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.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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 >

  For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.