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Leidos

Builds technology for defense and civil agencies

Infrastructure Services Lead

Full-TimePosted on 10/21/2026
$73.5k - $132.8k
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's, Master's, Associate's
Washington, DC, USA
In PersonWork is onsite at the IT Operations Center on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, DC; weekday day shift, 6 AM–2 PM.
IT OperationsSystem Administration
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • Foundational knowledge of Azure Cloud and Microsoft 365 technologies, including SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Azure Virtual Desktop, in a hybrid-cloud environment.
  • Experience with Tier 2 system administration, remoting into physical and virtual servers, reviewing event logs, and basic troubleshooting fundamentals.
  • Familiarity with Intelligence Community standards, terminology, and missions.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure services including VMware, Hyper-V, shared drives, user profiles, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, Active Directory and ICAM technologies, SCCM/MECM, PKI, F5 load balancers, DNS, DHCP, NTP, Windows Server, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including how services are interconnected and can cause widespread impacts.
  • Experience with PowerShell and Windows and Linux terminal commands for initial troubleshooting.
  • Experience troubleshooting issues in a growing environment.
  • Experience with log reviews, incident analysis, and identifying issue trends.
  • Experience using Microsoft PowerPoint to build briefings and Microsoft Word to review and edit After Action Reports.
  • Ability to track multiple situations simultaneously and take effective notes to prevent miscommunication.
  • Experience using VoIP or desktop VTC technologies to host conference calls.
  • Experience with change management methodologies.
  • Experience with incident and problem management fundamentals, including determining whether an issue is isolated or a broader system issue.
  • Ability to arrive consistently for scheduled shifts.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Experience working effectively within a team and supporting peers to improve processes and results.
  • Experience with IT Service Management ticketing platforms such as ServiceNow.
  • Experience using SolarWinds, Science Logic SL1/Skylar, or Splunk dashboards to monitor enterprise services.
  • Familiarity with data center fundamentals, including power and cooling technologies, and interpreting monitored environmental changes such as chilled water temperatures, water flow rates, and ambient temperatures using Schneider Electric's Data Center Expert suite.
  • Must meet at least DoDM 8140.03 (previously DoD 8570) IT System Administrator Intermediate certification requirements, such as Cloud+, GICSP, SSCP, Security+ CE, GSEC, or higher.
  • Education and experience requirement: Master's degree with 4 years, Bachelor's degree with 6 years, Associate's degree with 8 years, or high school diploma with 10 years of related experience in an IT-related field of study.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Must have TS/SCI clearance and be able to obtain and maintain a specific polygraph.
Responsibilities
  • Conduct real-time monitoring of enterprise service health and status; coordinate with service lanes to resolve outages and track outages and changes through completion.
  • Use prior experience and standard operating procedures to triage service disruptions and determine impact, including issues identified through monitoring or communications with Service Desk personnel, mission centers, and government leadership.
  • Work with the team to meet mission needs and ensure customer capabilities remain functional.
  • Interact with customers to handle service inquiries and problems.
  • Examine complex customer problems and recommend and implement mitigation actions to restore mission capabilities or initiate notification and recall proceedings to expedite outage response.
  • Analyze recurring problems and initiate solutions to prevent recurrence.
  • Remotely log into end-user workstations or servers as needed to troubleshoot and triage impacted services.
  • Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems; distinguish isolated user problems from enterprise-wide application or system problems.
  • Coordinate with customers and stakeholders to collect data, conduct analysis, and develop and implement solutions associated with incident tickets and requirements.
  • Develop solutions to complex technical issues.
  • Identify potential workarounds or alternate services to ensure mission continuity.
  • Provide technical findings, feedback, and resolution steps for root cause analysis, engineering technical assessment, and process improvement initiatives.
  • Collect After Action Reports, assess completeness, and provide them to leadership for review.
  • Conduct Technical Exchange Meetings and Crisis Response Team meetings to bring service lanes together and expedite restoration of services and capabilities.
  • Support customer requirements in a 24/7/365 environment on a weekday day-shift schedule.
  • Communicate with IT Operations Center staff, including the government representative (Battle Captain), Customer Care Center representative (Service Desk), Network Operations Center personnel, and contract or government leadership, providing updates according to severity and impact.
  • Prepare briefing reports on reportable incidents, outages, or events from the previous 24 hours and assist with morning briefings to government leadership.
  • Coordinate with the ISL Team Lead and program leadership on staff issues, scheduling, and training for IT Operations Center personnel at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
  • Communicate with the ISL Team Lead at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, about issues raised by local IT Operations Center staff or CIO leadership.
  • Serve as deputy Team Lead when the ISL Team Lead is unavailable, ensuring coverage for holidays, sick calls, call-outs, severe weather, and other concerns directed by program or government leadership.

About the company

Leidos develops technology and runs services for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies, as well as healthcare and commercial customers. It combines software and engineering work with systems integration, building secure networks and equipment used in demanding operations. Its portfolio includes medical services, energy infrastructure design and technology that supports military missions, linking specialist businesses under one parent. Customers pay through contracts for delivered systems and services, with payment tied to labor, costs or agreed project milestones. Leidos traces its roots to a company founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

1969

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What believers are saying

  • Recognized sales are growing: Leidos reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $4.56 billion, up 7%, in August 2026.
  • Technical study gets support: Leidos lists 4,092 certification prep courses and tuition assistance for full time employees.
  • Future work includes funded contracts: Leidos reported $10.2 billion of funded backlog in August 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Federal budgets dominate demand: Leidos' February 2026 filing attributed 87% of fiscal 2025 revenue to U.S. government work.
  • Cleared cyber roles restrict access: Leidos' live Fort Meade analyst posting requires active Top Secret clearance with a polygraph.
  • Cost overruns threaten margins: firm fixed price work accounted for 43% of Leidos' fiscal 2025 revenue.

What makes Leidos unique

  • Runway capacity improves through software: Leidos and UK navigation provider NATS optimize landing spacing with Intelligent Approach.
  • Leidos reaches patients directly: its QTC medical exam business connects over 15,000 providers with more than 90 clinics.
  • Leidos builds battlefield hardware: it is the Army's prime contractor for Enduring Shield, a mobile air-defense launcher.

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Benefits

  • Medical, dental, & vision insurance
  • Health Savings account
  • Income protection
  • PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Jury duty pay
  • Bereavement leave
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Family Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

8%
PR Newswire
Oct 22nd, 2026
Leidos wins $95M Defence Logistics Agency deal to bring AI to Pentagon asset system

Leidos will use artificial intelligence (AI) automation to speed up the Pentagon's asset management system, under a new $95 million, five-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The Enterprise Logistics Management System (ELMS) is used by more than 50 agencies to manage over 80 million items of government property valued at more than $140 billion. Leidos has supported ELMS and its predecessor for more than 21 years. The company will apply AI-driven automation, cloud, and modern software development practices to speed up software delivery, streamline processes, and keep operations secure and reliable. The contract runs through August 2031, including a base year and four option years. "Logistics wins wars and accurate, reliable asset visibility is a cornerstone of military readiness," said Jason McCarthy, senior vice president at Leidos.

PR Newswire
Oct 21st, 2026
Leidos wins $160M US Cyber Command award for full-spectrum cyber operations

Leidos has won a five-year, $160 million award to support US Cyber Command in planning and conducting full-spectrum military cyber operations. The work will help the command respond to evolving threats and coordinate operations across the Department of War. The company will integrate and coordinate offensive and defensive operations, including support to secure, operate, and defend the Department of War Information Network. It will also provide cyber defense, operational planning, emerging threat analysis, and help develop tactics, techniques, and procedures. Jason O'Connor, president of Leidos Intelligence, said the team includes the recently acquired Kudu Dynamics. The award advances Leidos' NorthStar 2030 strategy, with cyber as a key growth driver.

PR Newswire
Oct 14th, 2026
Leidos wins one-year MOD logistics extension to 2029, building on $508M in benefits

Leidos has won a one-year extension to its Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The deal continues logistics support to the UK Armed Forces through June 2029. Leidos has been prime contractor since 2015. It manages more than 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Numbers, supports distribution to more than 600 locations worldwide, and runs the £83 million Defence Fulfilment Centre at MOD Donnington. The company estimates it has delivered £400 million in benefits to the MOD. During the extension, Leidos will work on supply chain resilience, inventory visibility, and digital capability. The programme supported the MOD through the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent needs related to Ukraine.

INSURASALES
Oct 13th, 2026
Blackstone leads $1B financing for Analogic merger with three Leidos units

Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) is leading a $1 billion financing package for the merger of Analogic Corporation with three Leidos units: Security Enterprise Solutions, Ports & Borders, and Industrial Automation. The combined business will make imaging and detection technology for sectors such as aviation security and healthcare. BXCI is lead lender and joint lead arranger, alongside HPS, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Brad Colman, BXCI's head of healthcare investing, called the deal proof of its strength in building large credit strategies with flexible solutions. Analogic is based in Salem, New Hampshire. Leidos employs 50,000 people and earned $17.2 billion in fiscal 2026. BXCI managed $443 billion in assets at the end of 2025. Roughly 75% of Blackstone's credit assets are backed by institutional and insurance clients.

GFM Limited
Oct 13th, 2026
Blackstone leads $1bn private credit financing for Leidos-Analogic security merger

Blackstone is leading a $1bn private credit financing to support the combination of the security enterprise solutions businesses of Leidos Holdings and Analogic Corporation, Bloomberg reported. Blackstone Credit & Insurance is reportedly lead lender and joint lead arranger, alongside HPS Investment Partners, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Leidos, a listed engineering and technology services company based in Virginia, serves government and commercial clients. It generated $17.2bn in revenue in 2025. Analogic develops imaging, detection, artificial intelligence, and automation technologies. Private equity firm Altaris acquired it in a $1.1bn take-private deal in 2018. Blackstone was reportedly also among the lenders in a recent financing for Waymo, which was increased to $5bn.