Network Operations Lead

AMERICAN SYSTEMS; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a senior Network Operations Lead to direct and oversee network infrastructure monitoring, operations, maintenance, and support for a large, mission-critical enterprise environment. The role requires planning, organizing, and directing the Network Operations Team to ensure stable and secure network performance.

You will coordinate incident response, monitoring rules, and reporting while working with government stakeholders and cross-functional teams to optimize tools,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Ten or more years leading enterprise network operations or engineering teams.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring of servers, network devices, and applications.
• Ability to work in a 24x7x365 operations environment.
• Ability to obtain required government facility access and credentials.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for briefings.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct, and prioritize Network Management Operations activities for reliable enterprise operation.
• Oversee real-time monitoring and analyze trends for issues and capacity.
• Maintain event-generation rules, filtering, and reporting aligned with procedures.
• Direct monitoring and response to incidents; coordinate escalation and corrective actions.
• Coordinate testing and maintenance for monitoring tools and government-furnished equipment.
• Provide leadership across routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and related components.
• Ensure training and adherence to SOPs; deliver regular status reports.
• Support end users and stakeholders; participate in meetings and escalations.
• Recommend tool and process enhancements to improve reliability and mission support.
• Coordinate changes, maintenance windows, and lifecycle planning with teams.

Skills

Network operations leadership

Team leadership

Network performance analysis

Incident response

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Network monitoring tools

Routers and switches

Firewalls and load balancers

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
We are seeking a senior Network Operations Lead to direct and oversee network infrastructure monitoring, operations, maintenance, and operational support for a large, mission-critical enterprise environment. The Network Operations Lead will plan, organize, and direct the Network Operations Team; ensure stable and secure network performance; establish priorities for monitoring and maintenance; and coordinate timely response to hardware, software, network, event, incident, and problem conditions. The role will support a 24x7x365 Network Operations Center environment serving a complex enterprise network with LAN, MAN, WAN, WLAN, Internet, intranet, network security, telecommunications, load-balancing, wireless, cloud, and related infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct, and prioritize the activities of the Network Management Operations team to ensure reliable, secure, and continuous operation of enterprise network infrastructure.
• Oversee real-time monitoring of network infrastructure and service-affecting events; analyze trends, capacity, availability, utilization, latency, errors, dropped packets, and other indicators to identify current or potential issues.
• Ensure event-generation rules, filtering, correlation, categorization, review, response, closure, and reporting processes are documented, maintained, tested, and aligned with approved procedures.
• Direct effective monitoring and response to network incidents and problems; coordinate escalation, restoration, diagnosis, workarounds, corrective actions, closure, and lessons learned in accordance with established processes and SLAs.
• Coordinate routine testing, analysis, maintenance, scheduling, and operational support for network-performance management tools, real-time reporting engines, and related Government-furnished equipment.
• Provide leadership across routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, wireless infrastructure, network security, telecommunications, servers, applications, and other enterprise network components.
• Ensure monitoring and operations personnel are trained in required tools, processes, procedures, and reporting practices; verify adherence to agency SOPs and operational controls.
• Prepare and deliver daily, weekly, and monthly operational status reports, including network events, outages, anomalies, ticket metrics, bandwidth trends, risks, issues, actions, and recommendations.
• Support Government end users, operations personnel, program managers, and technical stakeholders; participate in operational meetings, briefings, reviews, and escalation activities.
• Recommend enhancements to monitoring tools, event rules, documentation, processes, procedures, reporting, and operational capabilities to improve network reliability, efficiency, and mission support.
• Coordinate with technical and change-management teams on approved changes, maintenance windows, technology refreshes, configuration updates, testing, implementation, and lifecycle planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Ten or more years of senior-level experience administering enterprise infrastructures in large organizations.
• Ten or more years of experience leading network operations or network engineering teams.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts, infrastructure, and equipment, including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Experience implementing and administering enterprise-wide monitoring systems for servers, network devices, applications, and operational events.
• Demonstrated ability to lead monitoring, event management, incident response, problem management, network maintenance, and operational reporting.
• Ability to analyze network performance and operational data and convert findings into corrective actions and recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively in a 24x7x365 operations environment and support additional hours or surge activities when required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required Government facility access, suitability, background investigation, and identification credentials.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief Government supervisors and senior stakeholders.

Security Clearance

• Ability to obtain Public Trust, Preferred Secret/Top Secret Clearance

Certifications

• CCNP, CCDP, or CCIE; routing and switching and/or firewall expertise with six years of experience.

Preferred

• ITIL certification and other relevant network, security, monitoring, or service-management credentials.

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $110,800.00/Yr. - USD $185,100.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

EEO Statement

EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status