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00100 LEIDOS, INC.
MDA Network Engineer II
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What they do
A Network Engineer or Architect designs and builds computer network systems, including software and hardware. Runs program and system tests, solves technical problems and maintains the network system. Designs and analyzes computer network models.
$124,300 / year median in Illinois
-11% projected decline
Job Description
Our customer is the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and acts as the provider of GIG/Defense Information System Network (DISN) services to its customers, the department of Defense (DoD) and national security organizations. This position directly supports the DISA-provided GIG capabilities and services in the 24x7 DISA Global Operations Center (DGOC). The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector and Global Solutions Management-Operations II (GSMO-II) have an opening in our Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Operations Support Cell for a Network Engineer at Scott AFB, IL. Responsibilites Responsible for performing the following duties: Execute network operations to include configuration and analysis of customer circuits across optical and electro-optical multiplexers, , Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), routers, and switches. Perform real-time circuit redesign (alternate routing) to restore customer connectivity during scheduled and unscheduled outages and maintenance actions. Work directly with supported customers and engineers across other NOCs to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact. Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools. Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident. Assess, identify and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or deficiencies leveraging knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, Ciena, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, Optical Switching, SONET/SDH, satellite communications. Basic Qualifications Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) prior to start date. Requires BS degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. (Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.) Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment. Must have an active DoD Secret security clearance. Requires working knowledge and understanding of both Transport and IP network topologies. Preferred Qualifications Tech control facility or cyber transport experience Circuit actions experience Telco NOC, inside or outside plant experience. Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs. Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management. 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.