Network Engineer

Description

Network Engineer

Location: Farnborough / Remote

Join our UK Team who are committed to a Mission!

Role Overview:

We have a requirement for a security-cleared Network Engineer based in the UK working at our Farnborough site and remotely due to a key strategic development and a new exciting business opportunity.

Leidos has over 30 years of experience in developing and running some of the largest government systems in the world. We are currently hiring to expand our UK-based technical team supporting our delivery for the UK Government.

As part of the Leidos team, you will push yourself and those around you to do better, adapt, and learn new technologies. We’re a passionate team committed to developing and growing our staff.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

We currently have a permanent vacancy for a Network Engineer to support the development, transition, and in-service running (including capability upgrades) of data centre hosted IT application and infrastructure solutions providing support to a critical operational end user.

You will apply Network Engineering expertise and knowledge across a variety of data centre, wide area, storage area, and campus networking technologies: routing (dynamic protocols), switching, load balancing, and firewalls.

Your experience will help you become a technical specialist and process owner with our operations support services, including service improvement and adding further value to our service offerings. You will contribute to the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation (HLDs, LLDs, Work Instructions) and provide material to support project work or operational support service.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing network skills and producing low-level solution designs as part of the delivery team.
• Working with delivery teams to implement modern, highly available, scalable networks using a range of new and emerging technologies including automation.
• Inputting into network management and acceptance aspects, setting standards, and providing technical expertise to Leidos programme teams.
• Utilising verification and validation concepts to deliver relevant network designs.
• Collaborating with customers on all aspects of network management including assurance and integration of infrastructure services to meet the needs of multiple lines of business.
• Recognising and exploiting business opportunities by leveraging architecture and design best practices.
• Communicating effectively across organisational, technical, and political boundaries.

WHO DO WE NEED?

We are looking for someone with excellent organisation, communication, and leadership skills who has:

• Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience of data centre and campus networking technologies: Cisco (routing, switching, firewalls), Palo Alto (Next Gen firewalls), F5 (global and local load balancing), encryption.
• Strong understanding of routing protocols (static and dynamic) in data centre, campus, and wide area networks.
• Experience operating high availability data centre networks supporting critical workloads on Windows, Linux, and SAN.
• Experience with monitoring and management tools including Solarwinds, FMC, Panorama.
• Good general knowledge of Windows Server Environments (including OS build, AD, DNS, DHCP, and GPO) and Linux (RHEL) data centre server infrastructures.
• Good general knowledge of Microsoft Stack technologies such as MS SQL, MS System Centre.
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills, taking ownership of complex incidents.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience of working in Agile or Scaled Agile delivery teams.

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start SC
• Clearance for Role DV

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What we do for you:
At Leidos, we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team, and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops, and retains the best talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, and a cycle to work scheme).

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering, and science.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: Use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security, and solutions.

Collaboration: Flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills.