Infrastructure Manager

Description

The Leidos Digital Sector is seeking an Infrastructure Manager for its Integrated Defensive Cyber System (IDCS) program. This technical leader will provide direct support to the USAF Defensive Cyber Systems Program Management Office (PMO) at Joint Base San Antonio, TX. They will manage the Leidos Infrastructure Section, including its Systems Integration Lab, Service Desk and IT Service Management, Cloud Services and Accreditation, Embedded Operations at customer sites, System Training, and Contracted Facilities.

This key leadership role requires strong technical knowledge, complex relationship development, and routine customer engagement. The Infrastructure Manager oversees multiple areas, teams, and team leaders. They must be capable of leading other leaders, collaborating across organizational boundaries, and aligning disparate groups. Success will require (i) an in-depth understanding of infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, networking, and cybersecurity; (ii) an ability to assess technical direction for accuracy and opportunities for improvement;

and (iii) seasoned communication skills to provide the technical guidance required for implementing solutions and social awareness needed to simplify explanations for senior leaders.

Primary Responsibilities:

Program Execution and Reporting

• Manages large-scale, technical projects from beginning to end, ensuring deliveries are on-time and within budget.
• Manages Infrastructure commitments, dependencies, and risks to minimize variance against planned schedule and budget baselines.
• Oversees accreditation and authorization efforts for Infrastructure systems.
• Prepares, communicates, and manages financial requirements for effective lifecycle management.
• Submits Infrastructure reports to customer and Leidos leadership, including weekly activity, monthly status, and schedule-driven reports.

Section and Personnel Management

• Leads Leidos Infrastructure Section, sets direction, ensures accountability, and develops junior leaders.
• Supervises Leidos employees and oversees subcontract personnel; provides guidance, support, and direction to ensure effective performance and delivery.
• Delegates appropriately, fosters a collaborative culture, and enables high-performing teams at various sites.
• Balances capacity and priorities across concurrent efforts.
• Manages hiring, onboarding, retention, and succession planning.

Customer and Stakeholder Engagement

• Serves as primary contact for Government's Infrastructure Section Chief; establishes and sustains a strong, trusted, and responsive relationship.
• Creates and leverages effective relationships with PMO leaders, subcontract partners, and other contract stakeholders.
• Represents Infrastructure interests in program reviews, integration forums, planning events, and leadership briefings.
• Collaborates across organizational boundaries to communicate and understand dependencies, build consensus, and drive issues to resolution.
• Provides counsel to address Infrastructure problems, issues, and concerns; preemptively develops and presents plans and solutions; and proactively and clearly communicates status, risk, and issues.

Technical Direction and Oversight

• Oversees design, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of on-prem and cloud compute and network systems, including LANs, WANs, intranets, extranets, and high-performance virtual environments.
• Establishes technical direction for Infrastructure aligned with customer and program objectives, accreditation posture, and mission needs.
• Directs and executes technical solutions to maintain system integrity and continuous operations.
• Oversees development, test, and production environments to ensure optimal performance.
• Develops and maintains disaster recovery plan to safeguard infrastructure and continuous operations.
• Evaluates technical risk, estimates, and proposed solutions for accuracy and feasibility.
• Integrates hardware, software, and network solutions to enhance operational capabilities.
• Supports and develops standards, metrics, and measures to enable assessments, process improvements, and operational efficiencies.
• Tracks technology trends, assesses their relevance, and shares insights with…