Sr. Tier III O&M Engineer

Leidos Inc; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness Programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement Benefits

Job summary

Leidos Inc is seeking a Sr. Tier III operations and maintenance engineer based in Aurora, CO. This role involves supporting various WAN and LAN networks and providing incident resolution. Responsibilities include network performance monitoring, configuring and testing various systems, and performing long-term operations and maintenance activities.

The ideal candidate must have at least 16 years of experience, with a background in configuring boundary protection technologies and strong communication skills. Comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation are provided.

Qualifications

• Must comply with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical Level 2.
• Overall experience necessary based on educational qualifications.
• Working knowledge of MS Office products including Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support operations and maintenance activities for LAN and WAN technologies.
• Analyze network characteristics to recommend modifications.
• Coordinate with configuration management and implementation teams.

Skills

TS SCI with a Poly

Configuring and troubleshooting boundary protection technologies

Experienced with OSPF, BGP, VPNs, VRFs, MPLS

Read and develop schematic diagrams

Superior verbal and written communication skills

Education

Doctorate and 8 years of experience

Master's and 10 years of experience

Bachelor's and 12 years of experience

Associates and 14 years of experience

HS diploma and 16 years of experience

Tools

Palo Alto

Cisco ASA

Forcepoint appliances

Juniper and Cisco routers and switches

Service Now or similar ITSM products

Job description

Description

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos is seeking a Sr. Tier III operations and maintenance (O&M) engineer to support various WAN and LAN networks. Will provide incident resolution, routing changes, firewall changes; act as subject matter expert in WAN and LAN technologies; support intra-net and inter-net and other data communications systems or segments of networked system.

Description of Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Support operations and maintenance activities and administer networks including LAN and WAN technologies such as OSPF, BGP, VRF's, VLAN's, VRRP, MPLS.

• Monitor the performance of systems and networks

• Configure, and test hardware, networking software and operating system software

• Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network to assess impact on network performance and provide advice and guidance on the most practical technical approach to meeting user requirements

• Perform long term O&M activities to include tier 3 troubleshooting and problem resolution

• Prepare troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels

• Provide fault management for the network and supports performance management functions

• Respond, isolate, and resolve network troubles

• Execute reporting functions and data input associated with network management

• Coordinate with configuration management and implementation teams

• Analyze network characteristics (e.g., traffic, connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes, and throughput); recommend procurement, removals, and modifications to network components

• Optimize network topologies and site configurations.

• Coordinate requirements with users

• Assess and document current site network configuration and user requirements

• Maintain operating systems, communications software, data base packages, compilers, assemblers, and utility programs

• Apply software, hardware, and standards information technology skills in the analysis, specification, development, integration, and acquisition of open systems for Information Management (IM) applications

• Ensure these systems and applications are compliant with standards for open systems architectures, reference models, and profiles of standards - such as the IEEE Open Systems Environment (OSE) reference model - as they apply to the implementation and specification of IM solutions on the application platform, across the application program interface (API), and the external environment/software application

• May have up to 10% COMSEC responsibilities, as needed.

• Subject to be called in during afterhours for incident resolution.

Requirements

• TS SCI with a Poly

• Candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years, master's and 10 years, bachelor's and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years.

• Must comply with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.

• Experience in configuring and troubleshooting boundary protection technologies such as Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, and Forcepoint appliances

• Experience with configuring and troubleshooting Juniper and Cisco routers and switches.

• Experience with protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VPN's, VRF's, MPLS.

• Working knowledge of boundary protection best practices

• Understanding of routing, switching, Internet Protocol (IP) subnet, Network Address Translation (NAT) and security technologies

• Demonstrated ability to engineer and modify rulesets to allow connectivity for new customer requirements

• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and develop schematic diagrams, technical manuals, and documentation such that the supported equipment and software can be maintained with minimal training

• Working knowledge of Service Now or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) products

• Superior verbal and written communication skills

• Intermediate-level knowledge of MS Office products Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.