Exchange Operations Lead

** Description*
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* ** The Mission*
* Leidos is seeking an  
** Exchange Operations Lead
** to support a large enterprise IT contract for the DOD. This role requires an individual with experience developing and implementing on-prem Microsoft Exchange solutions in small, medium, and large enterprise environments including physical and virtual server technologies. Duties include conducting technical planning for hardware and software upgrades, review/development of implementation and upgrade guides, documentation updates and generation to support Risk Management Framework (RMF) Authority to Operate (ATO) and extension requests.

Perform requirements analysis, functional analysis, and requirements allocation with engineering and operations staff to meet customer's intended timeline for upgrades. Conduct technical assessment, integration support, system testing for functionality and security compliance, and quality assurance of production implementation. Solutions include Microsoft Exchange 2019 on-prem, Microsoft Exchange 2025 SE on-prem, M365 Exchange Online, and hybrid solutions spanning various classifications, size/scope, redundancy/resiliency, and mission requirements.

The individual will provide systems and software support in a large, multi-enclave enterprise environment and oversee day-to-day work taskings for the Exchange Operations team to ensure projects are planned, tracked, executed, and incidents are responded to in a timely manner. This person will work in a team environment to ensure mission needs are met and ensure functionality of

capabilities to customers. Individuals in this role may be required to perform technical software configuration, rebooting, and other remedial actions on servers in support of O&M activities.

This role requires an individual that is technical, customer oriented, and familiar with using SharePoint. This individual should be detail oriented in order to capture customer inquiries appropriately. Role requires excellent oral and written communication skills.

** Primary Tasks*
* + Individuals in this role may be required to remotely log into servers in order to perform technical software configuration, rebooting, and other remedial actions.

+ Provide Tier 2 Operations support for implementation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and monitoring for physical and virtual servers. Rapidly distinguish isolated user problems from enterprise-wide application and system problems. Advise leadership of root cause, recommended fix actions, and document resolution for future use.

+ Collaborte with peers and other service lanes to perform network latency analysis to address slow connections and user experience issues.

+ Direct effort to collect data, conduct analysis, develop, and implement solutions associated Problem Management guidelines.

+ Establish and maintain comprehensive availability and capacity management solution using lessons learned and best business practices

+ Provide follow-up reports (technical findings, feedback, resolution steps taken) for root cause analysis, operational assessment and process improvement initiatives.

+ Support customer requirements in a 24/7/365 mission environment and be able to provide on-call support during outages occurring after hours.

+ Update operations and monitoring documentation for 24/7/365 Operations Watch personnel.

+ Troubleshoot email routing devices and security services (like McAfee/Trellix, Microsoft Defender and Edge devices).

+ Perform day-to-day oversight for Exchange Online system within an Office 365 hybrid/cloud environment.

+ Manage roles, services, and permissions in accordance with Government Service Owner and Cyber Security mandates.

+ Create, test, and implement Power Shell scripts to automate and standardize routine tasks and monitoring.

+ Manage project goals/assignments, oversee major upgrades, minor modifications, and restoration efforts following service degradation and outages.

+ Manage work assignments for team, review and assign customer incidents, requirements, and tasks within Service Now ITSM ticketing platform.

+ Manage work performance for subordinates, provide periodic feedback, and document performance against employee's goals and corporate guidelines.

+ Review and approve timecards for assigned subordinates in compliance with corporate, contract, and government standards and policies.

** Basic Qualifications*
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Experience with interacting with service lanes to handle service inquiries and problems.

+ Strong experience working as a Tier 2…