Senior Routing & Switching Network Engineer

Leidos Inc; Odenton (MD); On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and sustain enterprise routing and switching across a large, distributed environment. The role involves hands-on work on core, distribution, access, and WAN edge layers and requires senior troubleshooting across multi-vendor platforms.

You will develop implementation plans, lead change controls, and ensure high-availability designs with BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and VRFs. DoD-related collaboration and security clearance may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with related experience; Master’s also acceptable at senior levels.
• Hands-on engineering, implementation, and troubleshooting of enterprise routing and switching at scale.
• Strong TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, routing protocols, high-availability design, and multi-vendor environments.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, configure, and implement enterprise routing and switching infrastructure across core, distribution, access, and WAN edges.
• Design routing policies with BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and static routes; manage VRFs, MPLS/VPNs, QoS, and high-availability.
• Develop implementation plans, test steps, rollback procedures, and change documentation; execute changes in maintenance windows.
• Provide senior-level troubleshooting for complex routing, switching, transport, and connectivity issues across multiple vendors.
• Document network designs, standards, and procedures; create as-built and operation handoff documentation.

Skills

Routing & Switching

BGP

OSPF

EIGRP

TCP/IP

VLANs

HSRP/VRRP

Network Troubleshooting

Security+ CE

DoD Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Cisco

Aruba

Palo Alto

Dell

Infoblox

Brocade

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and sustain enterprise routing and switching across a large, distributed environment. The role involves hands-on work on core, distribution, access, and WAN edge layers and requires senior troubleshooting across multi-vendor platforms.

You will develop implementation plans, lead change controls, and ensure high-availability designs with BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and VRFs. DoD-related collaboration and security clearance may be required.