Network Specialist

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Leidos is seeking a Network Specialist to join our dedicated and high-performing team at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) NMCC, located at the New Carrollton Federal Building (NCFB) in Lanham, MD. Leidos provides Level 3 support, maintenance, and operation of the IRS networks that include large-scale data, voice, video, and wireless networks.

The Network Specialist must be well-versed in VOIP network architectures and components. The Network Specialist will work with Network Engineers, IT Specialists, and others to plan, implement, configure, troubleshoot, produce reports, provide analysis of data, administer the VOIP components and network systems, and provide any necessary training. The Network Specialist must be able to work with very little supervision in a highly dynamic and innovative work environment.

This position is based in Lanham, MD, but will have the benefit of working remotely 2-3 days per week.

Candidates MUST possess an active MBI Clearance to be considered.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
• Must have at least one of the following appropriate certificates that must be active and provided to Leidos upon candidate submission.
  
  
  • An Active Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification or higher
  • An Active Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Voice certification or higher
  • An Active Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Data certification or higher
  • An Active Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Wireless certification or higher
  • ITIL v3 Certifications
• Minimum of 6 years total network management experience operating, maintaining and updating a VOIP network to ensure they are kept up to date to ensure proper operations are maintained. This includes adding or deleting sites and or network devices, making configuration changes, upgrading Operating Systems, at a minimum.
• Minimum of 6 years of engineering-level network support that includes specific knowledge of:

• Cisco Unified Communication Manager
• Cisco Unified Border Element
• Cisco Unity Connection
• Avaya Call Manager
• Routers (Cisco - all models)
• Ethernet switches (Cisco and Nortel)
• Multi-Protocol Labeling Switched Networks
• PLS and SIP