Network Engineer

Leidos is seeking an experienced \nSenior Network Support Engineer to support the \nArmy Global Unified Network (AGUN) program. \n \n This is an exciting opportunity to help maintain, secure, and modernize the Army’s global enterprise network, ensuring reliable communications and mission readiness around the world. \n \n In this role, you’ll provide hands-on network operations, troubleshooting, and engineering support across a complex, geographically dispersed environment. You’ll work with advanced networking technologies, resolve critical incidents, support network migrations, and help improve network performance and security. \n \n \nWe’re looking for a strong Network Engineer with hands-on Cisco SD-WAN experience who can troubleshoot complex network issues and work independently in a remote environment. \n \n \nWhat You’ll Do \n \n \n \n

• Support the Army’s global network operations, ensuring 24/7/365 network availability, performance, and security. \n
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network incidents, outages, and connectivity issues. \n
• Configure, maintain, and support Cisco SD-WAN and enterprise networking technologies. \n
• Execute approved network configuration changes, security updates, and remediation activities. \n
• Manage incident and service request tickets using Jira Service Desk or other ITSM tools. \n
• Monitor network performance, capacity, and reliability and recommend improvements. \n
• Support network migrations, system integrations, cutovers, and modernization initiatives. \n
• Work remotely while collaborating with geographically dispersed engineering teams during incident-response bridges, meetings, and troubleshooting activities. \n
• Provide timely operational updates to the Global Cyber Center (GCC) and program leadership. \n
• Support network environments utilizing VMware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and InfoVista. \n
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, including nights, weekends, holidays, and mission-driven surge support. \n

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience. Additional applicable experience may be considered in place of a degree. \n
• Current Active Secret security clearance. \n
• DoD IAT Level II certification (Security+ or equivalent) required before starting. \n
• Hands-on experience supporting Cisco SD-WAN environments. \n
• Knowledge of Software Defined Networking (SDN). \n
• Experience with VMware virtualization and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). \n
• Hands-on experience with InfoVista network performance management tools. \n
• Experience with at least two of the following:Cisco DNA Center / PrimeJuniper NetworksPalo Alto NetworksDell NetworkingJunos SpaceAppGate \n
• Strong understanding of LAN/WAN, BGP, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPNs, Layer 2/Layer 3 routing, and firewalls. \n
• Familiarity with SFTP, SSH, SCP, SNMP, and NTP. \n
• Experience using ITSM ticketing tools for incident and service request management. \n
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills. \n
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with remote technical teams. \n
• Flexibility to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and respond to mission-critical incidents. \n, * CCNP certification or equivalent. \n
• Experience with Linux shell scripting. \n
• Experience using GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, Jira, and Confluence. \n
• Knowledge of network automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Salt, and Git. \n
• Experience with network monitoring tools such as SNMP, NETMON, and LiveAction. \n
• Experience with at least two of the following: NetFlow, Elastic, Kafka, Grafana, Prometheus, or Nexus Repository. \n
• Experience supporting large, geographically dispersed enterprise networks. \n
• Familiarity with U.S. Army network security requirements and DoD network operations. \n

At Leidos, you’ll have the opportunity to work with advanced networking technologies while supporting a mission that directly impacts the U.S. Army’s global operations. \n \n You’ll collaborate with experienced network engineers, solve complex technical challenges, and help keep critical military communications secure and operational. \n \n \nIf you’re an experienced Network Engineer with Cisco SD-WAN expertise who enjoys solving complex network challenges, we want to hear from you! \n \n \nJoin Leidos and help keep the Army connected. Apply today! \n \n 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. \n, Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com. \n \n If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. \n \n \nCommitment to Non-Discrimination \n \n 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. \n \n #Remote”, “hiringOrganization”: {“@type”: “Organization”, “name”: “Leidos”, “logo”: “https://jobs.military.com/attachments/employer/0/962/152/273.svg”}, “jobLocation”: {“address”: {“addressCountry”: “United States”, “streetAddress”: “Not specified”, “@type”: “PostalAddress”, “postalCode”: “20170”, “addressLocality”: “Remote”, “addressRegion”: “Not specified”}, “@type”: “Place”}, “industry”: “Information”, “identifier”: {“@type”: “PropertyValue”, “name”: “Leidos”, “value”: “R-00196293”}, “baseSalary”: {“@type”: “MonetaryAmount”, “currency”: “USD”, “value”: {“minValue”: “92300”, “@type”: “QuantitativeValue”, “maxValue”: “166850”, “value”: “92300”, “unitText”