NMCC Systems Engineer

TekSynap•Arlington, VA

7h•$115,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an NMCC Systems Engineer to join our team at the Pentagon. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and monitoring existing and new systems within the National Military Command Center. You will be working with a team of other systems engineers and systems adminstrators to resolve issues, implement patches, updates, and report progress to supervisor and stakeholders. You will be required to make entries within the Remedy ticketing system to document the work that is being accomplished on a regular basis.Candidates must be comfortable with developing schedules/timelines for the work that is required to be reviewed by leadership. You will be working with other teams to include system administration, multimedia engineers, telecommunications engineers, etc. in a collaborative effort in designing and troubleshooting systems.You will be called up to brief status updates or present problems and solutions to government and DOD personnel. Candidate must be able to explain technical issues to non-technical personnel and in a professional manner. The AFNCR IT Services program provides support services for information systems for Headquarters Air Force (HAF), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Air Force activities within the AFNCR, missions to include the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews (JBA), Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), and other locations, leased spaces, and alternate sites. The major support areas required are IT Operations and Maintenance; Plans, Projects, and Engineering and National Military Command Center (NMCC). TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

Requirements

Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
Active 8750.01 IAT Level II Certifications: at a minimum, one of the following: Security+ CE (Preferred), CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP
BS Degree in Information Technology or a related field and 4 years of relevant work experience. 8 years of relevant work experience can be used in lieu of a degree.
Experience with Secure Technical Implementation Guidance hardening practices.
Experience with Linux operating systems (Red Hat and CentOS).
Ability to work effectively in a team environment with other highly skilled and diverse individuals.
Extensive experience with VMware deployments, to include migration of VMs from Hyper-V to VMware, and building out a comprehensive VMware solution from start to finish (utilizing advanced features such as High Availability, Fault Tolerance, etc.).
Extensive experience with managing Windows Server 2022 and 2019 domain environments, to include AD, Group Policy, etc.

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience with building out and managing VMware environments.
Extensive experience with building/testing Group Policy.

Responsibilities

Work alongside system administrators responsible for the Information Systems (IS) within the National Military Command Center (NMCC).
Provide solutions based on system requirements and work with multiple teams to develop solutions to technical issues that arise.
Draft/review Engineering Installation Plans for IT requirements supporting the NMCC.
Work directly with third party vendors to discuss IT solutions/integration with mission critical systems within the NMCC.
Establish baseline hardware/software configuration for IT networks within the NMCC.
Assist with System Administrators implementation, security, privileges, and regular maintenance tasks.
Develop and produce documentations, SOPs, reports, and presentation slide decks.