Full-Time

Network Technician 3

Updated on 9/11/2026

Leidos

Leidos

10,001+ employees

Defense, intelligence, and civil IT solutions

Compensation Overview

$48.1k - $87k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Shiloh, IL, USA

In Person

The position supports operations at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
IT Operations (1)
Required Skills
Juniper

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Requirements
  • Currently possess an active Secret security clearance and be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
  • Have a high school education and 2–4 years of experience.
  • Possess a Department of Defense 8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification, such as Security+ CE or equivalent, at the start date.
  • Be able to work in a 24/7 operation.
  • Have experience with one or more of alarm surveillance, fault management, local-area network maintenance, and performance management.
  • Have advanced knowledge in four or more of routers, switches, cryptographic devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, Video Services, Promina, Cisco, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, and optical switching.
  • Have a general understanding of transport and Internet Protocol network topologies.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of networking principles, theories, and concepts and broad understanding of related specialty areas.
Responsibilities
  • Create and update tickets.
  • Independently triage and manage the ticket queue for the respective technology and provide feedback and guidance on tickets of concern.
  • Monitor network events and element-management failures in real time on a 24/7/365 basis across multiple monitoring tools.
  • Proactively analyze alarms and provide detailed analyses leading to resolution of alarm conditions, including filtering and correlating fault information.
  • Identify fault conditions and their impacts, isolate root causes, and coordinate correction of fault situations across the infrastructure.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining a centralized known-error database containing defects, failures, causes, repair actions, and workarounds supporting incident and problem resolution.
  • Notify necessary points of contact about essential- or heightened-awareness network, circuit, or location incidents.
  • Support fault isolation by diagnosing and troubleshooting according to procedures to identify where faults occur.
  • Identify failed network elements, including systems, hardware, software, circuits, and facilities.
  • Perform testing, fault troubleshooting, fault localization, fault logging, and assignment.
  • Support all customers, including providing global situational-awareness support.
  • Correct or replace faulty network elements and coordinate with other service providers as necessary.
  • Verify that service has been restored after resolving customer-initiated tickets.
  • Restore networks and services to full operation.
  • Coordinate with other service providers to track service restoration and meet DISN and customer-negotiated service-level agreements.
  • Conduct rerouting and normalization of services and circuits following outages, service degradation, or Authorized Service Interruptions.
  • Reroute routine circuits within 24 hours of notification and document rerouting in the configuration management database.
  • Provide outage updates from technicians and government incident tickets until resolution or a documented path to resolution is identified.
  • Provide 24/7/365 sustainment support for outages, service degradation, and Tier 1 and Tier 2 support.
  • Provide timely situational awareness to leadership and affected stakeholders upon event discovery and ticket creation using approved communication methods.
  • Work directly with leadership to evaluate and provide feedback on training, standard operating procedures, and tool capabilities.
  • Escalate faults, coordinate with customers, communicate status, and update ticket systems between Tier I and Tier II.
  • Record, assess, track, and monitor incident tickets escalated to operational infrastructure.
  • Apply training, standard operating procedures, and operational and maintenance tools.
  • Assist in monitoring training network controllers within operations and maintenance.
  • Assist in training junior-level network controllers within operations and maintenance.
  • Communicate with the operations and maintenance team, customers, and outside leadership to obtain or provide information on significant events or changes within the Defense Information System Network.
  • Provide technical advice and insight to peers, leadership, other network operations centers, and customers to assist in resolving complex issues.
  • Provide advanced-level technical support to Defense Information System Network customers.
  • Work independently on projects or assignments for future operations within operations and maintenance that impact the Defense Information System Network.
  • Resolve multilayer complex issues spanning several network operations centers or domains within operations and maintenance.

Leidos is a large technology and engineering company that serves defense, intelligence, healthcare, and civil government customers. It provides scientific, engineering, and IT solutions to help ensure safety, health, and efficiency, from upgrading air traffic control to strengthening cybersecurity for critical missions. The company delivers integrated systems and services—software, research, cyber defense, and digital modernization—through programs that span government and commercial clients. Leidos stands out through its long history as SAIC’s split-off and rapid growth via major acquisitions, creating a broad, mission-focused portfolio across defense, space, intelligence, and civilian sectors. Its overarching goal is to help customers solve hard problems with advanced technology, enabling safer operations and better public services.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

1969

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Sea Hunter and Seahawk logged 200,000 nautical miles through September 2026, validating autonomy.
  • Leidos won a $56 million Naval Health Research Center contract on August 2026.
  • Punta Cana Airport adopted Leidos ClearScan with SeeTrue AI on August 24, 2026.

What critics are saying

  • GDIT’s July 10, 2026 GAO protest targets Leidos’ roughly $11 billion DISA expansion.
  • Leidos issued 305 layoff notices in June 2026, signaling margin pressure and reorganization.
  • A DHS contract cancellation after Nightwing’s protest shows Federal customers can unwind Leidos awards quickly.

What makes Leidos unique

  • Leidos combines LAVA autonomy, RAVe geospatial AI, and ClearScan hardware across missions.
  • Kudu Dynamics acquisition, completed May 28, 2025, strengthened offensive cyber and spectrum warfare.
  • Fiscal 2025 backlog reached $49.0 billion, including $9.7 billion funded backlog, supporting scale.

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Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

Health Savings account

Income protection

PTO

Paid parental leave

Jury duty pay

Bereavement leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Family Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

8%
PR Newswire
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Leidos autonomous vessels Sea Hunter and Seahawk participated in significant naval operations, demonstrating advanced maritime autonomy capabilities. Sea Hunter operated at RIMPAC 2026 as the exercise's only Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel, autonomously travelling over 2,000 nautical miles from Hawaii to California. Seahawk became the first MUSV to deploy operationally with a carrier strike group, joining the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Both vessels use Leidos Autonomous Vessel Architecture (LAVA), featuring autonomous navigation, collision avoidance, and GPS-denied operation. Across its autonomous maritime portfolio, Leidos has accumulated over 200,000 nautical miles and 14,000 hours of safe autonomous operation. The company previously demonstrated offensive capabilities in 2021 when its MUSV Ranger test-fired an SM-6 Standard Missile. Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended 2 January 2026.

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ADHA sticks with Accenture for My Health Record support.

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WashingtonExec
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Applied taps Elizabeth Robertson as EVP of business development.

Applied taps Elizabeth Robertson as EVP of business development. Applied Aerospace & Defense has appointed Elizabeth Robertson as executive vice president of business development. Robertson will lead enterprise growth, new program capture and strategic customer relationships across Space & Launch Systems, Defense Aviation & Airborne Systems, and C5ISR & Precision Strike Systems. "Elizabeth is a proven growth executive with a rare combination of technical depth, end market knowledge, and customer relationships across the entire space and defense technology ecosystem," said Chris Rogers, president and chief strategy officer for Applied. "She has built and delivered new programs from every side of the table, as a NASA engineer, a program leader for next-generation defense technology programs, and a high-impact and deeply trusted senior business development executive. Her experience, unique perspective, and leadership are exactly what this next chapter of Applied's growth demands." Robertson most recently served as vice president of business development for Leidos' Defense Sector Huntsville portfolio. Before that, she served as COO of Interstellar Technologies and senior propulsion manager at Stratolaunch. Robertson started her career as an aerospace engineer at NASA, where she spent over 13 years in various roles, including deputy chief engineer for the Space Shuttle program propulsion and integration team. "Applied combines a deeply differentiated and growing set of engineering and advanced manufacturing capabilities with a track record of delivering on the mission-critical work that customers count on most," Robertson said. "I'm looking forward to partnering with the team to bring the full breadth of Applied's platform to new and existing customers across the entire space and defense industrial base." Staff Writer WashingtonExec celebrates the people, programs, and milestones shaping the Washington, D.C. government contracting community. Join 30,000+ leaders who start their day with The Daily. Our latest executive profiles, council news, and GovCon headlines - every morning.

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Applied Aerospace & Defense appoints Elizabeth Robertson as executive vice president of business development. Business Wire HUNTSVILLE, Ala., September 01, 2026-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Applied Aerospace & Defense ("Applied"), a premier provider of advanced manufacturing for mission-critical space and defense applications, today announced that industry proven growth executive Elizabeth Robertson, has joined the company as executive vice president of business development. In this role, Elizabeth will lead enterprise growth, new program capture, and strategic customer relationships across three core markets: Space & Launch Systems, Defense Aviation & Airborne Systems, and C5ISR & Precision Strike Systems. Elizabeth joins Applied from Leidos, where she served as vice president of business development for the Leidos Defense Sector Huntsville portfolio. Earlier in her career, she led a major U.S. Army air and missile defense program from development into production. She also previously served as chief operating officer of Interstellar Technologies and senior propulsion manager at Stratolaunch. Elizabeth began her career as an aerospace engineer at NASA, where she spent more than 13 years in various roles, including as deputy chief engineer for the Space Shuttle program propulsion and integration team. Across both the public and private sectors, Elizabeth has built a consistent record of translating deep technical and program experience into new customer relationships and program wins. "Elizabeth is a proven growth executive with a rare combination of technical depth, end market knowledge, and customer relationships across the entire space and defense technology ecosystem," said Chris Rogers, president and chief strategy officer for Applied. "She has built and delivered new programs from every side of the table, as a NASA engineer, a program leader for next-generation defense technology programs, and a high-impact and deeply trusted senior business development executive. Her experience, unique perspective, and leadership are exactly what this next chapter of Applied's growth demands." Commenting on her new role, Elizabeth Robertson said, "Applied combines a deeply differentiated and growing set of engineering and advanced manufacturing capabilities with a track record of delivering on the mission-critical work that customers count on most. I'm looking forward to partnering with the team to bring the full breadth of Applied's platform to new and existing customers across the entire space and defense industrial base." About Applied Aerospace & Defense Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. ("Applied") is a premier provider of advanced design, engineering, and vertically integrated manufacturing solutions for leading and next-generation space and defense technology companies. Applied builds complex, mission-critical hardware for extreme operating environments across three core markets: Space & Launch Systems, Defense Aviation & Airborne Systems, and C5ISR & Precision Strike Systems. With over 120 years of advanced manufacturing heritage, Applied employs a nationwide infrastructure of 11 purpose-built facilities across six states and more than 1.5 million square feet of production capacity, supported by IP-enabled process expertise for the full lifecycle management of rapid prototyping, large-scale production, and aftermarket sustainment of enduring platforms. Applied Aerospace & Defense is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AADX." To learn more visit www.applied-ad.com.

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