Sr. Network Engineer at Leidos Odenton, MD

Neier Inc.; Odenton (MD); On-site; USD 92,300 - 166,850; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and wellness programs

Paid leave

Job summary

Neier Inc. is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to support the Defense Enclave Services team in Fort Meade, Maryland. The role involves planning and designing secure network solutions within DoD environments and requires substantial experience in network documentation and troubleshooting.

Candidates should hold a bachelor's degree and have at least 8 years of relevant experience. Preferred qualifications include CCNP certification and experience with enterprise network management tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years relevant experience in network engineering.
• Active DoD Secret clearance required before start.

Responsibilities

• Plan and design secure network solutions.
• Develop network designs and architectures.
• Support IP addressing design across IPv4 and IPv6.

Skills

Technical troubleshooting

Network documentation

Communication skills

Collaboration

Network design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Visio

PowerPoint

Cisco

Palo Alto

Job description

Salary

$92,300 - 166,850 per year.

Requirements

• We require a bachelors degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, though equivalent experience, education, or training may substitute for the degree.
• We require an active DoD Secret clearance before start and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
• We require an active DoD IAT Level II certification, such as Security+, or an equivalent credential before start.
• We require experience documenting logical and physical network designs with tools such as Visio, PowerPoint, Gliffy, Cameo, or MagicDraw.
• We require strong technical troubleshooting skills and comfort resolving complex issues.
• We require experience conducting site surveys or analyzing site survey data.
• We require experience creating or executing migration plans for circuits, traffic, services, applications, or data, or planning/executing technology refreshes.
• We require substantial experience upgrading and managing the lifecycle replacement of network devices.
• We require broad knowledge of networking across LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, proxies, routing, and firewalls.
• We require experience with at least two vendor technologies such as Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, or Fortinet.
• We require demonstrated experience designing and implementing medium to large network infrastructures with supporting technical documentation.
• We require the ability to work collaboratively to troubleshoot and resolve complex network problems.
• We require excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft SOPs and technical documentation.
• We require the ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership on high-impact matters.
• We require the ability to present designs and plans to technical leadership and review boards for approval.

Preferred

• CCNP or equivalent certification.
• Experience with enterprise network management tools such as Palo Alto Panorama, SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA, WhatsUp Gold, or Junos Space.
• Experience designing and implementing VTC solutions.
• Hands‑on experience with SD‑WAN.
• Advanced expertise in designing and improving complex geographically distributed enterprise networks.
• Deep knowledge of DoD network security requirements.
• Experience hardening network infrastructure, including DoD STIG implementation.

Responsibilities

• We plan and design secure network solutions that consolidate connectivity services into an enterprise model.
• We partner with stakeholders and technical subject matter experts to assess legacy environments, current capabilities, configurations, and unique needs.
• We develop network designs and architectures based on approved design patterns.
• We design secure wide‑area connectivity, including underlay, overlay, and COI transport components, to meet performance, QoS, security, and mission objectives.
• We provide secure access solutions using wired and wireless technologies and develop associated implementation and transition plans.
• We incorporate capacity planning and scaling for network and security environments into solution design.
• We evaluate network optimization strategies to achieve capacity and performance targets.
• We identify legacy service paths, including data flows, firewall rulesets, and ACLs, and develop successor enterprise service designs.
• We support IP addressing design across IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
• We work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance with DoD standards and support accreditation artifact development.

Technologies

Aruba, Cisco, Firewall, Support, LAN, Network, Security, VPN, Cloud.

Benefits

Our work environment is mission‑driven and fast‑moving, and we offer competitive compensation along with health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement benefits.

Company

We are Leidos, an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter digital and mission‑focused innovations. We are hiring a Senior Network Engineer for our Defense Enclave Services team in Fort Meade, Maryland, supporting a demanding DoD IT discovery, design, and migration effort to modernize and consolidate enterprise services into the DoDNet environment.