Senior System Administrator Team Lead
Leidos· Defense· Sep 18, 2026 · 1mo ago
Alexandria, VA
In office
Full-time
Lead
$131K–$237K
12+ years exp
Job description
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, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
The 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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