Lead Enterprise Network & Systems Administrator

Constellation West; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive 401(k) plan with employer

Competitive Health Benefits with_emloy

11 Paid Holidays per year

STD/LTD/Life Insurance with buyup

Conversion to an Employee-owned firm (

Job summary

Constellation West is seeking an experienced Enterprise IT and Network Manager to lead the ENLIST Chicago program operations, overseeing systems administration, security compliance, outage response, and continuity planning across USMEPCOM platforms.

The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams, contractor O&M activities, and readiness exercises with emphasis on RMF-aligned security, incident response, and scalable network services to ensure mission availability.

Qualifications

• DoDM 8140 Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program is required.
• ITIL v4 Practitioner or Foundation certification is required.
• Two or more network certifications such as CCNA or Network+ are required.
• An information security certification such as CISSP or Security+ is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee systems and network administration, engineering integration, interoperability, configuration, testing and RMF-aligned security.
• Direct planning and contractor O&M teams across USMEPCOM networks; act as contractor service owner.
• Lead Outage Response Team (ORT), coordinate third-party resolution, communicate outage status to leadership, oversee COOP/disaster recovery readiness.
• Develop and maintain outage response procedures and Incident Response Plan; review quarterly and document response activities.
• Lead proposal and oral solutioning on operational sustainment, incident management, outage recovery and service continuity.

Education

DoDM 8140 Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program

ITIL v4 Practitioner / Foundation certification

Network certifications (CCNA, Network+)

Information security certification (e.g., CISSP, Security+)

Job description

Constellation West is seeking an experienced Enterprise IT and Network Manager to lead the ENLIST Chicago program operations, overseeing systems administration, security compliance, outage response, and continuity planning across USMEPCOM platforms.

The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams, contractor O&M activities, and readiness exercises with emphasis on RMF-aligned security, incident response, and scalable network services to ensure mission availability.