About
Leidos UK & EUROPE are always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our company. If you cannot see a vacancy on our careers page that matches your current requirements, please register your interest in Leidos UK & EUROPE by submitting an application via 'Join Our Talent Community' on the UK careers page, and we will be in touch as soon as a role matching your skill set becomes available. Due to growth within UK programmes, we will need talented Network Engineers throughout the course of 2026.
You will be expected to contribute towards the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation and, while primarily supporting the operational service, also be able to provide material to support change projects if required. Keeping an eye on the technology landscape is essential, too – identification of new and relevant technologies to solve problems and make improvements is part of the job.
Location: Future vacancies could be available in Bristol, Farnborough or Whiteley (Hampshire).
Responsibilities
•Provide Network Engineering skills and produce solution designs as part of the senior delivery team
•Work with partner delivery teams to design and implement modern, scalable Network using a range of new and emerging technologies including automation
•Lead on all Network management and acceptance aspects including setting standards and providing your deep technical expertise to Leidos programme teams
•Utilise the concepts and principles of verification and validation to produce relevant Network Designs across multiple subject areas
•Collaborate with customers on all aspects of Network management including the assurance and integration of Network services to meet the needs of multiple lines of business
•Recognise and exploit business opportunity by leveraging engineering and design best practice
•Communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context
Requirements
•Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience of data centre and campus networking technologies: Cisco (routing, switching, firewalls), Palo Alto (Next Gen firewalls), F5 (global and local load balancing), encryption
•Strong understanding of routing protocols (static and dynamic) in data centre, campus and wide area networks
•Experience and knowledge of networking – L2/3 networking and routing
•Strong experience of operating high availability data centre networks supporting critical workloads on Windows, Linux and SAN including technical refresh of large numbers of devices
•Strong experience of monitoring and management tooling including Solarwinds, FMC, Panorama
•Good general knowledge of Windows Server Environments (including OS build, AD, DNS, DHCP and GPO) and Linux (RHEL) data centre server infrastructures
•Excellent analysis and problem solving skills, taking ownership of complex incidents ensuring these are resolved to the satisfaction of the customer
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Clearance to Start: BPSS
•Clearance for Role: SC
•Must be willing to undergo SC or DV clearance dependent upon the security requirements for the role
What we offer
•Contributory Pension Scheme
•Private Medical Insurance
•33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
•Flexible Working Scheme
Pay Range: £47,600.00–£61,000.00. 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.
