Network Engineer WAN 2nd Shift

The Defense Sector at Leidos isseekinga cleared Wide Area Network (WAN) Engineer (2nd Shift) to engineeroperate and sustain long-haul transport and routing infrastructure across Department of Defense (DoD/DoW) networks. This individualassistsinroutingtroubleshootingfor the enterprise WAN working the watch floor to resolve issues with theEnterpriseWANand is accountable for the availability performance and STIG compliance of circuits supporting operational mission traffic worldwide.

This position requires daily on-site work at Langley AFB. The core hours for this position are considered 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain BGP routing architecture across the enterprise WAN including peering relationships autonomous system boundaries and route policy enforcement.
• Execute circuit installations migrations bandwidth upgrades and site cutovers with documented rollback plans and minimal mission impact.
• Develop andmaintainrouting policy standards IP address and ASN allocation plans and authoritative network documentation including logical and physical topology diagrams.
• Apply DISA STIGs to routing and transport devices remediate IAVA findings and support RMF assessment and authorization artifacts and POA&M closure.
• Coordinate with DISA NOC/SOC teams transport providers and site network personnel to schedule andvalidatemaintenance actions and outage restoration.
• Monitor WAN health and capacity using SolarWinds NetFlow and SNMP-based tooling; produce trend analysis and capacity recommendations for government leadership.
• Manage Type 1 encryptor configuration and key management coordination in support of secure enclave connectivity.

Required Qualifications:

• Clearance: US Citizen with at least an active Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a SCI prior to your start date.
• Education: Bachelors degree with 4 years of experience or a Masters degree with 2 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Certifications: DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification (Security CE or equivalent) plus an active CCNP Enterprise JNCIP-SP or equivalent routing certification preferred.
• Experience: 4 years of hands-on enterprise WAN engineering and operations experience with demonstrated ownership of multi-site routed transport in a DoD environment.
• BGP Expertise:
  • Configuration and troubleshooting of eBGP and iBGP including route reflectors confederations and full-mesh peering designs.
  • Ability to tune BGP routing policy using route maps prefix lists AS-path filters communities local preference MED and AS-path prepending.
  • Experience establishing and sustaining BGP peering with DISA/DISN service delivery nodes and commercial transport providers.
  • Working knowledge of BGP convergence tuning dampening BFD and route leak/hijack mitigation.
• Routing & Transport: Proficiency with OSPF EIGRP MPLS L2/L3 VPNs VRFs QoS policy for voice and mission traffic and IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack operations.
• Platforms: Hands-on administration of Cisco (IOS-XE/IOS-XR/NX-OS) and Juniper (Junos) routing platforms in an operational production network.
• Encryption & Circuits: Experience with Type 1 inline network encryptors (TACLANE/KG-175 HAIPE) and with DISA circuit lifecycle actions (TSR/TSO DISA Direct/SNAP).
• Compliance: Working knowledge of DISA STIGs RMF IAVA remediation and change control under DoD configuration management processes.
• Troubleshooting: Demonstrated packet-level analysis skill using Wireshark/tcpdump SPAN/TAP captures and NetFlow to isolate faults across provider and government segments.
• Shift Flexibility: Willingness to work evening and rotational shifts (e.g. 3:00 PM-11:00 PM) including weekends and holidays occasional CONUS/OCONUS travel may be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Certification:CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure or Service Provider JNCIE-SP or DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level III (CASP or CISSP).
• Segment Routing & MPLS-TE:Experience with segment routing MPLS traffic engineering or EVPN in a large-scale transport core.
• SD-WAN:Hands-on experience with Cisco SD-WANor Juniper SDWANor comparable overlay transport in aDoD/DoWdeployment.
• Automation:Proficiencywith Python Ansible for configuration deployment compliance auditing and network state validation.
• DoD Enterprise Services:Familiarity with JRSS DODIN operations and DoD boundary/CDS architectures.
• Optical Transport:Working knowledge of DWDM SONET/SDH and carrier Ethernet handoffs supporting long-haul circuits.

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