Operations Manager (Senior and SME Level) TSSCI with Poly REQUIRED
Job Location:
Arlington, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Position Description:
CGI Federal has an exciting opportunity for Operations Managers within our Intel sector advancing the national security mission through cutting edge technology. You must have a passion for keeping pace with rapidly evolving technology advancements and leveraging your knowledge on a highly collaborative team to deliver state-of-the-art capabilities.
The Operations Manager leads an organizations highest tier of technical support. This exceptionally complex role bridges advanced engineering with strategic business leadership. It requires mitigating company-wide outages architecting scalable ITSM frameworks and managing backend systems and developer escalations.
CGI Federal is growing its high-performance team whose members share a passion for building high-quality scalable advanced IT solutions in a collaborative fast-paced outcome-driven mission.
This position is located in our Arlington office; however a hybrid working model is acceptable.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities (Senior Level)
Escalation & Technical Leadership
Mission-Critical Incident Management: Take direct command of enterprise-level outages or security threats affecting critical systems (e.g. global AD sync SAN/NAS failures cloud infrastructure).
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Lead deep-dive RCAs to identify systemic flaws championing permanent bug fixes firmware patches or architectural overhauls.
Vendor & Developer Liaison: Partner directly with third-party software vendors internal software engineers and system architects to resolve high-level architectural or integration issues.
Service Operations & Strategy
Advanced ITSM Operations: Design implement and maintain advanced IT Service Management frameworks (e.g. ITIL).
Process Automation & Shift-Left: Build automation workflows and self-healing systems via ITSM platforms to deflect Tier 1/2 tickets.
System Permissions & Access: Dictate and manage the highest levels of administrative system access and RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) necessary for advanced troubleshooting.
Asset & Knowledge Management: Oversee the lifecycle of enterprise assets and ensure Tier 3 knowledge base articles are highly technical curated and actionable.
Team Leadership & Talent Development
Mentorship of SMEs: Guide and train senior IT engineers systems/network administrators and database specialists.
Performance Metrics & KPIs: Define and enforce Key Performance Indicators (MTTR SLA compliance First Contact Resolution) and present data-backed reporting to IT executives.
Resource Allocation: Manage on-call schedules budget forecasts and staffing pipelines to ensure 24/7/365 operational resilience.
Key Responsibilities (SME Level)
Escalation & Technical Leadership
Mission-Critical Incident Management: Take direct command of enterprise-level outages or security threats affecting critical systems (e.g. global AD sync SAN/NAS failures cloud infrastructure).
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Lead deep-dive RCAs to identify systemic flaws championing permanent bug fixes firmware patches or architectural overhauls.
Vendor & Developer Liaison: Partner directly with third-party software vendors internal software engineers and system architects to resolve high-level architectural or integration issues.
Service Operations & Strategy
Advanced ITSM Operations: Design implement and maintain advanced IT Service Management frameworks (e.g. ITIL).
Process Automation & Shift-Left: Build automation workflows and self-healing systems via ITSM platforms to deflect Tier 1/2 tickets.
System Permissions & Access: Dictate and manage the highest levels of administrative system access and RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) necessary for advanced troubleshooting.
Asset & Knowledge Management: Oversee the lifecycle of enterprise assets and ensure Tier 3 knowledge base articles are highly technical curated and actionable.
Team Leadership & Talent Development
Mentorship of SMEs: Guide and train senior IT engineers systems/network administrators and database specialists.
Performance Metrics & KPIs: Define and enforce Key Performance Indicators (MTTR SLA compliance First Contact Resolution) and present data-backed reporting to IT executives.
Resource Allocation: Manage on-call schedules budget forecasts and staffing pipelines to ensure 24/7/365 operational resilience.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
All roles require an active TS/SCI with Poly
Senior Level/Exceptionally Complex:
Education:
oHigh School Diploma/GED with 10 years of relevant experience
oAssociates Degree with 8 years of relevant experience
oBachelors Degree with 6 years of relevant experience
oor Masters Degree with 4 years of relevant experience
oor PhD with 2 years of relevant experience
Technical Mastery: Deep demonstrable knowledge of advanced networking (firewalls routing/switching VLANs) Active Directory/Identity Management virtualized environments (VMware/Hyper-V) and major cloud platforms (AWS Azure).
Certifications: Advanced certifications such as ITIL Master CISSP CCIE Azure Solutions Architect or CompTIA Server are highly desirable.
SME Level/Exceptionally Complex:
Education:
oHigh School Diploma/GED with 12 years of relevant experience
oAssociates Degree with 10 years of relevant experience
oBachelors Degree with 8 years of relevant experience
oor Masters Degree with 6 years of relevant experience
oor PhD with 4 years of relevant experience
Technical Mastery: Deep demonstrable knowledge of advanced networking (firewalls routing/switching VLANs) Active Directory/Identity Management virtualized environments (VMware/Hyper-V) and major cloud platforms (AWS Azure).
Certifications: Advanced certifications such as ITIL Master CISSP CCIE Azure Solutions Architect or CompTIA Server are highly desirable.
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set level experience relevant training and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89600.00 - $204000.00.
CGI Federals benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation holidays and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well-being programs
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