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 enterprise and data center network services. It supports a 24x7 environment, requires a minimum of one year at the site, up to 10% local travel, and a Secret clearance to start.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and manage network and COMSEC/network administrators, set priorities, manage workload and resolve conflicts.
• Maintain duty and on-call schedules, provide technical direction and quality control, and coordinate with customers, vendors and other teams.
• Deliver briefings on network status, outages, SLA performance and staffing priorities, and lead outage 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.
• Coordinate upgrades, patches, capacity management and vulnerability remediation, and maintain network diagrams, SOPs and configuration baselines.
• Support site surveys, equipment lifecycle, inventory, RMAs and Cisco TAC cases, and support demilitarized zone environments.

Required profile

• Adjudicated Secret clearance, 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 and hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching, Cisco ISE, Firepower/FMC, SolarWinds, DISA STIGs and ITSM.
• Ability to live and work at Camp Lemonnier for at least one year and travel to Forward Operating Locations.
• Preferred: HAIPE encryptors, NSO/CARE, Infoblox, ServiceNow, F5 load balancers, CCNP Security, CCIE, CISSP, ITIL Foundation, or prior combatant command deployment experience.

Required skills

• Cisco routing and switching (CLI)
• Cisco ISE, Cisco Firepower Management Center, Infoblox, SolarWinds
• ServiceNow ITSM, DISA STIGs
• Preferred: NSO/CARE, HAIPE, F5

What we offer

• Proposed pay range of $90,300-$189,600, depending on location, experience and skills.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time-off benefits.
• Flexible time off and learning resources.