Network Specialist

Leidos

Network specialist at Leidos supporting critical Air Force network systems. Working with multi-disciplinary teams to optimize performance and deliver network services remotely.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $59,150 - $106,925 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will be working with a team of multi-disciplined engineers, cyber security engineers and officers, quality engineers, and architects and perform systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition, technical management, integration, system testing, and quality assurance to support the successful delivery of the TACMOR network services.
Perform network engineering tasks that involve researching, evaluating, planning, designing, engineering, configuring and delivering the TACMOR network services project.
Produce assigned work products, deliverables, and engineering documentation.
Support integration and testing activities both CONUS and OCONUS.
Develop designs and participate in design reviews with the customer.
Provide specialized network engineering support to the TACMOR Network project and a secure communications and data transfer network from a new Air Force mission system located OCONUS.
Responsible for providing network expertise for new installs and tech refreshes that require engineering and security architecture design, integration and install, test, and deploy to operations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in IT, Electrical engineering or other engineering discipline, with 2 or more years of prior relevant experience or Masters with prior relevant experience.
Additional directly related experience can offset the degree requirement.
Active DoD Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain after start date.
U.S. citizenship
Network certifications such as Network+, Security+, CCNA or CCNP or the ability to obtain a minimum of 1 of the listed certifications within 180 days from start date.
Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, and other IT specialists, cyber, and systems engineers in the development of complex DoD systems.
Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to travel OCONUS when needed by the program.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

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Hard Skills & Tools

network engineeringsystems requirements analysisfunctional analysistimeline analysisrequirements allocationinterface definitionintegrationsystem testingquality assuranceengineering documentation

Soft Skills

strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationcollaborationability to work with diverse teamsability to express complex conceptsinterpersonal skillstechnical communication

Certifications

Network+Security+CCNACCNPDoD Secret security clearance