Deputy Operations Service Delivery Manager (SDM)

00100 LEIDOS, INC.; Illinois; On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Deputy Operations Service Delivery Manager to lead on-site DISA program at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. You will direct operational execution, optimize workforce performance, strengthen customer relationships, and drive continuous improvement across a global, 24x7 mission-critical NOC environment.

You will collaborate with government customers and subcontractors, manage SLAs and budgets, and shape operational strategy to ensure contractual performance and

Qualifications

• Experience leading mission-critical 24x7 NOC or enterprise network operations.
• Demonstrated success leading large, geographically dispersed technical teams.
• Experience directing contractor personnel and ensuring contractual performance.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL processes: incident, problem, change, continuity of operations.
• Working knowledge of enterprise network architectures and protocols (BGP, OSPF, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, WAN, VPN, VLAN, VRF).
• Experience recruiting, training, mentoring, and retaining high-performing technical staff.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement with senior leadership and Government customers.
• Ability to proactively assess challenges, prioritize demands, mitigate risks, and implement solutions.
• Self-motivated, results-driven leadership in fast-paced environments.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with eligibility for TS/SCI.
• BA/BS or MS with 5+ years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute operations to meet mission objectives and contractual requirements.
• Oversee daily NOC operations, functional leaders, and technical staff to ensure readiness and excellence.
• Manage recruitment, staffing, training, evaluations, and employee development.
• Monitor SLAs, performance metrics, and contract requirements; implement corrective actions.
• Support budget execution, resource allocation, and scheduling to meet objectives.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks and resolve complex issues.
• Collaborate with Government customers, subcontractors and stakeholders to address challenges.
• Provide operational updates, performance reports, and actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Coordinate multiple activities, establish priorities, and ensure timely action plans.
• Drive automation, monitoring enhancements, process standardization, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Occasional travel to support operations and customer engagements.

Skills

NOC leadership

Team management

Contract management

ITIL & ITSM

Networking protocols

Government engagement

Problem solving

Security clearance DoD Secret

Education

BA/BS or MS with 5+ years of relevant experience

Tools

ServiceNow

8570 IAT II

ITIL

Job description

Are you ready to make a difference and lead operations that directly support our nation's defense? Leidos, a Fortune 500 leader in technology, engineering, science, and mission-focused solutions, is dedicated to solving the world's most complex challenges across the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operations Deputy Service Delivery Manager to join our team onsite at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, supporting the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). DISA delivers critical Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) services to the Department of War (DoW) and national security organizations worldwide. Our geographically dispersed operations team of more than 240 professionals provides 24x7x365 mission-critical support, ensuring the availability, reliability, and operational resilience of DISN services through proactive network monitoring, incident management, service restoration, and infrastructure sustainment. As the Deputy Operations Service Delivery Manager, you will serve as a key leader on a high-visibility, mission-critical DISA program, helping direct operational execution, optimize workforce performance, strengthen customer relationships, and drive innovation and continuous improvement. You will play an instrumental role in shaping operational strategy, ensuring contractual performance, and delivering measurable mission outcomes across a complex, globally distributed network environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Program Execution: Support the SDM in planning, coordinating, and executing operations to meet mission objectives and contractual requirements.
• Operational Leadership: Oversee daily NOC operations, functional leaders, and technical personnel to ensure mission readiness and operational excellence.
• Personnel Management: Manage recruitment, staffing, training, performance evaluations, employee development, recognition, compensation recommendations, and disciplinary actions.
• Contract Performance: Monitor SLAs, performance metrics, and contractual requirements; implement corrective actions to address deficiencies.
• Financial Management: Support budget execution, resource allocation, staffing forecasts, and schedule management to meet program objectives.
• Risk and Issue Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks, resolve complex issues, and execute corrective action plans.
• Customer Engagement: Collaborate with Government customers, subcontractors, and stakeholders to resolve challenges and achieve mission priorities.
• Reporting and Accountability: Provide operational updates, performance reports, and actionable recommendations to program leadership and Government stakeholders.
• Operational Coordination: Manage multiple concurrent activities, establish priorities, and ensure timely execution of operational action plans.
• Innovation and Process Improvement: Drive automation, enterprise monitoring enhancements, process standardization, and cost-saving initiatives to improve NOC efficiency and mission performance.
• Travel: Occasional travel may be required to support operational and customer engagements.

Required qualifications:

• Network Operations Leadership: Proven experience managing mission-critical, 24x7 NOC or enterprise network operations.
• Team Management: Demonstrated success leading large, geographically dispersed technical teams, driving accountability and operational performance.
• Contract Management: Experience directing contractor personnel, managing technical activities, and ensuring compliance with contractual performance requirements.
• IT Service Management: Strong knowledge of incident, problem, and trouble management, service restoration, continuity of operations, and ITIL best practices.
• Technical Expertise: Working knowledge of enterprise network architectures and protocols, including BGP, OSPF, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, WAN, VPN, VLAN, and VRF.
• Workforce Development: Experience recruiting, training, mentoring, and retaining high-performing technical personnel.
• Communication and Customer Engagement: Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated success engaging senior leadership and Government customers.
• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making: Ability to independently assess operational challenges, prioritize competing demands, mitigate risks, and implement effective solutions.
• Leadership and Initiative: Self-motivated, results-driven leader capable of operating independently in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
• Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance with eligibility for TS/SCI.
• Education and Experience: BA/BS or equivalent experience with 5+ years of relevant experience, or MS with 3+ years of relevant experience.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with ServiceNow ITIL certification DoD 8570 certification at IAT level II, Security+ CE

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: October 30, 2026

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 $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

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.

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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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Commitment and Diversity

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.