Network Enterprise Design Engineer Senior

Description NGEN‑R is the largest IT services program for the Navy. Within the Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) portion, the Leidos team delivers the core backbone of the Navy‑Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) and Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN), including cybersecurity services, network operations, service desk, and data transport. MCEN is the Marine Corps’ network‑of‑networks and approved interconnected network segments that provide network services to forward‑deployed forces operating in the USMC.mil namespace and USMC routable IP addresses. Responsibilities Develop, review, and maintain procedures related to overall monitoring of hosts and systems. Perform defensive cyber operations, ensuring server compliance with Marine Corps IAVM and Tenable SecurityCenter. Configure and maintain the health of Confluent, Kafka, data ingest flows, and support architecture. Develop and execute government‑approved security policies, plans, and procedures; implement data network security measures; conduct information‑system security incident handling; support Continuity of Operations Plan/Disaster Recovery (COOP/DR) plans and perform certification of information systems and networks. Perform weekly vulnerability audits, submit Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M), and assist with patching for all DCO Division systems to maintain compliance with operational directives. Teach, coach, and mentor others. Build effective communication to explain complex technical information to broad audiences. Qualifications US Citizen with an active DOD Secret clearance. Must have a High School Diploma, GED, and at least 8 years of related experience. Must currently possess an IAT Level III certification. Must have Software‑Defined Network experience. Must understand Kafka architecture and have proficiency in Kafka CLI tools for topic creation, data publishing, and message consumption. Have experience managing schema evolution in Confluent’s Schema Registry with expertise in Avro and JSON Schema for data serialization. Solid knowledge or experience in several of the following areas: Linux and Linux commands; SQL and KQL or structured query languages; Confluent/Kafka knowledge and navigation; understanding SSL/TLS for data encryption; Java (primary Kafka client library); Python (for data pipelines and scripting); Go or Node.js (for building lightweight streaming apps). Compensation Hourly rate range: $45/hour - $55/hour. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and does not guarantee compensation or salary. Additional factors may be considered when extending an offer. #J-18808-Ljbffr Leidos Inc