Join Leidos as Sr Transport Network Specialist

Leidos is seeking a Sr Transport Network Specialist to support the Navy's largest IT services program, SMIT (Service Management, Integration, and Transport). Deliver the core backbone of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), including cybersecurity, network operations, service desk, and data transport. Unify shore-based networks to enhance capabilities, improve service delivery, and achieve significant cost savings through a single enterprise network.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as technical expert for transport vendor solutions and engineering support.
• Conduct reach-back to vendor R&D teams for optimal production designs.
• Develop and engineer networking/transport solutions.
• Plan upgrades, replacements, configurations, and maintenance for transport projects.
• Design secure, efficient transport systems, architecture, and topology.
• Participate in NMCI IT modernization, expansion, and improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with experts to synthesize transport solutions.
• Lead analysis, review, and validation with customers and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with external customers, management, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Comply with ITSM, MBSE governance, and DoD cybersecurity standards (DoDI 8500.01, DON 5239).
• Develop/maintain engineering processes and mentor junior staff.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in similar programs.
• Active Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship.
• Expertise in BAN/LAN/WLAN/WAN, cross-domain solutions, COMSEC, piers connectivity.
• DoD networks experience; enterprise IT environment design.
• Security+ or DoD 8570 compliant certification.
• Strong collaboration, analytical, and multitasking skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Navy/DoD program experience; CCNA/CCNP, INCOSE CSEP, ITIL, CISSP certifications. Shift: Mon-Fri 0900-1700. Travel required.

At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo. Join a team disrupting defense IT on NMCI.