Operations Lead: DoD Cyber Defense & Hardware Engineering

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company, is seeking an Operations Lead to drive the technical operational delivery of a strategic DoD program. You will lead a technical team, perform hands-on engineering work, and deliver demonstrations to customers in a fast-paced defense environment.

The role requires deep systems engineering experience across Windows, Linux, ESXi, networking, and virtualization, plus strong leadership and program delivery skills. Security clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship; ability to obtain security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, IT, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 12+ years hands-on systems engineering across architecture, networking, virtualization.
• 5+ years defensive cyber ops experience in DoD or federal cyber orgs.
• Expertise in systems architecture design, network protocols, defense-in-depth.
• Experience with defensive cyber tools: Splunk, Elastic, Zeek, Palo Alto, VMware.
• Experience with virtualization management (vCenter, Kubernetes, containers).
• Automation tools experience (Ansible, Python, scripting).
• Experience managing technical teams; DoD $25M+ programs.
• Experience with Jira/Confluence and security compliance/audit frameworks.
• Strong decision-making, customer-facing, leadership in matrix org.
• Willingness to learn cabling and physical setup; hardware in data centers.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform engineering tasks across the program lifecycle, including hands‑on systems architecture and integration.
• Hands‑on hardware work: cabling, setup, and configuration of servers, switches, networking gear.
• Research defensive cyber operations TTPs and DoD threats targeting US networks.
• Lead distributed technical team across locations; plan resources and coordinate activities.
• Identify high‑level functional and technical requirements with customers.
• serv as senior technical interface; deliver demos and lead reviews.
• Escalation response for complex issues affecting kit delivery and operations.
• Coordinate activities across sysadmin, config mgmt, security, supply chain, service delivery.
• Partner with Program Technical Director on strategy, risk, and planning.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to engineering standards.
• Support business development, proposals with senior technical input.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Customer-facing

Security architecture

Python scripting

Jira/Confluence

Defensive Cyberspace Operations

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

Zeek

Palo Alto

VMware

vCenter

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company, is seeking an Operations Lead to drive the technical operational delivery of a strategic DoD program. You will lead a technical team, perform hands-on engineering work, and deliver demonstrations to customers in a fast-paced defense environment.

The role requires deep systems engineering experience across Windows, Linux, ESXi, networking, and virtualization, plus strong leadership and program delivery skills. Security clearance eligibility is required.