Salary
≈ $97k – $214k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (Huntsville)
Seniority
Staff · 5+ years exp
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 4, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 3, 2026.
Overview
Company
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American Systems is an employee-owned government services contractor headquartered in McLean, Virginia, delivering information technology, engineering and analysis, test and evaluation, and training services to national priority programs. Founded in 1975, it became a majority ESOP company in 1997 and fully employee-owned in 2015, works largely for US defense customers such as the Navy and NAVAIR, and has absorbed the contractor Epsilon. Its openings span aerospace and software engineers, cybersecurity analysts, network and systems administrators, mechanical designers and test engineers, many requiring security clearances.
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Network Lead with an Active Secret Clearance (Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility preferred), Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience to provide information technology support to Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Fires, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Information Management Area Services (IMAS).
Responsibilities
As a Network Lead, you will:
- Facilitate the digital transformation of PAE Fires. This includes the adoption and integration of advanced digital technologies, processes, and practices to enhance operational efficiency, decision-making, and overall mission effectiveness.Conducts testing of network design.
- Responsible for monitoring network hardware operations to ensure properly set configuration options.
- Plans implementation of enhancements and upgrades to the network.
- Advises network users of hardware requirements, configurations, and limitations.
- Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
- Evaluates and reports on new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 5 years of experience in leading classified and unclassified network operations; LAN/WAN infrastructure; voice, data, and video services
- Experience in network design, installation, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, and high availability.
- DoD 8140 certifications
- Network administration and engineering experience.
- Active Secret Clearance (Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility preferred).
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