Tier II Network Technician

Leidos Holding$59K — $106K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI CI clearance required.
  • 6 years of relevant experience or equivalent education.
  • Compliance with DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
  • Knowledge of basic routing and layer 2 switching concepts.
  • Familiarity with CISCO/Juniper RMA processes and network hardware.
  • Understanding TCP/IP and OSI models.
  • Experience with ITSM tools like ServiceNow and Confluence.

Responsibilities

  • Support installation and maintenance of client LAN/WAN devices.
  • Respond to incidents and demonstrate troubleshooting skills.
  • Complete tasks within established Service Level Objectives/Agreements.
  • Draft and implement standard network change requests.
  • Assist Tier III engineers with incident management and projects.
  • Update topology drawings and ensure asset management accuracy.
  • Coordinate network operations and upgrades.

Benefits

  • Up to 25% travel requirement.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic environment.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Participation in a team-oriented culture in a supportive workplace.
  • Chance to impact crucial modernization efforts for customers.
Full Job Description

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos has an opening for a Tier II Network Technician to support the customer’s computer data communications systems, in providing design specifications, testing and inspections for computer networks; plan and implementing upgrades; as well as, analyzing and organizing corresponding hardware and software combined solutions through network modeling.

The job duties of the Tier II Network Technician are as follows:

•    The Tier II network field technician will support the installation and maintenance of the client LAN/WAN devices.
•    Respond to and resolve incidents, demonstrate troubleshooting skills and communicate with the team.
•    Complete assigned tasks within Service Level Objectives/Agreements (SLOs/SLAs).
•    Draft and implement standard network change requests.
•    Provide support to Tier III network engineers for incident management and projects (site surveys, TEMS, coordinate and install new equipment).
•    Perform configuration management functions such as update topology drawings, ensure asset management records are accurate, and conduct inventory.
•    Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades. (Knowledge of CISCO/Juniper RMA process).
•    Layer 1 network experience (CAT5/6, SM/MM Fiber, Serial cables, SFP).
•    Layer 2 network experience (ability to configure/troubleshoot switches/routers, MAC addresses, VLANs, port security, applying thin and thick configs.
•    Layer 3 network experience (subnetting, familiar with protocols such as OSPF, BGP, HSRP, MPLS, LSP, GRE)
•    Configure and troubleshoot layer 2 switching (VLAN’s, Port Security, Thin Configs). 
•    Perform IOS upgrades for Cisco, Juniper, Brocade and Foundry OS. 
•    Experience with Visio.
•    Familiar with ServiceNow and Confluence.
•    May have up to 10% COMSEC responsibilities based on site and team needs.

Basic Qualifications
•    Required Clearance: TS SCI CI

•    Candidate must have 6 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 0 years, master’s and 0 years, bachelor’s and 2 years, associates and 4 years or HS diploma and 6 years.
•    Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
•    Working knowledge of basic routing fundamentals
•    Working knowledge of layer 2 switching concepts
•    Knowledge of CISCO/Juniper Return Material Authorization (RMA) processes
•    Layer 1 and Layer 2 network experience (CAT5, Single Mode (SM)/Multimode (MM) Fiber, Serial cables, Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP)
•    Knowledge of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) models
•    Knowledge of Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS), Juniper JUNOS, and the Brocade and Foundry Operating System (OS)
•    Familiarity (doesn’t need to be a SME) with Layer 3 protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), Language Server Protocol (LSP), and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) 
•    Familiarity with Microsoft Visio, ServiceNow, and Atlassian Confluence
•    Working knowledge of Service Now or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) products
•    Up to 25% travel

Clearance Required:

  • All candidates must possess a TS/SCI CI Poly at time of consideration.

Broadside



Original Posting:
August 22, 2026

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 $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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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