Network Projects Lead

Leidos is seeking an experienced Network Projects Lead to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, supporting an extensive digital modernization program critical to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Fourth Estate Agencies (DAFAs).

The Network Projects Lead will be responsible for advancing enterprise network innovation through the execution of strategic design and implementation efforts. This role will lead upcoming and future engineering projects such as Network Segmentation/C2C, enterprise Wi‑Fi modernization, and other network transformation initiatives that support the evolution of the DES enterprise architecture and improve security, reliability, and mission outcomes.

Must be willing to commute to Ft. Meade, MD 2 days per week. This position requires an active DoD Secret clearance.

• Lead a network project engineering team responsible for planning, designing, and implementing enterprise network modernization initiatives that improve the security, scalability, resiliency, and performance of the parent network environment.
• Drive strategic engineering projects from concept through implementation, including architecture evaluation, requirements analysis, dependency identification, design coordination, planning, execution, validation, and transition to operations.
• Lead current and future enterprise network initiatives such as Network Segmentation/C2C, enterprise Wi‑Fi modernization, IPv4/IPv6 transition, network optimization, connectivity consolidation, lifecycle replacement, automation, and related architecture improvement efforts.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and day‑to‑day direction to network engineers, administrators, and analysts while organizing team priorities, maintaining accountability, and ensuring execution against aggressive timelines.
• Evaluate current network architecture, identify gaps or improvement opportunities, estimate level of effort, assess implementation risk, and develop practical engineering plans to improve enterprise capabilities.
• Develop and manage implementation plans, schedules, cutover strategies, contingency plans, rollback procedures, validation steps, stakeholder communications, and change documentation for mission‑critical network changes.
• Lead Network Segmentation/C2C planning and implementation, including data‑flow mapping, firewall rule set and ACL review, routing and security policy coordination, cutover sequencing, validation, and stakeholder approval.
• Partners with architecture, cybersecurity, operations, project management, and technical SME teams to resolve blockers, manage dependencies, reduce delivery risk, and ensure network projects are executed end‑to‑end.
• Continuously improving engineering processes, documentation standards, implementation playbooks, and execution models to accelerate delivery, reduce rework, improve operational handoff, and lower sustainment burden.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience, or Master's degree with 10+ years of experience. Specific experience, education, and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Significant experience leading or managing technical teams of network engineers, administrators, analysts, or implementation resources in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience leading network engineering projects from planning through implementation, including requirements analysis, dependency management, risk reduction, contingency planning, execution oversight, validation, and operational transition.
• Experience evaluating enterprise network architectures and developing improvement plans across LAN, WAN, WLAN, routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, proxies, security stacks, software‑defined networking, and cloud‑connected environments.
• Experience with Network Segmentation/C2C or similar secure connectivity efforts, including data‑flow analysis, firewall and ACL policy review, routing changes, security‑zone design, stakeholder coordination, and implementation planning.
• Demonstrated ability to organize teams, track details, manage competing priorities, meet aggressive…