Senior Network Delivery Architect

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Summary: Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Network Delivery Architect to provide hands-on technical expertise and promote network solutions to federal clients within the Digital Modernization Sector. Highlights: 1. Lead strategic initiatives to enhance Leidos offerings portfolio 2. Design secure, resilient, and scalable networking solutions for federal clients 3. Champion network architecture best practices and continuous improvement Apply Now Description Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Network Delivery Architect for our Resilient Network Practice. POSITION SUMMARY: The successful candide will be responsible for providing hands on technical expertise with Mission Drivers within the Network Practice of the Digital Modernizion (DigMod) Sector. As a Network Practice Sales Engineer/Architect , you’ll be a critical bridge between technical expertise and business development. Your role will focus on promoting Leidos Network solutions to federal clients, ensuring alignment with their needs and driving successful adoption of Leidos Mission Drivers. Duties may include developing innovive approaches and solutions, using non-quantitive tools and guidelines from experience.  WORK LOCATION: We’re looking for someone available to work onsite in Newark, NJ for a defined period, initially. The role offers some telework flexibility, but candides must be willing and able to travel to other future customer sites and work onsite as needed. CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: No initial clearance is required to start; however, you must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance. (US Citizenship required). PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Technical Expertise: Maintain a deep understanding of network technologies (e.g., IaC, SD-WAN, wireless, NFV). Maintain a deep understanding of Leidos Network Mission Drivers and be able to articule technical benefits, feures, and use cases to potential clients. Stay informed about network trends, competitive landscape and emerging technologies to effectively position Leidos capabilities and offerings. Lead stregic initiives to enhance the Leidos offerings portfolio, leveraging your deep technical knowledge and industry insights. Client Engagement: Be the Network Practice Area technical Sales Engineer/Architect  th works with Leidos DigMod Sector CTO, Business Groups and Growth to identify customer requirements and propose tailored solutions and offerings. Direct, conduct and participe in technical presentions, demonstrions and workshops for government customers. Work with DigMod CTO organizion to leverage and cree sandbox, demonstrion environments for hosting Network Practice repeable offerings. Develop and maintain high-level relionships with key stakeholders and decision-makers to drive stregic opportunities and long-term partnerships. Provide consulting and thought leadership to influence client decision-making and drive project success. Solution Architecture: Partner with Leidos capture teams, solutions architects, and engineers to design secure, resilient, and scalable networking solutions th meet customer requirements, including MPLS-based transport, carrier-neutral facility interconnects, SD-WAN overlay architectures, and wireless access technologies, tailoring repeable offerings accordingly. Architect enterprise and mission-scale network solutions leveraging multi-cloud connectivity pterns, including hybrid and cross-cloud networking, secure cloud on-ramps, and integrion with carrier-neutral da center ecosystems to support federal mission needs. Design and oversee implemention of advanced segmention stregies, including micro-segmention and policy-based network controls, to enhance security posture, zero trust alignment, and workload isolion across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. Develop and implement innovive solutions to address complex technical challenges across multiple sectors, applying deep expertise in SD-WAN overlays, wireless technologies, and multi-transport networking using creive problem-solving and advanced technical judgment. Architect and govern the delivery of enterprise-scale network solutions, ensuring alignment with organizional stregy, client mission objectives, and evolving technology standards. Champion network architecture best practices and drive continuous improvement of Leidos Network Practice offerings based on market trends, emerging technologies, and client feedback. Serve as the lead technical contributor for proposal and RFx efforts, with primary responsibility for solution architecture, technical narrives, and pricing inputs reled to network transport, cloud connectivity, and security segmention stregies. Deploy, maintain, and demonstre Network Practice Repeable Offerings, including SD-WAN, multi-cloud connectivity, wireless, and micro-segmention capabilities, to internal business areas and current and prospective customers. Collaborion: Collabore with practice area team members, client stakeholders, and external partners, including sub-contractors and suppliers, to ensure effective communicion and project alignment. Influence practice area and sector leaders on solution design and process improvements, advocing for stregic approaches and best practices. Lead cross-functional teams to drive alignment and ensure the successful delivery of complex, multi-dimensional projects. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Master’s degree with minimum of 15+ years in network architecture or engineering roles, with a robust background in designing, implementing, and optimizing solutions in network environments; additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree. Extensive experience in NMS, multi-transport, and infrastructure-as-code concepts. Demonstred expertise in designing and deploying scalable infrastructure incorporing cloud environments using both established and cutting-edge technologies.  Proven track record of resolving complex technical challenges in Network architectures. Strong leadership skills with a successful track record of leading teams in the implemention of Network solutions, fostering collaborion and innovion. Ability to effectively manage projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines in dynamic Network environments. Ability to obtain a Minimum Background Investigion (MBI) clearance from the US Government. Higher level clearances are desirable. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the stus quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: April 13, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipes th this job requisition will remain open for least 3 days with an anticiped close de of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting de as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $139,100.00 - $251,450.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compension or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, educion, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market da, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com. Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Th's why we craft compension packages th reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compension, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits. Securing Your Da Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-reled informion during any part of the employment applicion process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communice with you through emails th are genered by the Leidos.com automed system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos th asks for payment-reled informion or any other personal informion (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediely by emailing us LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Commitment to Non-Discriminion All qualified applicants will receive considerion for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, nional origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic informion, pregnancy, family structure, marital stus, ancestry, domestic partner stus, sexual oriention, gender identity or expression, veteran or military stus, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. Apply Now