Network Operations Manager- TS/SCI w/poly

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking an IT Operations Manager to lead day-to-day IT operations, ensuring 24/7/365 availability, performance, and reliability across service towers. You will direct outage responses, partner with engineering teams, and maintain operational dashboards and runbooks.

Required experience includes 8+ years in multi-discipline IT roles and active TS/SCI w/poly clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related IT/engineering experience.
• Experience in IT operations, security, and cloud environments.
• Ability to lead 24/7 operations and incident response.
• Active TS/SCI w/poly clearance

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day IT operations for 24/7/365 availability, performance, and reliability across all service towers.
• Direct the response to outages and critical incidents including triage, escalation, RCA, and corrective actions.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate new technologies with minimal disruption.
• Maintain dashboards, metrics, and reporting to leadership; ensure SLAs and KPIs are met.
• Manage SOPs, runbooks, and configuration baselines for repeatable service delivery.
• Adhere to client policies including RMF, vulnerability management, and audit requirements.
• Lead continuous service improvement initiatives using automation, monitoring, and analytics.
• Support planning and coordination of upgrades, maintenance windows, and service changes.

Skills

Collaboration

Emerging Technologies

IT Operations

Service Improvement

SLA

Job description

Network Operations Manager- TS/SCI w/poly

Sep 4, 2026

$161,500 - $218,500/year

Type of Requisition:

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Collaboration, Emerging Technologies, Information Technology Operations, Service Improvement, Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

Yes

Job Description:

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as an IT Operations Manager and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

As an IT Operations Manager you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

• Lead day‑to‑day IT operations for the ensuring 24/7/365 availability, performance, and reliability across all service towers
• Direct the response to high‑visibility outages and critical incidents, including triage, escalation, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate new technologies, upgrades, and enhancements into steady‑state operations with minimal disruption
• Maintain operational dashboards, metrics, and reporting to customer leadership; ensure compliance with SLAs, KPIs, and performance objectives
• Manage operational documentation, SOPs, work instructions, configuration baselines, and runbooks to ensure consistent and repeatable service delivery
• Ensure adherence to the client policies, including cybersecurity (RMF), vulnerability management, policies, supply chain security, and audit requirements
• Lead continuous service improvement initiatives, leveraging automation, monitoring, analytics, and operational best practices
• Support planning, scheduling, and coordination of upgrades, maintenance windows, and enterprise service changes

Required Experience :

• Eight (8) years of experience encompassing multiple disciplines (for example: System Engineering, Network Engineering, Client Server, Service Operations, Security, and/or Voice Video & Cloud)
• Four (4) years of experience overseeing and managing O&M Support Services to include IT Sustainment Activities, IT procurement, system security, asset management, mission support, operations support, and system maintenance.
• Four (4) years of experience designing, implementing and maintaining cloud, Linux, windows domains, network, telephony, hypervisor and hyper-converged environments.
• Four (4) years of experience troubleshooting of multi-segmented complex systems.
• Active TS/SCI w/poly clearance

Desired qualifications:

Master's Degree in an Information Technology field

Eight (8) years of experience within a classified environment

Current certifications in CISSP and/or ITIL

Four (4) years of experience designing, architecting, and implementing innovative methods to meet mission objectives and assess opportunities for innovation.

Two (2) years of experience identifying improvement areas (i.e., performance, automation of enterprise monitoring) and suggesting design criteria for the development of solutions.

The likely salary range for this position is $161,500 - $218,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

General Dynamics Information Technology provides innovative consulting, technology, and mission services to U.S. government agencies, leveraging expertise in digital modernization, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity.

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