Chief Watch Officer

The Chief Watch Officer CWO shall have overall responsibility for Network Operation Center NOC management and shall direct the operation of the NOC to include real time monitoring level one troubleshooting restoral and reporting as well as all internal management functions e g shift scheduling personnel management and training management The Chief Watch Officer shall develop and maintain continuity of operations COOP plans determine future operational capability requirements and oversee installation and implementation of hardware and software required to meet these requirements The successful candidate should be a self-starter someone who will proactively find and address issues not waiting for tasks to be assigned someone who will be a leader within the NOC Program OMDAC-SWACA.

You must satisfy all host country requirements to legally work in the host country to include but not limited to the ability to obtain and maintain a host nation visa and host nation driver s license in order to be qualified for this position.

• Provide direct support to the NOC for the management of all networks and systems under the responsibility of the NOC
• Provide technical and operation support to functional users for managing monitoring and maintaining situational awareness of networks and systems under the responsibility of the NOC
• Assist in preparing and presenting networks and systems outage reports for the NOC to various agencies
• Assist in monitoring and tracking all networks and systems under the responsibility of the NOC and assist in completing outage trend analysis reports
• Assist in providing operational status reporting to the United States Army Regional Cyber Center Southwest Asia USARCC-SWA relating to network operations
• Participate in inter-theater information dissemination and provide initial response Level 1 triage on outages degradations or other events affecting networks and systems under the responsibility of the NOC and assist in assigning trouble tickets to the appropriate responsible unit
• Enforce information assurance in accordance with AR 25-2 and shall provide initial triage on suspicious activities and evaluate them in accordance with policies and procedures
• Generate reports and update trouble tickets
• Previous experience working in a Network Operations Center environment
• Perform other duties and assignments as required

• Security Clearance:
  Requires an active Secret Clearance
• Education / Certifications:
  
  One-year of related experience may be substituted for one year of education, if a degree is required. Degree in IT or related field required.
  
  ITIL:
  Foundation (current version) required
  
  This position requires candidates to adhere to DoD 8570.01M. All candidates are required to maintain at least one (1) baseline certification and one (1) computing environment (CE) certification. Baseline certifications cannot also be used as a Computing Environment (CE) certification.
  
  The authorized certifications for this job title are listed as follows:
• Baseline:
  Cisco: CCNA:
  Certified Network Associate
  - Security
• Cisco: CCNP:
  Certified Network Professional
  - Security
• CompTIA: A+ ce
• CompTIA: CASP+ ce:
  Advanced Security Practitioner
• CompTIA:
  CySA+ ce:
  Cybersecurity Analyst
• CompTIA:
  Network+ ce
• CompTIA:
  Security+ ce
• CompTIA:
  SecurityX ce
• GIAC: GCED:
  Certified Enterprise Defender
• GIAC: GCIH:
  Certified Incident Handler:
  Certified Incident Handler
• GIAC: GICSP:
  Industrial Cyber Security Professional
• GIAC: GSEC:
  Security Essentials
• ISACA: CISA:
  Certified Information Systems Auditor
• ISC2: CISSP (or Associate):
  Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• ISC2: SSCP:
  Systems Security Certified Practitioner
• Computing Environment (CE):
  CompTIA:
  Server+
• Microsoft: 365 Certified:
  Enterprise Administrator Expert
• Microsoft: 365 Certified:
  Messaging Administrator Associate
• Microsoft: 365 Certified:
  Security Administrator Associate
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Azure Database Administrator Associate
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Identity and Access Administrator Associate
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Information Protection Administrator Associate
• Microsoft:
  Certified:
  Security Operations Analyst Associate
• Microsoft: MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Admin
• Microsoft: MCSA: SQL 2016 Database BI Development
• Microsoft: MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Dev
• Microsoft: MCSA:
  Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft: MCSA:
  Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft:…