Network Reliability Engineer
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Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 72150 - 130425
Posted on:
09-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos seeks a Network Reliability Engineer to support NASAs Network and Telecommunications organizations. This position will serve as the Network Reliability and Availability Lead ensuring that NASAs critical network systems and services are dependable resilient and meet defined availability and performance targets.
The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise in network engineering with strong analytical and reliability-focused problem-solving skills. This role is vital to maintaining the operational integrity and uptime of NASAs LAN WAN Mission Firewall and Voice networks supporting mission success across NASA centers and facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead network reliability and availability engineering initiatives across NASAs LAN WAN Mission FW and Voice infrastructure.
- Develop and implement reliability frameworks including uptime metrics service availability targets and performance baselines.
- Monitor and analyze network performance and fault data to identify trends predict failures and proactively mitigate risks.
- Collaborate with engineering operations and cybersecurity teams to ensure fault-tolerant and resilient architectures.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for network incidents and implement corrective actions to improve overall reliability.
- Design and maintain redundancy disaster recovery and failover strategies that meet NASAs mission needs.
- Develop and maintain availability dashboards performance reports and SLA tracking for NASA and Leidos leadership.
- Support capacity planning and modernization efforts to ensure scalability and performance consistency.
- Provide clear communication and technical reporting to both NASA technical teams and leadership stakeholders.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology or related field (Masters preferred).
- 7 years of experience in network or IT systems engineering with a focus on availability reliability and performance optimization.
- U.S. Citizenship required; must be eligible for a NASA or Federal security clearance.
- Hands-on experience with network monitoring and observability tools (e.g. SolarWinds Splunk NetScout or equivalent).
- Strong understanding of LAN/WAN architectures fault tolerance redundancy and failover technologies.
- Demonstrated success improving system uptime and service delivery performance in complex enterprise environments.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualification
- Experience supporting NASA or other Federal mission-critical networks.
- Familiarity with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) principles and frameworks.
- Knowledge of network automation scripting or AIOps tools.
- Industry certifications such as CCNP DevNet ITIL or equivalent.
- Experience with high-availability architectures performance baselining and SLA management.
At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.
If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.
Original Posting:
October 29 2025For 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 $72150.00 - $130425.00The 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.
Key Skills
- Kubernetes
- FMEA
- Continuous Improvement
- Elasticsearch
- Go
- Root cause Analysis
- Maximo
- CMMS
- Maintenance
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
