Leidos is seeking an experienced Network Projects Lead to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team supporting an extensive digital modernization program critical to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Fourth Estate Agencies (DAFAs).

The Network Projects Lead will be responsible for advancing enterprise network innovation through the execution of strategic design and implementation efforts. This role will lead upcoming and future engineering projects such as Network Segmentation/C2C enterprise Wi-Fi modernization and other network transformation initiatives that support the evolution of the DES enterprise architecture and improve security reliability and mission outcomes.

Must be willing to commute to Ft. Meade MD 2 days per week. This position requires an active DoD Secret clearance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead a network project engineering team responsible for planning designing and implementing enterprise network modernization initiatives that improve the security scalability resiliency and performance of the parent network environment.

• Drive strategic engineering projects from concept through implementation including architecture evaluation requirements analysis dependency identification design coordination planning execution validation and transition to operations.

• Lead current and future enterprise network initiatives such as Network Segmentation/C2C enterprise Wi-Fi modernization IPv4/IPv6 transition network optimization connectivity consolidation lifecycle replacement automation and related architecture improvement efforts.

• Provide technical leadership mentoring and day-to-day direction to network engineers administrators and analysts while organizing team priorities maintaining accountability and ensuring execution against aggressive timelines.

• Evaluate current network architecture identify gaps or improvement opportunities estimate level of effort assess implementation risk and develop practical engineering plans to improve enterprise capabilities.

• Develop and manage implementation plans schedules cutover strategies contingency plans rollback procedures validation steps stakeholder communications and change documentation for mission-critical network changes.

• Lead Network Segmentation/C2C planning and implementation including data-flow mapping firewall rule set and ACL review routing and security policy coordination cutover sequencing validation and stakeholder approval.

• Partners with architecture cybersecurity operations project management and technical SME teams to resolve blockers manage dependencies reduce delivery risk and ensure network projects are executed end-to-end.

• Continuously improving engineering processes documentation standards implementation playbooks and execution models to accelerate delivery reduce rework improve operational handoff and lower sustainment burden.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience and 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters degree with 10 years of experience. Specific experience education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Significant experience leading or managing technical teams of network engineers administrators analysts or implementation resources in complex enterprise environments.

• Experience leading network engineering projects from planning through implementation including requirements analysis dependency management risk reduction contingency planning execution oversight validation and operational transition.

• Experience evaluating enterprise network architectures and developing improvement plans across LAN WAN WLAN routing switching firewalls VPN proxies security stacks software-defined networking and cloud-connected environments.

• Experience with Network Segmentation/C2C or similar secure connectivity efforts including data-flow analysis firewall and ACL policy review routing changes security-zone design stakeholder coordination and implementation planning.

• Demonstrated ability to organize teams track details manage competing priorities meet aggressive schedules and drive complex technical efforts to completion with a high degree of accountability.

• Experience documenting logical and physical network designs implementation plans risks dependencies decision points and technical recommendations using tools such as Visio PowerPoint Cameo or similar tools.

• Experience working with two or more of the following network technologies: Cisco Aruba Palo Alto Dell Infoblox and Brocade.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience presenting architecture recommendations implementation plans risks dependencies and status to technical leadership stakeholders and approval boards.

• Current IAT Level II or higher certification such as Security or CISSP.

• Requires an active DoD Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent certification.

• Experience supporting DISA DoDNet DoD Fourth Estate or similar large-scale federal network modernization programs.

• Experience leading enterprise network innovation efforts such as Network Segmentation/C2C enterprise Wi-Fi modernization IPv6 transition automation SDN cloud connectivity zero-trust-aligned networking or security stack modernization.

• Experience with Jira Confluence or other project and knowledge-management tools used to coordinate technical work across distributed engineering teams.

• Experience developing repeatable engineering execution frameworks implementation playbooks migration runbooks technical standards and risk-reduction processes for enterprise network teams.

• Experience coordinating ASIs change windows implementation plans test validation and rollback procedures for mission-critical network activities.

• Understanding of Federal Government application server and network security requirements such as NIST FedRAMP FISMA RMF and DoD cybersecurity requirements.

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