System Administrator 2

Requirements:

ACTIVE TS/SCI with full scope poly required for consideration of this position.

• 10+ years of IT experience, including Windows and Linux Network Administration experience + a BS (or 15+ years of experience without a degree)
• SAS requires a CITE Facility Administrator to execute spanning five key disciplines:
• Network Management
• Network Design/Architecture
• Network Systems Engineering
• Network Installation/Maintenance
• Information Systems Security Engineering

We require experienced Network Managers/Administrators with Radio Frequency systems and components familiarity who are capable of reliably executing the following responsibilities:
Consult and coordinate with external organizations to resolve network, system, server, or other development and test infrastructure issues

• Identify and select IT products, tools, services, and infrastructure components for development systems
• Strategize/design/select architectures and procedures required to solve complex infrastructure problems
• Develop/contribute to/evaluate technical proposals for changes to CITE facility networks
• Install and customize as necessary HW and/or SW components into development and test infrastructure computer systems and networks
• Maintain computer system and network HW or SW, including UPS network
• Manage, monitor, and control networks
• Troubleshoot networks, computers, and peripheral devices to isolate causes of failures/issues
• Conduct site surveys for IT installations
• Validate testing and quality assurance of development and test infrastructure systems
• Analyze infrastructure problems to determine technical solutions
• Identify new and existing products, technologies, and/or architectures to solve design, development, and test problems
• Perform high-level design, specifying system and component performance and interface requirements
• Translate conceptual designs into technical specifications
• Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, configure, and improve development and test infrastructure equipment
• Perform all life cycle support: HW, SW, firmware, and configuration upgrades or modifications to currently installed development and test infrastructure equipment
• Effect repair and modification of HW components to include micro-soldering to replace components, repair traces to keep systems/devices in operating condition, and facilitate reverse engineering efforts

The specialized skills required for this highly complex role include:

• Understanding the architecture/topology of SW/HW/networks, including WANs/CANs/LANs, telecommunication systems, their components, and associated protocols and standards
• Configuring, managing, and sustaining development and testing network infrastructure and computer systems
• Comprehension of the theory, design, and implementation of network architectures
• Applying concepts, principles, theories, and methods for designing, development, evaluating, testing, and securing development and testing infrastructure networks
• Monitoring and maintaining applications within an IT environment
• Expertise in the concepts, principles, theories, and methods for network connectivity (e.g. routing, switching, and IP addressing)
• Maintaining awareness of new, emerging, and evolving technology, tools, and trends applicable to mobile/RF development and testing infrastructure networks requirements
• Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of telecommunications, including their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they integrate with one another (e.g. transmissions, switching, routing management)
• Experience in the design, implementation, and operation of telecommunications systems
• Familiarity with the specifications, uses, and types of security hardware and software options
• Understanding of the concepts and principles of computer security
• Using the principles and key elements of Configuration Management to plan, manage, or document the implementation, modification, or integration of systems
• Implementing, configuring, and sustaining computer/network security solutions (e.g. encryption, firewalls, anti-virus rule sets, and intrusion detection/prevention systems)
• Planning, coordinating, and administering the installation, testing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems
• Maintaining systems inventory, non-attributable systems matrix, and rack/elevation/room drawings
• Implementing safety protocols