Network Installation Technician

Network Installation Technician at Leidos

Location:

Ft. Meade, MD.

Leidos is seeking a Network Installation Technician to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team. The DES program is a highly demanding mission that supports the Defense Information Systems Agency’s enterprise IT services with a large and complex IT migration effort aimed at consolidating Department of Defense (DoD) IT services into a single service provider model. This role includes the migration of components and services from DAFA‑managed networks to the DoDNet network.

Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance

• Lead network survey, design and installations under Government direction.
• Analyze, test, troubleshoot, and evaluate existing network systems, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), cloud networks, servers, and other data communications networks.
• Perform network maintenance to ensure networks operate correctly with minimal interruption.
• Develop network topology and rack elevations using MS Visio.
• Create detailed Site Survey reports detailing a site's current infrastructure, NIST and TEMPEST compliance, along with design recommendations.
• Configure, install, test, certify, and troubleshoot network infrastructure cabling.
• Ensure network cabling and infrastructure is compliant with current NIST and TEMPEST standards.
• Build and install equipment racks; install, dress, label, and terminate Cat6 and fiber cable in telecommunications rooms.
• Test and troubleshoot network infrastructure issues on SIPR and NIPR networks.
• Create accurate reports and documentation to design/certify network infrastructure.
• Track, manage, and ensure project tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Develop Bills of Material (BOM) for network plant design requirements.
• Plan and perform preventive maintenance and scheduled upgrades.
• Report network infrastructure deployment status to key stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree and 4–8 years of prior relevant experience or Master's degree with 2–6 years of prior relevant experience; specific years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e. Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start.
• Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, Power point, Gliffy, Cameo, Magic Draw) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of IT applications and infrastructure.
• Experienced and comfortable with conducting technical troubleshooting to resolve issues.
• Must have broad exposure to common IT infrastructure networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, Proxies, Routing (L2/L3), and Firewalls.
• Must have experience in working with two or more of the following vendor network technologies:
  Cisco, Juniper, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto, Dell, Brocade, and Fortinet.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This shall include drafting SOPs and technical documentation.

Pay Range: $73,450.00 – $

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time