Network Engineer

The role will require working on secure Government sites up to 5 days per week. You will be expected to contribute towards the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation and, while primarily supporting the operational service, also be able to provide material to support change projects if required.

Work will be on customer sites (West London) with occasional travel to other Leidos and customer sites (Huntingdon) that may be required. Keeping an eye on the technology landscape is essential, too - identification of new and relevant technologies to solve problems and make improvements is part of the job. We believe innovation is the lifeblood of customer value - we are all catalysts for innovation and improvement and committed to continuous improvement in everything we do.

The preferred candidate will demonstrate effective application of Network Engineering expertise and extensive knowledge across a variety of technologies and Platforms, Environments, Virtualized Environments, Networking Technologies and Data Storage Technologies. The role will provide technical exposure variance across both outcomes based project activities and Operational (Business as Usual) support activities.

Your passions and experience will help you become a technical specialist and process owner with our Operations Support services including service improvement and add further value to our service offerings. You will be expected to contribute towards the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation (HLDs, LLDs, Work Instructions) and provide material to support the Project work or the Operational Support service.

Your Role and Responsibilities.

• Provide Network Engineering skills and produce solution designs as part of the senior delivery team
• Work with partner delivery teams to design and implement modern, scalable Network using a range of new and emerging technologies including automation
• Lead on all Network management and acceptance aspects including setting standards and providing your deep technical expertise to Leidos programme teams
• Utilise the concepts and principles of verification and validation to produce relevant Network Designs across multiple subject areas
• Collaborate with customers on all aspects of Network management including the assurance and integration of Network services to meet the needs of multiple lines of business
• Recognise and exploit business opportunity by leveraging engineering and design best practice

• Communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context
• Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience of data centre and campus networking technologies: Cisco (routing, switching, firewalls), Fortinet (Fortigate and FortiSwitch), Palo Alto (Next Gen firewalls), Juniper SRX, F5 (global and local load balancing) and Encryption.
• Strong understanding of routing protocols (static and dynamic) in data centre, campus and wide area networks.
• Experience and knowledge of networking - L2/3 networking and routing
• Strong experience of operating high availability data centre networks supporting critical workloads on Windows, Linux and SAN including technical refresh of large numbers of devices;
• Strong experience of monitoring and management tooling including SolarWinds.
• Have good general knowledge of Windows Server Environments, (including OS build, AD, DNS, DHCP and GPO) and Linux (RHEL) data centre server infrastructures.
• Have excellent analysis and problem solving skills, taking ownership of complex incidents ensuring these are resolved to the satisfaction of the customer.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with working within a Defence environment.

Other/ Clearance Requirements: Hybrid working policy SC/DV required. Ability to obtain a high level of security clearance to work on programme.

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Private Medical Insurance

• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)

• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

• Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams in the UK to address some of the most complex problems in defence, government, safety and security, and transportation. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. https://www.leidos.com/company/global/uk-europe Are you ready for your next career challenge? Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission. Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world's toughest problems. Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers' needs as if they were our own. United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate. We operate a high paced and exciting collaborative working environment where the work you do is normally customer facing on site and has demonstrable real world impact., Leidos UK & EUROPE - we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.