Junior Network Engineer

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Description

Are you an experienced Junior Network Engineer looking for your next challenge? Your search ends here! We have an exciting opportunity for you to support several Programs in the Orlando Area. You will work on a team that will guide the definition, implementation, and delivery of capability focused on Cyber Training systems and Synthetic Environment Generation. You'll have the chance to work with a broad range of systems, providing overall support for various critical networks. Join our team and make a difference in the world of training systems and cybersecurity. Apply today!

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of complex information systems, including physical facility infrastructure, virtual devices, and physical networking devices in traditional and hyper-converged architectures.
• Maintain and update physical systems and virtual environments, networking solutions, processes, and architectures to keep pace with industry offerings and trends.
• Support the design, documentation, and implementation of enhancements to the system, ensuring that application software, cybersecurity, and operational use cases are fully accounted for.
• Ensure maximum system uptime and rapidly respond to hardware and software failures.
• Quickly diagnoses operational, performance, or other issues and leads the implementation of resolutions.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree and 1+ year of IT-related experience, including Network Administration, Workstation/server hardware and operating systems, and hardening of systems.
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Basic Networking TCP/IP, IPv4 and troubleshooting analysis.
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto devices.
• Understanding of Access Control Lists
• Knowledge of Windows operating systems
• Experience with Linux Distros
• SSL certificate generation
• IAT Level II Certified
• Security + Certified
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Virtual environment ESXi, ProxMox, etc.
• Familiar with implementing DOD STIGs
• Scripting with PowerShell, batch, ansible, or chef
• System monitoring
• Experience with DNS/DHCP
• Event Log analysis
• Intrusion Analysis
• Domains
• WSUS
• Vulnerability scanning to include Nessus
• Current Cisco Certified - CCNA and above
  
  

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.

Original Posting

September 4, 2025

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.

Pay Range

Pay Range $50,050.00 - $90,475.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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REQNUMBER: R-00166033

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]