Operations and Maintenance Lead

General Dynamics

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Work type
On-site
Location
Washington, DC
Salary
$119,000–$161,000 / yr
Posted
60 days ago
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Below market

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1377 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Operations and Maintenance Lead

The Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Lead oversees enterprise-wide IT operations, managing distributed teams across multiple U.S. sites to ensure the stable and secure performance of mission-critical infrastructure. This role involves leading personnel in network engineering, systems engineering, and database administration while driving continuous improvement, modernization, and automation. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing enterprise SLAs, overseeing incident response, change management, patching, and backups, and maintaining operational documentation like SOPs and runbooks. The successful candidate will utilize skills in Information Technology Operations, Network Engineering, and Technical Leadership to resolve complex issues and ensure compliance with security requirements and accreditation standards. The work focuses on maintaining high-availability environments, executing lifecycle management for production environments, and supporting large-scale migrations to ensure service continuity for complex government and defense projects.

What you'll do

  • Lead distributed O&M teams across network engineering, systems engineering, and database administration.
  • Drive operational excellence through service improvement, modernization, automation, and reliability enhancements.
  • Manage enterprise SLAs, performance metrics, and service delivery expectations to meet all operational commitments.
  • Oversee daily activities including incident response, change management, patching, backups, and preventative maintenance.
  • Coordinate enterprise upgrades, lifecycle management, and configuration changes for production environments.
  • Maintain operational documentation, SOPs, runbooks, configuration baselines, and compliance records.
  • Provide senior-level technical leadership to resolve complex issues across multiple O&M disciplines.
  • Ensure compliance with security requirements, accreditation standards, and enterprise governance processes.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Must possess an active Q or Top Secret clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree in IT, engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise IT operations or O&M team leadership.
  • 9+ years of related experience.
  • Experience supervising distributed technical teams across multiple geographic locations.
  • Strong background in network operations, systems administration, or database engineering.
  • Proven track record managing SLAs and large-scale operational commitments.

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