Job #: R-00164264
Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Category: Network Administration and Ops
Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the time
Shift: 12 Hour Shift Pattern
Remote Type: No Remote
Clearance: Top Secret
External Referral Program: Ineligible
Sector: Digital Modernization
Description
Leidos is seeking a Network Admin Lead in Fort Belvoir, VA to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA’s Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA’s internal and external mission partners operating in CONUS and OCONUS locations.
The Network Admin Lead will be responsible for overall network engineering support for planning, designing, and evaluating various components of the network. Duties will include providing specifications for network architecture, evaluating and recommending new technologies to enhance current capabilities, and performing needs assessments. Support level duties will include monitoring, installation, modification, testing and servicing of network equipment.
Primary focus will be on, handling internal projects for operations, driving time-sensitive initiatives, supports ITIL service area activities (problem management, incident management, service request fulfillment, etc.) and driving specific tasks to a successful conclusion, operations management, configuration/change management oversight, service level agreements (SLA). Along with a vision to use tools and analytics in areas like Service Now to improve signal to noise ratios and prioritization across the team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters degree with 10+ years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Management and supervision of employees of various labor categories and skills in a complex, medium to large IT Infrastructure program, preferably for the US Government.
• Oral and written communication for change procedures, and management updates
• Managing performance metric contracts that must conform to SLAs.
• Must have a Top Secret security clearance for CMS prior to start.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Technology: Prior experience with OSI Layers, Network Security, Network Admin
• Tools: Ansible, Remedy/Service Now, SolarWinds
• Certifications: Cisco CCNP, CCIE , ITIL, PMP, Palo Alto
  Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
  We’re the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”

• The individual will develop and enforce standard operating procedures (SOP’s) in a matrixed organization supporting the prime contractor and CMS. Along with a demonstrated ability to manage a team composed of Network & Firewall Administrators
• Experience with Cisco technologies with recent experience in Cisco ISE
• Experience with F5 Load balancers
• Experience with physical connection/access to data center hardware via console serial for router/switches & using a crash cart to connect to servers
• Experience with rack/stack gear, running copper/fiber cables
• Experience with using ticketing/change management systems like ServiceNow
• Experience in following strict change control and guiding others in following the change control process
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior network administrators.