Network Engineer

Description

Job Title: Network Engineer

Clearance Required: Top Secret SCI clearance

Location: Fort Belvoir

The Leidos Defense Group has an opening for a Network Engineer supporting the TENCAP program at Ft. Belvoir, VA . This is an exciting opportunity to apply your network engineering expertise to help advance Army TENCAP's mission of integrating national, commercial, and tactical ISR capabilities into operational Army systems.

In this role, you will design, implement, and optimize network architectures that enable the flow of critical intelligence data across multiple platforms. You will work alongside systems, network, and cybersecurity engineers to ensure resilient, secure, and highperformance network solutions that directly support Army ISR modernization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the Network Engineer and technical authority for network design, integration, and performance.
• Maintain and evolve network architecture , technical baselines, and overall network performance.
• Collaborate with systems and network engineering teams to meet technical performance requirements and mission objectives.
• Support coordination of network requirements , hardware and software design, and full verification and validation activities.
• Design and implement network infrastructure supporting ISR data flows and integration with existing intelligence platforms and networks.
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation , architecture diagrams, and engineering reports supporting the TENCAP mission.
• Provide expert recommendations on information system design, integration and test, performance analysis, administration, security, and policy.

Basic Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance .
• Bachelor's degree with 12-15 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 10-13 years .
• Experience with ISR systems, satellite communications, or intelligence networks (highly desirable).
• Familiarity with ModelBased Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (preferred).
• Seniorlevel expertise in networking technologies (e.g., Cisco , Microsoft/Linux , VPN , crypto , etc.; specific qualifications TBD).
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a senior technical authority , network engineering leader, and trusted advisor in complex mission environments.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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.

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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit

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