# Principal Network Engineer - Routing & Switching

Leidos is seeking a Principal Network Engineer specializing in routing and switching to serve as the senior technical authority for the routed and switched enterprise. The role is responsible for advancing network innovation through the execution of strategic design and implementation efforts that improve the security, scalability, resiliency, and performance of the enterprise network. This position is responsible for overall network engineering support across a broad range of efforts, including planning, designing, and evaluating the various components of the network. Duties include providing specifications for network architecture, evaluating and recommending new technologies to enhance current capabilities, performing needs assessments, and directing the installation, modification, testing, and servicing of network infrastructure. The successful candidate sets technical direction for routing and switching across the enterprise - defining standards, resolving the architecture questions no one else can, and directing the work of other engineers against designs they own. Scope and Impact Impact: Influences development of solutions that impact strategic project and program goals and

- **Id**: 3840122
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leidos-principal-network-engineer-routing-switching-2>
- **Role**: Networking
- **Role family**: Networking
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Odenton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T19:44:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10310
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 7791
- **Name**: Leidos
- **Domain**: leidos.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leidos>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 77
- **Open postings**: 330
- **Ghost share**: 0.003
- **Stale share**: 0.888
- **Repost share**: 0.012
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 116350
- **Max**: 210325
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 210325

## Technologies

- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **Cameo Systems Modeler** — Optional: no
- **MPLS** — Optional: no
- **OSPF** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **VLAN** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **Confluence** — Optional: yes
- **FedRAMP** — Optional: yes
- **Jira** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Rest API** — Optional: yes
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: yes
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T22:22:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 50 · green card filings: 24; Filings 12m: 50

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 210325
- **Is top pay**: yes

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