The Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) program at Leidos is looking to add a Senior System Administrator Team Lead. Our mission is to develop tools for the United States Department of Defense test and training communities, to increase the speed of the development cycle, to get capabilities to the warfighter more rapidly. The Senior System Administrator Team Lead will work within a team engineers, developers and system administrators adding new capabilities to our enclaves, as well as ensuring the existing systems are secure and performing as intended.
This position is required to work on-site in our Alexandria, VA office.
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 member’s work
- Provide technical leadership for migrating on premise infrastructure to hybrid cloud solution.
- Participate and contribute to design discussions related to improving the 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 including DCHP, DNS, e-mail, Apache Web Servers, Tomcat application servers, Atlassian applications, MariaDB database servers.
- 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. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 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, including patch management, access controls and compliance audits
- 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 that meet/exceed customer needs.
- DoD 8570 IAT level III compliant
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Original Posting:
September 18, 2026For 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.
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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government & 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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.
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