Lead Network Engineer
Leidos Arlington, Virginia, United States · $92K–$167K/yr
Defense and Space Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The Lead Network Engineer will design, test, and implement enterprise network infrastructure including WAN, LAN, DNS, and cloud environments. They will also serve as a subject matter expert providing technical assistance to team members and government stakeholders.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must possess an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and at least 10 years of experience in network engineering. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, or an equivalent of 15 years of total IT architecture and engineering experience.
Full description
Primary Responsibilities.
- Serve as the subject matter expert in the areas of network engineering design, testing, and deployment.
- Engineer, design, test, and implement an enterprise network infrastructure and technologies
- Responsible for maintaining the design and integrity of CISA Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), Enterprise Network Tools, Domain Name Servers (DNS), Wireless, and Cloud environments.
- Provide expert technical assistance to team members and Government with high-level system and networking requests and solution identification
Basic Qualifications.
- Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in network engineering and design.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or information systems. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an additional 10 years' experience in IT architecture and engineering for a total of 15 years of experience.
- Experience installing, configuring, and managing software defined network, identity and access management, mobility, imaging, collaboration capabilities, cloud hosting, and communication services and solutions.
- Experience engineering, designing, testing, and implementing secure and reliable network connectivity to cloud services (e.g., commercial cloud services providers (CSPs), private cloud, and hybrid cloud).
- Strong communication skills with excellent verbal and written skills.
Preferred Qualifications.
- Experience supporting DHS, CISA, or another highly classified Federal environment.
- Experience with DHS Enterprise Architecture policies, standards, and procedures.
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Original Posting:
September 4, 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:
Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.
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