Legacy System Administrator - NISSC II

Our NORAD Operations Group

Selected by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division for Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OM&S) of critical mission systems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC), we support the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II).

Since 2020, through the (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II), has provided:

·         Operations, maintenance, and Sustainment of current and legacy systems for the surveillance and cataloging of manmade objects in space.

·         Mitigation of orbital conflicts.

·         Threat warnings and control from airborne, land-based, and space-based systems for threat activities.

·         Operations and maintenance of classified communications.

·         Software development and integration.

NISSC II supports the classified communications and processing for Command and Control (C2) capability and legacy space C2 systems located at:

·         Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS), Colorado

·         Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), Colorado

·         Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

·         Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

·         Numerous sensor and forward operator sites around the world

Description of Duties:

The Legacy System Administrator supports North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II). The candidate will:

·         Implement/maintain various technical systems and serves. Provides guidance, direction, and training to others in the group.

·         Serves as a backup to the lead computer systems administrator.

·         Builds and/or debugs complicated hardware and software to correct difficult problems using technically advanced problem-solving skills.

·         Develops and implements system documentation and operating procedures. Identifies and corrects processing anomalies.

·         Operates, monitors, identifies, reports, coordinates, and documents abnormalities for Space Defense Operation Center (SPADOC)/Space Predictive Effects Analysis Results Reporting (SPEARR) systems, servers, clients, and peripheral devices following operating instructions.

·         Will receive training as a Space Program Analyst.

·         Performs scheduled and unscheduled Initial Program loads (IPLs) and system failovers.

·         Coordinates with system lead subject matter experts (SMEs), maintenance personnel, and System Center/Job Control on repair actions/status.

·         Performs scheduled recovery and backup system tasks, creates output products, and dissemin