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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Network Operations Center (NOC) Team Lead - **Company:** Leidos, Inc. - **Location:** Scott Air Force Base, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $59,150.0 - $106,925.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Synchronous Optical Networking, Microsoft Outlook, Cyber Security, Multiplexing, Internet Protocol, Multi-protocol Systems, Microsoft Office, Network Control, Routing, Network Management System, Microsoft PowerPoint, Network Routers, Computer Network Operations, Juniper, Cisco - **Published:** May 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=06aefdb10126b8da ## About the Role * Requires BS degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience. (Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.) * Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE or equivalent) prior to start date. * Able to work in a 24x7 shift work environment. * Must have an active DoD Secret security clearance. * Requires working knowledge and understanding of both Transport and IP network topologies. * Prior experience managing and supervising staff in IT or Operations Preferred Qualifications: * Tech control facility or cyber transport experience * Circuit actions and vendor experience * IP architecture experience * Telco NOC, inside or outside plant experience. * Experience with MS Office suite, i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, TEAMs * Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management, change management. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares. ## Description * Lead a team of Leidos employees and sub-contractors. Responsible for defining the team's direction and ensure that individual and team goals align with the organization and customer mission. * Manage daily contractor operations, serving as the focal point for contractor assigned tasks, responsible for addressing and mediating performance issues. * Provide guidance, support, and resources to help team members succeed and feel motivated to contribute their best work. * Foster an environment of employee growth and development, promoting continuous learning and provide opportunities for skill enhancement. * Responsible for team staffing activities, as well as addressing performance concerns, resolving disputes or disagreements within the team. * Work directly with supported customers and engineers across other NOCs to ensure maximum network availability to minimize or eliminate mission and operational impact. * Proactively monitor network alarms across platform specific network management tools. * Utilize incident management applications to document all aspects of reported outages/degradations, isolations, escalations, and resolutions during the lifecycle of a service impacting network incident. * Assess, identify and recommend resolutions to various network incidents and/or deficiencies leveraging knowledge in one or more of following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, optical transport network, MPLS, time division multiplexing, SDH/SONET. ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2084-your-infrastructure-is-not-a-playground-ai-agents-for-infra-done-right) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) - [A Technical Introduction to Bitcoin's 2nd Layer- The Lightning Network](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/15-a-technical-introduction-to-bitcoin-s-2nd-layer-the-lightning-network) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager)