Operations Shift Lead

Leidos; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Operations Shift Lead for the 10 PM to 6 AM 3rd shift in Arlington, VA, 100% on-site. The role leads daily operations, incident response, and cross-team coordination to ensure SLAs and runbooks are followed.

The candidate will own incident triage, collaborate with network, security, and vendor teams, and drive post-incident reviews while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with 4+ years in Windows/Linux server environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required for this position.
• DoD 8750 certification at least IAT level II (e.g., Security+ CE).
• Potential to obtain CI Poly in the future.
• Willingness to work 24x7 shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Experience leading an operations team or senior escalation point.
• Strong incident coordination and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate operations tasks during assigned shifts.
• Monitor network, server, app, and infrastructure performance for outages.
• Own incident triage, escalation, and resolution through closure.
• Coordinate with network, systems, security, app, and vendor teams.
• Ensure SLA adherence and follow runbooks.
• Review alerts/Incidents for trends and improvements.
• Conduct shift handovers and maintain docs.
• Mentor staff during complex incidents.
• Prepare incident reports, shift summaries, and metrics.
• Participate in major incident management and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Operations leadership

Incident coordination

Communication

Decision making under pressure

Monitoring systems

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SolarWinds

Splunk

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Description

We are currently seeking an Operations Shift Lead 3rd shift (10PM to 6AM) to join the Compartmented Enterprise Services Office (CESO) effort. This program is establishing a modern secure web service (SWS) operation as part of a state-of-the-art, highly automated platform capable of supporting a rapidly expanding customer population. Apply today to become part of the Leidos team that is assisting CESO as they migrate to a high security cloud environment by leading day to day operations activities and incident response for assigned shift.

This position is based in Arlington, VA and is 100% on-site.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate operations tasks during assigned shifts.
• Oversee Monitoring of network, servers, applications, and infrastructure for outages and performance issues.
• Own incident triage, escalation, and resolution through closure.
• Coordinate with network, systems, security, application, and vendor teams.
• Ensure adherence to SLAs, escalation procedures, and operational runbooks.
• Review alerts and incidents for trends, recurring problems, and potential improvements.
• Conduct shift handovers and maintain accurate operational documentation.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance during complex incidents.
• Prepare incident reports, shift summaries, and operational metrics.
• Participate in major incident management and post-incident reviews.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of overall related experience with a Windows or Linux server environment. Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree
• An active TS/SCI security clearance is required for this position.
• Currently possess DoD 8750 certification at least IAT level II, e.g Security+ce.
• Candidate may be asked to obtain CI Poly in future
• Comfortable working 24×7 shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Previous experience leading an operations team or acting as a senior escalation point.
• Excellent communication and incident coordination skills.
• Strong decision-making under pressure. Must be able to make independent risk based decisions while leading a small team during outages.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Splunk, or equivalent
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Working knowledge of ITIL processes, particularly Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
• Experience with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow, Jira, or similar.
• Strong understanding of DNS, DHCP, VPNs, routing, switching
• Familiarity with Windows/Linux infrastructure and cloud environments.
• Hands on experience in IT Cybersecurity, Network Operations, or Windows Server administration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experienced with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners
• TS/SCI w/CI Poly Preferred
• Previous shift-lead or team-lead experience in a DoD, military, or cleared NOC/SOC environment
• Experience refining shift SOPs, playbooks, or escalation procedures based on operational trends

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

September 1, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.