Position Title: System Administrator



Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado



Relocation Assistance: None available at this time



Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position



Clearance Type: DoD Secret Clearance



Shift: Day Shift



Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time





Our NORAD Operations Group



Selected by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division for Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OM&S) of critical mission systems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC), we support the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II).



Since 2020, through the (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II), has provided:

• Operations, maintenance, and Sustainment of current and legacy systems for the surveillance and cataloging of manmade objects in space.

• Mitigation of orbital conflicts.

• Threat warnings and control from airborne, land-based, and space-based systems for threat activities.

• Operations and maintenance of classified communications.

• Software development and integration.



NISSC II supports the classified communications and processing for Command and Control (C2) capability and legacy space C2 systems located at:

• Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS), Colorado

• Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), Colorado

• Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

• Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

• Numerous sensor and forward operator sites around the world





Description of Duties:



The System Administrator supports North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II). The candidate will:

• Install/configure and troubleshooting of RedHat servers, Windows servers, NetApps, VMware vCenter, ESXi, Horizon, VDI’s, NetBackup, Oracle Databases 11g and Microsoft SQL. Develop and document technical processes and procedures.

• Interact, meet, discuss, and troubleshoot issues with teammates and vendors; evaluate vendor products, services, and suggestions.

• Ensure necessary administration tasks are completed, recommend, and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.

• Working close with customers and resolving their technical issues.

This position will be filled and work onsite at Colorado Springs, Colorado



Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as one of our teammate companies.

Basic Requirements:

• Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance

• 5 years or more of general work experience

• 2 years or more of directly related experience

• Experience in Systems Administration of complex applications on Windows and Unix/Linux platforms.

• Experience with Linux and Windows system administration including installing and configuring systems from the OS level up.

• Experience with VMWare installation and configuration and Systems Administration of EXSi hosts, deploying and configuring VMware vCenter, configure virtual storage using ISCSI and NFS storage.

• Experience with Information Assurance policies and procedures and the ability to apply IA requirements to an existing system, experience with applying group policies from Active Directory.

• Experience with scripting languages (developing, debugging, and maintaining)

Desired Requirements:

• Technical aptitude and ability to administer Windows Server 2016 and higher, VMware 6.7 or higher, NetApp

• Network services including DNS, DHCP, NPS.

• Authentication services including Active Directory, Radius, NPS.

• Server support including Linux, Windows, VMWare, VMware Cloud Foundation

• Ability to troubleshoot and accurately identify root causes of infrastructure issues.

• Strong collaboration capabilities to work closely with Government customers and Agile Teams.

• Knowledge of Containerized Virtual Environments Preferred.

This position is expected to pay $100,000 - $114,000 annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K match), employee stock purchase plan, health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave.

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The position for which you are applying requires a US Department of Defense security clearance. This is to advise you that if you possess dual citizenship (i.e., a citizen of the US and another country), to be granted a clearance, you will be required to relinquish your citizenship in the foreign country.