Top Secret NOC Lead: 24/7 Enterprise Networking

Zachary Piper Solutions; Manassas (VA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

11 Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a NOC Lead to support a critical DoE/NNSA program in Manassas, VA. This on-site role oversees and safeguards enterprise IT services and infrastructure, ensuring availability, performance, security and operational resilience.

The NOC Lead will manage 24x7 operations, lead incident response, coordinate changes, mentor staff, and communicate status to stakeholders. Active TS/DOE Q clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10+ years in IT network operations/engineering.
• 4+ years of leadership experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain DOE Q clearance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain availability, performance, and health of enterprise networks, systems, and applications.
• Oversee 24x7x365 operations across all shifts.
• Lead incident response, coordinate restoration, and manage escalations.
• Document incidents and requests per SLAs and procedures.
• Conduct root cause analyses and drive corrective actions.
• Mentor and develop NOC analysts and engineers; manage workload and onboarding.
• Coordinate change implementations and cross-functional support for reliable service delivery.
• Serve as operational liaison to customers, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Monitor risks and ensure compliance with SLAs and requirements.
• Prepare operational reports and executive status updates.

Skills

Network engineering

Leadership

Incident management

Communication

ITIL

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

Riverbed NetIM

Syslog

Wireshark

Splunk

Panorama/PAN-OS

Cisco IOS-XE/NX-OS

Arista EOS

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a NOC Lead to support a critical DoE/NNSA program in Manassas, VA. This on-site role oversees and safeguards enterprise IT services and infrastructure, ensuring availability, performance, security and operational resilience.

The NOC Lead will manage 24x7 operations, lead incident response, coordinate changes, mentor staff, and communicate status to stakeholders. Active TS/DOE Q clearance is required.