Network Support Manager

Job ID: 2503703

Location: REMOTE WORK, WA, US

Date Posted: 2025-05-07

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Network Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: Yes

Description

SAIC has an exciting future opportunity for a Network Support Lead/Manager in Bremerton, WA. This Naval program will provide IT operations, application management, maintenance, and customer support to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) & Naval Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) including remote sites and detachments in order to meet mission requirements.

Work is performed on site in Bremerton, WA and may require travel to other customer locations.

Job Summary: The Network Support Lead will oversee the installation, maintenance, design, and troubleshooting of network devices, fiber optic, and copper cables. The role also includes ensuring compliance with Department of Defense and Department of the Navy security policies and managing network device configurations. This position requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise in network engineering, system administration, and the ability to handle complex projects across multiple sites.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the installation, maintenance, design, troubleshooting, and removal of fiber optic and copper cables for network devices.
• Manage network devices such as routers, switches, VPN concentrators, TACLANE encryption devices, and their configurations.
• Ensure compliance with DoD and DoN security configuration policies and accreditation requirements.
• Design, engineer, install, operate, maintain, and configure network device infrastructure systems.
• Conduct site surveys, install, test, evaluate, and certify all Outside/Inside Plant (OSP/ISP) to industry standards.
• Maintain datacenter cable plant, routing/management, and infrastructure.
• Manage server account access, system resources, performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability.
• Implement and document security procedures and tools, resolve hardware/software interface problems, and maintain system configuration documentation.
• Lead and mentor a team of network engineers and cable plant technicians.
• Coordinate with local facilities personnel and network engineers for infrastructure upgrades and repairs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and successfully deliver projects and IT systems into test and production environments.
• Develop strategies for IT system and data center modernization and deliver architecture and technology recommendations.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and a m inimum of eight (8) years of experience in network support and engineering.
  • Or twelve (12) years of of experience in network support and engineering and HS Diploma
• Proven experience in managing large-scale network and IT infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of DoD and DoN security policies and accreditation requirements.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.

Required Clearance:

• Must hold a minimum of a Top Secret and SCI eligible.

Required certifications:

• DoD Manual 8570, Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program for Information Assurance Management (IAM) experience and certification compliance.
• DoD Manual 8140 for Program Manager role compliance; education, experience and/or certification.

Desired / Nice to have:

• CCNP, CISSP, Network+ certification.
• Experience with VMware, Cisco Call Manager, Citrix, Microsoft Exchange, SCCM, SCOM, SolarWinds, Splunk, and Tenable Security Center.
• Proficiency in Unix and Windows system administration.
• Familiarity with Oracle database administration and data center management.
• Familiarity with Navy networks such as; Navy Marine Corp Intranet, Command Network (CMDNet), Automated Access Control System (AACS), Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Network (NNPPNet), and the Industrial Machinery Support Network (IMSN).

Working Conditions:

• Primarily on-site at Bremerton, WA with remote support responsibilities at other Navy sites in the US and Japan.
• Potential on-call responsibilities to address critical network and system issues.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.