATACENTER/WAN infrastructure. You will work on network consolidation, architecture updates, and site renovations with engineers on various projects.

The role requires TS/SCI with Poly clearance, hands-on experience with Layer 2/3 routing (BGP/EIGRP/OSPF), data center Nexus tech, Cisco/Juniper/Palo Alto equipment, and monitoring tools such as SolarWinds and SNMP. Occasional travel is expected.