NMCC System Engineer

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• Comprehensive Medical
• Dental
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• 401(k) with company match
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• Paid Time Off
• 11 Paid Holidays
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• Professional Development Program
• Military Leave Support
• Referral bonuses and more!

Kayla Tek has an exciting System Engineer opportunity supporting the AFNCR IT contract at the National Military Command Center.

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 (PP&E); and National Military Command Center (NMCC). The senior leaders and national defense missions that are supported require that the AFNCR operations never fail, resulting in a fast-paced, challenging, but also rewarding environment.

Pentagon, Arlington, VA - 100% on site

Full time M-F core hours 6 AM - 4 PM

Active TS/SCI

DoD 8750 IAT Level II

Certifications:

at a minimum, one of the following:
Security+ CE (Preferred), CCNA-Security, CySA+ **, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP

The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and monitoring of existing and new systems within the National Military Command Center. You will be working with a team of other systems engineers and systems administrators 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 engineers

• 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 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.

• Must be a US Citizen
• DoD 8750 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 and 8 years work experience can be in lieu of degree).
• Experience with Secure Technical Implementation Guidance (STIG) 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…