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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Senior System Administrator Team Lead

Leidos Alexandria, VA On-site senior full-time

Salary

$131,300 - $237,350 per year

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Description

The Senior System Administrator Team Lead will work within a team of engineers, developers, and system administrators adding new capabilities to enclaves, ensuring existing systems are secure and performing as intended.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Manage tasks and sub-task assignments to team members
  • Lead bi-weekly team meetings
  • Track status of team members' tasking
  • Provide technical reviews of team members' work
  • Provide technical leadership for migrating on-premise infrastructure to hybrid cloud solution
  • Participate in design discussions related to improving capabilities, performance, and security posture of new and existing services
  • Provide support for troubleshooting from OS to application level issues
  • Provide support for installing and maintaining Linux servers
  • Manage networking equipment including switches, routers, and firewalls
  • Manage configuration and maintenance of core enclave infrastructure services
  • Configure and monitor security tools required for DoD networks.

Basic Qualifications:

  • US Citizen with at least an active Secret clearance or higher
  • Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience or a Master's degree with 10+ years of experience
  • 10+ years of relevant experience doing system administration on Linux servers, networking equipment, and security monitoring equipment
  • 6+ years of experience maintaining a DoD organization's mission-critical IT systems and managing the team that supports them
  • 3+ years of leading a team of 5+ engineers/administrators
  • Experience overseeing the deployment and maintenance of physical servers
  • Experience employing security best practices
  • DoD 8570 IAT level I compliant

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 12+ years of experience providing System Administration to DoD IT systems
  • A proven track record of taking high-level objectives and successfully breaking them down to individual deliverables
  • DoD 8570 IAT level III compliant

Pay Range: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • DoD 8570 IAT level III

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Alexandria-VA/Senior-System-Administrator-Team-Lead_R-00192635

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