Field Support Technician

Field Support Technician — Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Clearance Required: US Citizen; Currently possess an Active DoD Secret

Mission Overview

Join the Leidos National Security Sector as a Field Support Technician supporting the U.S. Navy's cutting-edge Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) program. This dynamic role blends technical mastery, strategic impact, and worldwide travel, supporting one of the most advanced maritime surveillance platforms afloat.

What You'll Do

• Lead & Train: Guide network specialists and shipboard system admins in operating and maintaining mission-critical C4I systems and networks aboard SURTASS vessels.
• Solve & Support: Dive into diagnostics, in-port maintenance, and system upgrades with hands-on precision during ship availability periods.
• Optimize & Coordinate: Standardize procedures, troubleshoot advanced systems, and enforce best practices to ensure mission readiness.
• Communicate & Collaborate: Act as a liaison between diverse teams including ship captains, government personnel, contractors, and military crews.
• Travel & Deploy: Provide global technical support with flexibility for CONUS/OCONUS assignments — including at-sea operations.

Required Qualifications

• High school Diploma, related military experience, trade/industrial school graduate or GED equivalent
• 5+ years hands-on experience related to the industrial maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of secure networks and communications systems, navigations systems, or sonar surveillance systems
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (required within 12 months of hire)
• Must have the ability to work under only very general supervision and able to provide training to shipboard assigned electronic maintenance technicians
• Position may require the ability to perform in an arduous environment
• U.S. Passport, valid driver's license, and ability to meet mariner's physical fitness requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Technology, or be a graduate of US Navy electronics "C" school or equivalent civilian electronics technical school. Desired curriculum should have dealt directly with maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of Navy C5I, secure networks, communications systems, navigation systems, and sonar systems
• 8 years' experience of practical hands-on experience in the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Navy C5I, secure networks, communications systems, navigation systems, and sonar systems
• 5 years' experience in the maintenance and repair of SURTASS C4I systems, SURTASS processing systems, and SURTASS arrays (active and passive)
• Prior SURTASS shipboard technician experience
• DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification
• Experience with Navy systems: ISNS, CENTRIXS, SCI, and secure communications
• TL-29A and advanced sonar array maintenance (CLFA, LFA, HFM3)
• Proven track record with mission-critical subsystem repairs (GCCS-M, GPS, SHF/UHF SATCOM, HF, SIPR/NIPRNET)

This is more than a job — it's a mission-critical technical leadership opportunity with global impact and operational prestige.