GCCS-J Installation SME

Description

SAIC is seeking a GCCS-J Installation Subject Matter Expert (SME) with a RHEL/Windows Systems Administration background to join our team in support of the Air Operations Center Weapons System (AOC WS) Falconer Program. The position is located at the USAF customer site in Hampton, VA, and reports to the Site Support Team (SST) IPT Lead. This position will support activities at Air Operations Centers (AOCs) located at various CONUS and OCONUS Air Force locations. The selected individual will be part of a team that is responsible for the installation, configuration, sustainment, and troubleshooting of Command and Control (C2) systems. This is an onsite position with travel required up to 25% of the time.

This position requires a demonstrated/thorough understanding of GCCS-J, preferably v6.x and higher, throughsystems installation/administration/management processes, mission planning/scheduling, experience in the sustainment of an existing baseline, and a fundamental ability to troubleshoot and diagnose issues. The successful candidate must be effective at face-to-face interaction with customers (military, government civil service, and contractors) to respond to requests for information and support for technical meetings, technical interchanges, and enterprise working groups. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Sustainment, management, and system administration support of the installed AOC baseline
• Provide support for major upgrade projects (software and hardware)
• Provide technical expertise and support to assist the AOC sites to mitigate risks when transitioning from one fielded baseline to the next
• Provide assistance to site System Administrators, and other site users to increase their proficiency on the fielded baseline
• Assist in closing/resolving action items discovered during site evaluations
• Assist site personnel with the following:
  • Properly configuring, troubleshooting, and migrating to new AOC infrastructure components
  • Data migration (as required)
  • Application tuning
  • Domain policies
  • Applying security patches
  • Submitting/closing trouble tickets (as required)
  • Configuring the AOC baseline to minimize downtime
• Attend Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), AOC Production Center (PC) engineering and integration meetings, post installation follow-up meetings
• Submit recommended changes to AOC Configuration Management (CM) personnel and assist in the Request for Variance (RFV) process as required
• Provide recommendations on performance and security issues, and other items of interest relating to AOC baseline(s)
• Completion of all applicable fielding objectives to include Agile Release Events (AREs), and Critical System Updates (CSUs), by applicable deadlines
• Provide knowledgeable insight while testing/supporting future upgrades being developed by the AOC Production Center (PC)
• Assist with Verification and Validation Assessments and other SPO events as required
• Working knowledge of supporting Operating Systems: Windows Server 2019 and 2022, VMWare vSphere, Solaris 10-11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Provide onsite and remote GCCS-J Installation, configuration and integration expertise both CONUS and OCONUS
• Ensure system availability and reliability of the Global Command and Control System - Joint (GCCS-J) in accordance with security policies

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of hands-on Systems Administration experience; Master’s degree and 5 years of hands-on Systems Administration experience; Experience and industry certifications will be considered in lieu of education requirements
• Current DoD Secret security clearance, with eligibility for SCI
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and/or Unix
• Global Command and Control Systems 6.X
• GCCS-J Databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase, JBoss
• Experience with ICSF, COP, Agile Server/client.
• Ansible software/application deployment and DISA Playbooks
• Experience with the following systems: TBMCS, JTT-CP, JADOCS, and MAAP-TK.
• Perform effective and efficient COP interconnectivity between GCCS-J suites.

 Four or more years of experience with at least four of the following software technologies:

• • Microsoft Windows Servers and Desktop Operating Systems (OS)
  • Microsoft Active Directory (management/configuration)
  • Microsoft Group Policy (management/configuration)
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft System Center (SCCM/MECM)
  • Windows Software Update Service (WSUS)
  • Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
  • Microsoft SQL Server or another relational database
  • VMWare vSphere and ESXi, or equivalent hypervisor/virtual environment
  • Citrix and vDisk, to include Provisioning, XenApp, and Storefront servers
  • McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)
  • Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) and Nessus
• Must meet position and certification requirements outlined in DoD Directive 8570.01-M for Information Assurance Technician Level III within 30 days of the date of hire (CompTIA Security+)
• Active passport required within 90 days of the date of hire
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs

Desired Experience, Knowledge, and/or Skills:

• Working knowledge of Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), and Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies and data backup technologies
• Experience with Containers and containerization Applications
• Experience with IPTables / FirewallD
• Experience in highly effective communication and collaboration in a high-performance team environment
• Working knowledge of CISCO network and switching technologies
• Experience with remote file systems, to include CIFs and NSFs

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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