Sr. Network Support Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Sr. Network Support Engineer to join our AGUN team in Fort Huachuca AZ.

PROGRAM SUMMARY:
The AGUN program is a highly demanding mission and requires expert technical and professional management to support the Armys global wide area network and security infrastructure. You will be supporting a large and complex network migration and operations for the US Army. This role will include leadership of operations support staff and directing operational support activities for a global network.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:
Must have and maintain an active SECRET security clearance or higher. (US Citizenship required)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Operate and maintain secure network solutions operated as a centralized enterprise capability for the US Army.
Partner with key stakeholders and technical experts to perform legacy environment discovery assessing current capabilities configurations and requirements to provide tier III support for the Army global network.
Analyze and understand secure wide area connectivity inclusive of underlay overlay and transport design that supports performance quality of service security and mission requirements.
Support secure access solutions leveraging zero trust network access (ZTNA) including support for creation of new access policies and maintenance of existing policies.
Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environments into the overall operational support processes and staff.
Collect investigate and identify network optimization strategies and techniques to meet capacity and performance standards.
Work with information assurance teams and the AGUN cybersecurity service provider (CSSP) to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with maintenance of the network security posture.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum of a Bachelors degree with 8 years experience or Masters degree with 6 years of experience (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree).
Require network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNA (comparable vender certification accepted upon review).
Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security) certification or equivalent prior to start.
Heavily experienced in patching upgrading and lifecycle refresh of network devices.
Demonstrated experience with networking concepts and protocols: LAN WAN BGP TCP/UDP IPSec VPN Routing(L2/L3) and Firewalls.
Demonstrate experience in one or more of the following enterprise network management tools such as Palo Alto Panorama Cisco Prime Cisco DNA or Junos Space.
Demonstrate experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation.
Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vender network technologies: Cisco Juniper Palo Alto Dell or AppGate.
Experience with the following protocols: SFTP SSH SCP SNMP NTP.
Must be able to work as part of a team to lead troubleshooting and resolve complex network issues.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent.
Experience with virtualized network devices and infrastructure
Hands on experience with Cisco SD-WAN.
Hands on experience with Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW)
Knowledge and use of NetSecOps technologies including git Gitlab CI/CD Ansible Terraform and network element managers
Demonstrate expertise in design and improvement of complex and geographically enterprise networks.
Expert knowledge of US Army security requirements for network infrastructure.

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.