Network Operations Lead – Secret Clearance | DoD/NOSC

Archer; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

TekSynap, in collaboration with Archer, seeks a Network Operations Lead to join our Defense team in Arlington, VA. The role demands extensive DoD-network experience, leadership, and strong monitoring and incident response skills.

You will coordinate DISA and external circuits, support VPN/routing/switching, and provide regular health reports. Active Secret clearance and DoD/IC exposure are highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years in network operations, including five+ years in DoD enterprise networks.
• Experience leading network operations teams.
• Knowledge of Cisco networking, VPN, DISA circuits, SolarWinds or equivalent monitoring.
• Experience coordinating LogRhythm or SIEM and enterprise escalation processes.
• Ability to lead after-hours response across classified/unclassified boundaries.
• Demonstrated experience supporting federal agencies, IC, DoD, and military organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead NOSC operations.
• Manage network monitoring and outage response.
• Coordinate DISA circuit and commercial circuit issues.
• Support VPN, routing, switching, wireless, and network device operations.
• Ensure response to enterprise outages.
• Coordinate tabletop exercises.
• Provide twice daily or recurring service health reporting as required.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Skills

Network ops leadership

Cisco networking

VPN

DISA circuits

SIEM coordination

LogRhythm

After-hours response

Education

BA/BS in IT, Cybersecurity, CS, IS, data science, or software engineering

Tools

SolarWinds

LogRhythm

Job description

TekSynap, in collaboration with Archer, seeks a Network Operations Lead to join our Defense team in Arlington, VA. The role demands extensive DoD-network experience, leadership, and strong monitoring and incident response skills.

You will coordinate DISA and external circuits, support VPN/routing/switching, and provide regular health reports. Active Secret clearance and DoD/IC exposure are highly desirable.