Network Operations Lead

About the role

CACI is seeking a Network Operations Lead to support Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The role is a senior network engineer and technical team lead who provides hands-on engineering, operational oversight and personnel leadership for secure, reliable enterprise and data center network services. It supports a 24x7 operational environment and requires the ability to work in a deployed setting, with up to 10% local travel.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop network and COMSEC/network administrators, set priorities, manage workload and resolve personnel and technical conflicts.
• Maintain the team duty and on-call schedule and provide technical direction and quality control for network operations, engineering tasks, documentation and customer initiatives.
• Coordinate with customers, leadership, vendors and other teams, and prepare briefings on network status, outages, SLA performance, risks and staffing priorities.
• Lead outage and service interruption response and recovery, prepare After Action Reports, and manage incidents, service requests, changes and problems through ServiceNow.
• Oversee operation, troubleshooting, maintenance and modernization of enterprise and data-center networks, mainly Cisco routers and switches, and provide Tier 3 support for routing, switching, IPSEC VPNs and HAIPE-encrypted operations.
• Administer Cisco ISE, Cisco Firepower Management Center, Infoblox and SolarWinds, and lead NSO/CARE automation for STIG assessments and compliance.
• Manage upgrades, patches, capacity management, vulnerability remediation, audits, inspections, POA&Ms, risk acceptances and eMASS documentation, and develop change requests with risk assessments and rollback procedures.
• Support site surveys, equipment lifecycle actions, inventory, RMAs, Cisco TAC cases and demilitarized zone environments.

Required profile

• Adjudicated Secret clearance now, with ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and at least seven years of experience supporting complex enterprise networks.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, mentoring personnel and resolving conflict.
• Ability to live and work at Camp Lemonnier for at least one year and travel to Forward Operating Locations as required.
• Preferred: experience with HAIPE encryptors, NSO/CARE, Infoblox and ServiceNow, F5 or similar load balancers, and prior support of a combatant command in a deployed environment.

Required skills

• CCNP (Enterprise or equivalent) and CompTIA Security+ (or higher)
• Cisco routing and switching (CLI), Cisco ISE, Firepower/FMC, SolarWinds, DISA STIGs and ITSM processes
• Preferred: CCNP Security, CCIE, CISSP, ITIL Foundation or equivalent advanced certification

What we offer

• Proposed salary range of $90,300 to $189,600, depending on location, contract category, experience and skills.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time-off benefits.
• A flexible time-off benefit and access to learning resources.