Sr Network & Enterprise Engineering Manager

**Description** Leidos seeks an experienced **Senior Enterprise Engineering Manager** to support NASA's Network and Telecommunications organizations. This key leadership role provides advanced technical expertise, strategic direction, and operational oversight across NASA's Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Mission Network, and Voice Engineering environments. As the Senior Engineering Lead **,** the selected candidate will guide multidisciplinary teams to ensure reliable, secure, and innovative network and telecommunication services that enable NASA's mission success. The role requires deep technical acumen in enterprise networking and telephony, exceptional leadership, and the ability to effectively engage with NASA senior leadership and stakeholders. The individual will also play a key role in proposal development and cost estimation, contributing to new business initiatives and program expansions through the creation of Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and detailed engineering proposals **Key Responsibilities** + Provide strategic and operational leadership for NASA's LAN, WAN, Mission, and Voice Engineering organizations. + Serve as the senior technical authority and escalation point for enterprise network and telecommunications systems. + Develop and implement engineering roadmaps, modernization initiatives, and performance improvement strategies. + Oversee network architecture, design, implementation, and optimization, ensuring compliance with NASA and federal cybersecurity standards. + Lead proposal and Basis of Estimate (BOE) development for new and follow-on work, ensuring cost realism and technical accuracy in large-scale IT and network modernization projects. + Collaborate closely with NASA leadership, project managers, and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure alignment with mission requirements. + Lead operator and technical training initiatives, ensuring engineering and support teams are equipped with current tools and best practices. + Drive continuous improvement in service delivery, automation, monitoring, and incident response. + Support lifecycle management of enterprise systems, including capacity planning, change management, and system upgrades. + Provide clear, data-driven briefings and recommendations to NASA and Leidos senior management. **Basic Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field (Master's preferred). + 15+ years of experience in enterprise network and telecommunications engineering, including 10+ years in leadership or management roles. + U.S. Citizenship required; must be eligible for a NASA or Federal security clearance. + Proven experience managing large-scale IT infrastructure and telecommunications projects, including proposal development and Basis of Estimates (BOEs). + Proven experience managing large-scale, mission-critical LAN/WAN/Voice infrastructures. + Deep understanding of network architecture, routing/switching, VoIP systems, network security, and performance management. + Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams in complex, high-visibility environments. + Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills. **Preferred Qualification** + Experience in a government or aerospace environment, particularly with NASA systems + Industry certifications in networking, eg. Juniper, Cisco CCNA or CCNP + Familiarity with cloud networking, software-defined networking (SDN), and mission network environments. + Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams. At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now." If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in. **Original Posting:** October 30, 2025 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 $134,550.00 - $243,225.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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. **About Leidos** Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. 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