Systems Administrator, Senior (MSO)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Systems Administration

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

IT Networking, Networking, Networking Support

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Systems Administrator/Mission Support Operator - $10K Sign-on bonus

*Classified work and therefore must be on-site*

Mission Support Operator (MSO) provides 24/7, 365, 12hrs shift, Tier 1/2 operational support to end customers and users in the field/worldwide.

• Monitor the performance and capacity of end-to-end IT computer systems using a variety of specialized software applications/tools.

• Triage hardware, software, and environmental faults, alerts or malfunctions.

• When an issue is identified, the MSO works to determine the cause of the problem, provide situational awareness and resolution to the user community.

• Serve as first responder and ‘one-stop shop' for all site issues, requiring a broad level of knowledge of high priority systems across a multi-location enterprise.

• This is similar to a civilian Emergency Operations Center for Police/Sheriff Department but it is not the same; however, we action 911 notifications. 

• This is not a traditional Network Engineer or System Administration role; however, having either background speeds up training so you can be proficient in 6 – 12 months.

• This role is "mission critical"; therefore are demanding and challenging. This is NOT a role that can be trusted to be performed in a remote capacity, must be ON SITE. 

• Person we seek must have a solid Information Technology foundation.

• Panama Shift Schedule | 24/7 Shift Coverage.

• Panama Shift is a rotating shift pattern that uses multiple teams and two 2-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. The working and non-working days typically follow this pattern: 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 3 days off. Each team may work the same shift (day or night) for 2-3 months then switches over to the other shift for the next 2-3 months. The rotation helps ensure equity regards to work life balance for all members of team.

Other duties include:

• Monitoring, recognition, evaluation, and correction of IT systems, network and satellite ground stations. ​

• Interfacing with the user community, Mission Directors, System Administrators, Network Engineers, external sites and other system operators as required for real-time detection, isolation, and resolution of problems.

• 24/7/365 Operational Support to customers and users in the field

• Utilize SolarWinds, Splunk, WireShark (and other monitoring tools) to monitor internal and external hardware, software, network connectivity, status IT infrastructure (utilizing ping, SNMP traps, customer scripts) – and utilizing established TTP's to respond to issues

• Provide support to Networking team, including Layer 1/2/3 type activities and documentation/design.​

• Perform analysis (in both real-time and post-event) on key mission capabilities and provide feedback to internal and external customers.​

• Maintain a positive, professional and helpful working relationship with our customers.​

• Perform daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly functional checks on systems and capabilities, also perform inspections on critical hardware and infrastructure.​

• Provide support to the Engineering staff for testing and validation of new software releases and network connections.​

• Support Configuration Management functions (Incidents, Assets) utilizing BMC Remedy.​

• Respond to customer voice and electronic support requests.​

• Respond to real time, mission critical situations (response defined in minutes).​