NMAC System Administrator - NISSC - COS

Amentum•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•$70,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

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 NMAC 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: Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system hardware, software, peripheral, and networking problems in stressful situations. Explain technical concepts to inexperienced users. Optimize, fine-tune, and monitor operating system software and hardware. Install and configure software and hardware. Create Incident Reports on system issues and performing system data collection. Perform and provide server, workstation, and application expertise to government, civilian and contractor users. Provide support to other work centers and test community. Travel to off-site location with the supported community user. Escort and provide support to engineers and maintenance personnel. Coordinate with other Mission Assurance Centers. Order replacement of new hardware and software including warranty claims. Other duties as assigned. Shift work is required to support 24×7 operations. It is important to be available to work any shift/designated hours required including nights, weekends, and holidays on a modified Panama schedule, and can remain on-site for extended periods during emergencies and drills. This position will be filled and work onsite at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as one of our teammate companies.

Requirements

Must have a Top Secret with SCI Eligibility
Current DoD IAT Level II or higher (Sec+)
4 years or more of general work experience
1.5 years or more of direct work experience
Working knowledge and system administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments; Microsoft Windows operating systems (OS) administration and associated hardware; VMWare and system visualization; and Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies
Red-hat or Linux experience/knowledge
Understanding of virtual machine and Remote Desktop
Windows System Administration experience or Background with SPADOC or space situational analysis/space orbital

Nice To Haves

Associate of Science Degree in a computer field
Virtual Machine Certifications
Cyber and Space Operations experience
Basic understanding of network topologies and protocols
Remedy trouble ticket experience

Responsibilities

Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system hardware, software, peripheral, and networking problems in stressful situations.
Explain technical concepts to inexperienced users.
Optimize, fine-tune, and monitor operating system software and hardware.
Install and configure software and hardware.
Create Incident Reports on system issues and performing system data collection.
Perform and provide server, workstation, and application expertise to government, civilian and contractor users.
Provide support to other work centers and test community.
Travel to off-site location with the supported community user.
Escort and provide support to engineers and maintenance personnel.
Coordinate with other Mission Assurance Centers.
Order replacement of new hardware and software including warranty claims.
Other duties as assigned.
Shift work is required to support 24×7 operations.
It is important to be available to work any shift/designated hours required including nights, weekends, and holidays on a modified Panama schedule, and can remain on-site for extended periods during emergencies and drills.