Cisco SD-WAN Engineer

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos has an opening for a Cisco SDWAN Engineer on the DISA Defense Red Switch Network team in support of an enterprise VoIP management system GSMO II contract at Fort Meade MD. The successful candidate will have an Cisco SDWAN background responsible for the design deployment test deployment and maintenance of SDWAN solutions within an enterprise environment on a highpaced fastmoving program. As a Cisco SDWAN Engineer you will be a part of a team that interacts with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders including customers and vendors but primarily with internal teammates. In this role the candidate will be a subject matter expert (SME) in Cisco SDWAN technologies ensuring optimal performance security and scalability of WAN infrastructure across multiple environments (DEV/TEST and Production). The candidate will also provide technical assistance administer configurations upgrade software develop and/or update related documentation ensure applicable STIGs are applied and documented conduct and support testing on work performed recommend enhancements and troubleshoot and resolve issues associated to Cisco Catalyst SDWAN infrastructure and various network components.

Responsibilities:

• Design configure deploy and manage Cisco SDWAN solutions (Cisco Catalyst SDWAN formerly known as Viptela or Meraki)
• Work closely with DRSN engineers and site personnel for coordinating deployments and maintenance actions.
• Evaluate system network requirements and make appropriate technical recommendations.
• Provide expertise in SDWAN overlay/underlay networking including BGP OSPF IPSec tunnels and applicationaware routing.
• Implement and maintain Cisco Catalyst SDWAN Manager/vManage Cisco Catalyst SDWAN Controller/vSmart Cisco Catalyst SDWAN Validator/vBond and Edge routers.
• Configure and manage Quality of Service (QoS) security policies and segmentation within the SDWAN fabric.
• Assist IA personnel regard network security and compliance requirements.
• Perform installation testing and validation of network components both remotely and onsite.
• Monitor network performance troubleshoot SDWAN related issues and optimize WAN connectivity.
• Document network architecture configurations and best practices.
• Support deployments upgrades and migrations as required.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors degree and 12 years of overall related experience or Master with 10 years. Specific experience education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience in remotely configuring networking or transport devices.
• Strong experience with Cisco SDWAN (Cisco Catalyst SDWAN/Viptela or Meraki)
• Expertise in routing protocols (BGPOSPFEIGRP) and WAN technologies.
• Ability to interpret network topology diagrams and implement configuration changes.
• Experience in inband and outofband network management.
• Strong knowledge of VPN IPSec and onpremises deployment of SDWAN Infrastructure.
• Security Certification.
• Must possess an active Top Secret with SCI eligibility clearance.
• Must possess current DoD 8570 certification at IAT level II (SecurityCE)
• Proficiency with Cisco IOSXE vManage and Network automation tools.
• Basic Linux Administration or command line interface (CLI) experience.

Desired Skills:

• Cisco CCNP Enterprise or CCNP Security certification.
• Experience managing configuration using Cisco DNA Center Cisco Catalyst SDWAN Manager
• Handson experience with SDWAN policybased routing traffic engineering and performance monitoring.
• Experience in network security protocols TLS PKI and Zero Trust models.
• Proficiency with network management tools such as SolarWinds or Splunk.
• Proficiency in at least two or more of the following devices: Cisco Catalyst 8300 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Cisco 1000 ISRs General Dynamic KG175
• Proficiency in at least one of the following tools: SolarWinds or Junos Space
• JNCIA or JNCIP
• Proficiency with RADIUS SNMP and NTP protocols
• General knowledge of TLS and PKI

Original Posting:

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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.