GovCIO ยท 1 month ago
Network/System Engineer
US-CO-Air Force Academy
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $130K/yr
9+ years expGovCIO is currently hiring for a Senior Network/System Engineer to lead day-to-day operations and lifecycle management of high availability physical and virtual simulation environments supporting training and mission systems at the United States Air Force Academy. This position involves establishing smooth operation of computer systems, managing Active Directory environments, and leading complex incident investigations.
ConsultingIT InfrastructureIT ManagementManagement Consulting
Responsibilities
Establishes and maintains smooth operation of computer systems (to include operating systems, software and hardware) in networked or stand-alone configurations, maintains system integrity, and upgrades systems and/or servers as required
May create and document new methods supporting network/system operations and implement changes to procedures
Consults with support teams, help desks, customers and other technical staff in the resolution of problems, coordinates and performs operation and/or maintenance activities for networks/servers, identifies recurring problems and recommends steps to reduce the severity or frequency of problems
May plan for the transition of development and/or production environments to new technologies, utilize system software to monitor the performance of system files, manage system data to maintain performance efficiencies and/or study system requirements to determine proper server installation methods and procedures
Operate, tune, and maintain servers, storage, networking, and hypervisors to meet a 99% availability target; perform capacity planning and platform lifecycle tasks
Design, administer, and troubleshoot Active Directory environments (user/group lifecycle, OU design, Group Policy, domain controllers, replication, trusts, LDAP/Kerberos authentication)
Manage VM lifecycle (templates, imaging, patching, cloning), VDI broker integration, and GPU-enabled workstation/VDI workloads
Create and maintain automation for provisioning, patching, monitoring and incident response using PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, or similar tools
Lead complex incident investigation and remediation across Windows, Linux, storage and networking stacks; produce RCA and durable fixes
Administer backup/restore solutions, DR exercises and telemetry/monitoring pipelines to ensure data protection and observability
Provision and support thin clients and AV/mission hardware; ensure cross-domain interoperability with simulation middleware and telemetry capture
Own runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge base materials; coordinate cross-functional handoffs
Qualification
Required
High School with 9+ years (or commensurate experience)
Several years of hands-on experience administering enterprise Windows server, linux, and virtualization environments at scale
Strong Linux administration skills
Proven experience with virtualization and VDI technologies, VM imaging and orchestration
Advanced scripting/automation skills
Demonstrated troubleshooting, incident management and documentation experience
Track record meeting SLA targets and working in operationally critical environments
Preferred
Experience with GPU partitioning (GPU-P/DDA) and GPU-accelerated workloads
Familiarity with SCVMM/VMWare stack, Veeam (or equivalent backup), monitoring stacks, and telemetry ingestion
Excellent aptitude for growth mindset and learning
Containerization experience
Benefits
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Corporate Discounts
Learning & Development platform, to include certification preparation content
Training, Education and Certification Assistance*
Referral Bonus Program
Internal Mobility Program
Pet Insurance
Flexible Work Environment
Company
GovCIO
GovCIO is a business consulting firm that focuses on cyber security, digital, data, management and mission services, and IT services.
1001-5000 employees
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Lynn Oakes
Sr. Vice President, Contracts at GovCIO
Andre Green
Vice President Special Operations Support Solutions (SOSS) GOVCIO
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