Information Technology Operations Team Lead (Fairfax County)

Clearance: Secret

Location: Hybrid – 3 days onsite at Merrifield (Fairfax, VA)

Overview:

We are currently hiring an IT Team Lead with an active Secret clearance to serve as a technical lead for an enterprise management team, SQL and Oracle DBA team, SharePoint team and COTS administration team. This position will be in Fairfax, VA, and will be a hybrid position.

Requirements:

• Active Secret clearance

• 15+ years overall systems experience in Windows OS, SCCM/MECM, SCOM, SQL DB administration, COTS application and SharePoint administration

• 8-10 years leadership experience of system administrators and engineers

• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder communication skills and Problem solving and decision-making capability

• Experience managing teams of 10+ people

• Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation for compliance and operations

• Familiarity with vulnerability management tools (e.g., ACAS, Tenable/Nessus/Qualys)

Nice to Have:

• Experience with ServiceNow ticketing

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of system administrators and engineers supporting critical federal systems

• Assign and prioritize tasks in alignment with mission requirements and SLAs

• Provide technical direction, mentorship, and performance management

• Ensure high availability and resilience of mission-critical systems

• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning

• Perform hands on support of Enterprise SQL databases

Salary Range: 170-190k (depends on level of experience)

Benefits: PTO, holidays, health insurance, vison insurance, dental insurance, 401K, etc.