Zivaro
Systems Administrator II Cleared
Zivaro, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80509
Job DescriptionJob Description
This role is onsite in Colorado Springs, CO.
JOB SUMMARY
Zivaro's NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC) Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract (NISSC) II Team provides engineering expertise and IT services in support of various NORAD, NORTHCOM, USSTRATCOM, and US Space Force Command and Control (C2) missions. The NISSC II-covered systems provide timely, accurate, unambiguous, and continuous classified communications and processing capability in operations centers at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; Vandenberg, California; and other worldwide operational locations. In concert with the prime NISSC II contractor, Jacobs Technologies, Zivaro's employees performs enterprise architecture, system engineering, software development, system integration, and system test duties to fulfill NISSC II operations, maintenance, and sustainment requirements.
Experience supporting capability development, delivery, and sustainment of Command and Control (C2) systems within an Agile environment supporting the missile warning, missile defense, and space domain awareness (SDA) domains is highly desired. **
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POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS
Systems Administrator responsible for the internal administration, maintenance, and management of capacity resources the integrated NISSC development environment at the Government Test Development Facility.
Set up and manage Linux and Windows systems, applications and environments and ensuring those systems comply with government security standards
Builds, configures, troubleshoots, and integrates new and existing servers to provide service enhancements, application deployments and infrastructure upgrades.
Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains system documentation, tunes system performance, installs system-wide software, and allocates mass storage space.
Troubleshooting network hardware and software applications, OS upgrades, and security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services
Responsible for monitoring performance, system usage, and back-up and recovery
Familiarity with storage appliances and configurations
Experience with VMware and the ability to analyze and optimize
Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), agile system development, and DevSecOps tools and processes.
Experience implementing patches, scanning, remediating findings, auditing.
Supports operating system patching in compliance with security policy and procedures.
Support software deployments to customer sites.
Ensures lab configuration management
Manage tickets and resolution of issues identified by lab users
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**EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS: **
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS Engineering, Computer Science, or Math); or equivalent combination of education and experience
DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA) is required
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Active Secret Security clearance required – Top Secret is preferred ** ****
U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions at Zivaro, due to security clearance requirements for government/federal contracts held by Zivaro.
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Benefits:
Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, flexible PTO program, 401k program. Come join a Top Places to Work organization!**
EEO STATEMENT
ZIVARO fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. It is our policy to provide employment, compensation and other benefits related to employment based on qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. In accordance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation upon request during the application process to eligible applicants in order that they may be given a full and fair opportunity to be considered for employment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we intend to comply fully with applicable federal and state employment laws and the information requested on this application will only be used for purposes consistent with those laws.
This role is onsite in Colorado Springs, CO.
JOB SUMMARY
Zivaro's NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC) Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract (NISSC) II Team provides engineering expertise and IT services in support of various NORAD, NORTHCOM, USSTRATCOM, and US Space Force Command and Control (C2) missions. The NISSC II-covered systems provide timely, accurate, unambiguous, and continuous classified communications and processing capability in operations centers at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; Vandenberg, California; and other worldwide operational locations. In concert with the prime NISSC II contractor, Jacobs Technologies, Zivaro's employees performs enterprise architecture, system engineering, software development, system integration, and system test duties to fulfill NISSC II operations, maintenance, and sustainment requirements.
Experience supporting capability development, delivery, and sustainment of Command and Control (C2) systems within an Agile environment supporting the missile warning, missile defense, and space domain awareness (SDA) domains is highly desired. **
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POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS
Systems Administrator responsible for the internal administration, maintenance, and management of capacity resources the integrated NISSC development environment at the Government Test Development Facility.
Set up and manage Linux and Windows systems, applications and environments and ensuring those systems comply with government security standards
Builds, configures, troubleshoots, and integrates new and existing servers to provide service enhancements, application deployments and infrastructure upgrades.
Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains system documentation, tunes system performance, installs system-wide software, and allocates mass storage space.
Troubleshooting network hardware and software applications, OS upgrades, and security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services
Responsible for monitoring performance, system usage, and back-up and recovery
Familiarity with storage appliances and configurations
Experience with VMware and the ability to analyze and optimize
Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), agile system development, and DevSecOps tools and processes.
Experience implementing patches, scanning, remediating findings, auditing.
Supports operating system patching in compliance with security policy and procedures.
Support software deployments to customer sites.
Ensures lab configuration management
Manage tickets and resolution of issues identified by lab users
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**EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS: **
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS Engineering, Computer Science, or Math); or equivalent combination of education and experience
DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA) is required
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Active Secret Security clearance required – Top Secret is preferred ** ****
U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions at Zivaro, due to security clearance requirements for government/federal contracts held by Zivaro.
**
Benefits:
Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, flexible PTO program, 401k program. Come join a Top Places to Work organization!**
EEO STATEMENT
ZIVARO fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. It is our policy to provide employment, compensation and other benefits related to employment based on qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. In accordance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation upon request during the application process to eligible applicants in order that they may be given a full and fair opportunity to be considered for employment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we intend to comply fully with applicable federal and state employment laws and the information requested on this application will only be used for purposes consistent with those laws.