Tier II /Configuration Management Network Technician

Leidos Inc; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Inc. is seeking a Tier II Configuration Management Network Technician to support the client's LAN/WAN infrastructure. You will draft configurations, maintain baselines, and coordinate changes while ensuring compliance with DISA STIGs and network policies.

Candidate must have TS/SCI with CI Poly and extensive hands-on experience with Cisco IOS and Juniper JUNOS OS, plus network analysis tools. This role offers growth in a mission-focused engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with designing, testing, and inspecting IT networks and changing baselines.
• Ability to create network diagrams and maintain configuration records.

Responsibilities

• Support the installation and maintenance of the client LAN/WAN devices.
• Create and maintain an up-to-date record of all system components (hardware and software). Illustrate physical locations and links between each item.
• Respond to and resolve incident tickets.
• Establish and maintain consistency of a system or product performance with requirements and design.
• Draft and implement standard network change requests.
• Coordinate with external Configuration Management stakeholders across the ecosystem.
• Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades.

Skills

LAN/WAN

Layer 2 switching

Cisco IOS / Junos

Network analysis

Documentation & drawing

Tools

Visio

ServiceNow

Confluence

Cisco IOS

Juniper JUNOS OS

Job description

Description

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos has an opening for Tier II /Configuration Management Network Technician to support the customer's computer data communications systems, in providing design specifications, testing and inspections for computer networks; plan and implementing upgrades; analyzing, organizing, and troubleshooting corresponding hardware and software combined solutions through network modeling. Expected to create detailed technical drawings or plans for IT networks, function as support developer and draft engineering designs and drawings from preliminary design concepts. This is an excellent opportunity to develop in one of Leidos key engineering organizations supporting deployment of new, innovative, and challenging technologies.

The job duties of the Tier II /Configuration Management Network Technician are as follows:

• Support the installation and maintenance of the client LAN/WAN devices.

• Create and maintain an up-to-date record of all system components (hardware and software). Illustrate physical locations and links between each item.

• Respond to and resolve incident tickets.

• Establish and maintain consistency of a system or product performance, functions, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information.

• Draft and implement standard network change requests.

• Coordinate with external Configuration Management stakeholders across the ecosystem where required.

• Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades. (Knowledge of CISCO/Juniper RMA process).

• Layer 1 and Layer 2 network experience (CAT5, SM/MM Fiber, Serial cables, SFP).

• Develop policy for documenting and changing baseline project configuration items.

• Configure and troubleshoot layer 2 switching (VLAN's, Port Security, Thin Configs).

• Utilize complex network analysis tools to identify and correct problems in the network while maintaining logs and records associated with reported problems or situations.

• Familiar (doesn't need to be a SME) with Layer 3 protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VRRP, HSRP, MPLS, LSP, GRE. Familiar with Visio, ServiceNow, and Confluence.

• Support operations from a Configuration Management perspective in their administration of networks including hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.

• Knowledge of Cisco IOS and Juniper JUNOS OS and familiar with pushing network equipment software codes to devices in preparation of software code upgrades.

• Maintain the network configuration baselines to ensure it follows DISA STIG guidelines, providing feedback to Network Engineers in their development of new configurations.

• Documenting and changing baseline project network configuration items.

• Maintain historical Configuration Management records and requisite knowledge in approved shared databases

• Provide support to the Configuration Management Board, scheduling meetings, developing agendas, enter board related data in databases, install, maintain and troubleshoot problems for Configuration Control Board action items/issues.

• Create/provide drawing, diagraming, and network mapping expertise and support to the Configuration Management Team.

• Manage Configuration Management support to the creation of IT-IA-IM software executables to environments (development, test, staging and production)

• Utilize complex network analysis tools to identify and build network maps for enterprise level services.

• Provide support to the Configuration Control Board (CCB), schedule applicable meetings, develop localized agenda and policy, enter Configuration Management related data in databases, install, maintain and troubleshoot problems for CCB Configuration Management items/issues in relation to your AOR.

• Establish, train, and maintain network drawing standards to serve all contract requirements.

• Ensure final designs comply with regulations and quality standards.

• May have up to 10% COMSEC responsibilities

Required Qualifications

• Required Clearance: TS/SCI CI

• Candidate must have 10 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 3 years, master's and 4 years, bachelor's and 6 years, associates and 8 years or HS diploma and 10 years.

• Must be compliant with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.

Clearance Requirement:

• All candidates must possess an active TS/SCI with CI Poly at time of consideration.

Broadside

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: August 21, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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.