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**Role Title:** Network Technician
**Role Description:** This function will work under limited direction to perform and achieve moderately complex tasks within an integrated ADF workforce. They will liaise with stakeholders of all levels, building good working relationships and providing a point of contact for enquiries.
**Outcomes:**
-Deliver Engineering and Technical expertise to facilitate efficient and effective conduct of events in accordance with the Event schedule.
- Actively participate in exercise planning conferences.
- Manage the schedule for ADF Operations including resource management.
- Develop documents for Operations
- Effectively mentor and developed junior staff to provide redundancy of resources.
**Duties include:**
- Simulation software/network technical support with complex engineering systems.
- Integration of components, systems and sub-systems including new acquisitions.
- Undertake system modelling and develop system architecture using digital software and tools.
- Documentation and maintenance of configuration status (baselining documentation with system configuration).
- Establishing and implementing change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and successful changes to the network infrastructure.
- Modification of the system architecture comprising of hardware, software, network protocol and documentation suite/s.
- System administrator responsibilities including but not limited to failure mode analysis and resolution as well as operator access for the purposes of event conduct.
- The provision of systems administration support including service pack releases, patches, hot fixes and security configuration.
- Facilitation and coordination of Test and Evaluation to support integration of distributed training connections across multiple Australian Defence Force Units and coalition partners.
- Support maintenance of ICT Security accreditation
- Exercise support including efficient and effective engineering/technical support to synthetic and blended exercises.
- Monitoring systems performance, system resource utilisation and capacity ensuring availability and reliability.
- Obsolescence management, ensuring issues are identified and resolve in a timely manner.
- Support coaching, mentoring and advice to ADF personnel and other system users.
**Essential Requirements:**
- Experience in networking and systems architecture.
- Systems administration experience.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to prioritise and adapt to changing work demands.
- Ability to support overseas exercises which includes during US time zones.
**Salary Range Depending on Experience:** $160-190k
**Required Security Clearance Level:** NV1
**Location:** HMAS Kuttabul (Sydney)
**Weekly Hours:** 40hours, requirement to be flexible around US time zones for exercise periods which could result in overnight activities.
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**Description**
**The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos** is seeking aTier II Network Technician to support various WAN and LAN networks. Will provide incident resolution, routing changes, firewall changes; act as subject matter expert in WAN and LAN technologies; support intra- and inter- net and other data communications systems or segments of networked system.
The job duties of the Tier II Network Technician are as follows:
+ The Tier 2 network field technician will support the installation and maintenance of the client LAN/WAN devices.
+ Respond to and resolve incident tickets
+ Draft and implement standard network change requests
+ Provide support to Tier III network engineers for incident management and projects (site surveys, Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs), and coordinate and install new equipment)
+ Perform configuration management functions such as update topology drawings, ensure asset management records are accurate, and conduct inventory
+ Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades.
+ Configure and troubleshoot layer 2 switching (Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), Port Security, and Thin Configurations)
+ Perform COMSEC custodian duties, ensuring the proper handling, storage, and safeguarding of cryptographic materials in compliance with U.S. Government Polices.
+ Maintain accountability and inventory control of COMSEC equipment, keying material, and related documentation.
+ Support the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of encryption devices, including TACLANEs and other secure communication equipment.
+ Support network security operations, ensuring COMSEC integration aligns with overall cybersecurity requirements.
Requirements
+ TS SCI with Poly
+ Candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years, master's and 10 years, bachelor's and 12 years, associates and 14 years or HS diploma and 16 years.
+ Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
+ Working knowledge of basic routing fundamentals
+ Working knowledge of layer 2 switching concepts
+ Knowledge of CISCO/Juniper Return Material Authorization (RMA) processes
+ Layer 1 and Layer 2 network experience (CAT5, Single Mode (SM)/Multimode (MM) Fiber, Serial cables, Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP)
+ Knowledge of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) models
+ Knowledge of Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS), Juniper JUNOS, and the Brocade and Foundry Operating System (OS)
+ Familiarity (doesn't need to be a SME) with Layer 3 protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), Language Server Protocol (LSP), and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
+ Familiarity with Microsoft Visio, ServiceNow, and Atlassian Confluence
+ Working knowledge of Service Now or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) products
+ Up to 25% travel
**Original Posting:**
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:**
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. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .
**Pay and Benefits**
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.