Network Engineer - Senior

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Leidos is seeking a Network Engineer - Senior to support United States Space Force (USSF) in support of Space Systems Command (SSC) Cyber Operations Branch rapid agile development of defensive cyber solutions to protect, defend, and respond to both ground and space based cyber adversarial threats. A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment.
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Leidos Defense Group provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data diagnostics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence diagnostics and operations. Our team is solving the world's toughest security demands for customers with "can't fail" missions.
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The Opportunity:

• Perform configuration, test, deployment and maintenance to all network equipment
• Validate new and existing dataflow and data formats
• Oversee the support to all network equipment
• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components
• Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools
• Configure and maintain organizations network diagrams and accreditations
• Lead the design, integration, test and deploy solutions to established network issues
• Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VOIP), GRE Tunneling, IP Security (IPSec), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP) and network address translation (NAT).
• Coordinate with system engineering and integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies
• Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science, software engineering, data science, software development or STEM related specialty; with 10 or more years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree with 8 years of relevant experience. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• JNCDA or JNCDS-DC certification

You Might Also Have:

• Familiarity & knowledge with: SIMP Project, Docker, GIT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Suricata, Zeek, Kibana, Logstash, Elastic Search, Neo4J, PostgreSQL
• CCNA certification.

Clearance Needed:

• U.S. citizenship with a current DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

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Pay Range:
Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
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.