Job Description

Mission Technologies, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries is seeking a Network Control Technician 3 to support the Navy Integrated Training Environment (NITE) program. This candidate will be responsible for administration, maintenance, and cybersecurity defense of all Navy Enterprise Tactical Training Network (NETTN) client, server, and network infrastructure used to support enterprise-wide modeling and simulation applications and services for the NITE. The candidate will work in close coordination with other team members and departments to update, monitor and maintain servers, workstations, and network devices used throughout the enterprise. Additional duties include performing Microsoft Windows client/server administration, maintenance, patching, and configuring systems in compliance with DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG). Individual must be able to work independently and work within a team. Position requires flexibility to work occasional non-standard work hours and work weeks of more than 40 hours to meet business, customer, and contractual requirements. Additionally, position requires flexibility as duties and responsibilities may be adjusted to meet business, customer, and contractual requirements.

“Position requires flexibility as duties and responsibilities may be adjusted to meet business, customer, and contractual requirements.”

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Experience with Cisco switching/troubleshooting connectivity issues
• Experience digesting and implementing DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG)
• Experience with patching Microsoft servers and workstations
• Experience with VMware
• Experience with network and performance monitoring tools (SolarWinds, etc.
• Windows desktop operating systems (WIN10 SHB)Strong technical troubleshooting skill
• Ability to read and digest technical information
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong customer focus, the ability to manage customer needs and multiple work priorities
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Maintains smooth operation of local area, world wide and virtual private networks (VPN).
• Plans, evaluates, and coordinates installation and/or reconfiguration of hardware and software elements of data and/or voice communication network.
• Maintains technical expertise in all areas of networks and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
• May propose solutions to management to ensure all communications requirements based on future needs and current usage, configuring such solutions to optimize cost savings.
• Prepares or ensures that appropriate network documentation exists, including operational instructions.
• Provides regular monitoring and network analysis regarding short- and long-range planning for in-house systems. May coordinate third-party maintenance for network equipment.
• May design network or portion of network that include selection of hardware and software packages.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field OR
• 3 years experience with Masters in related field OR
• 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field OR
• High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Cisco experience required
• Security+ or equivalent certification
• Must currently possess a minimum of an TS clearance with SCI eligibility

Preferred Requirements

• Use of Enterprise Patching systems preferred
• Linux+/Microsoft/Cisco certification preferred

Physical Requirements

Job performance will normally require only minor lifting and carrying of boxes of records or equipment.