Chief engineer

Overview Location: Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Education/Certifications: Bachelor’s Degree (Will accept Associate’s and 4 additional years of experience or High School Diploma with 8 additional years of experience); VCAP or higher OR NCIE Years of Experience: 10+ years total – 3+ years supporting a Combatant Command, 2+ years supporting Do D, and 5+ years supporting relevant civilian efforts Clearance Level & Investigation: Top Secret IA Cert Level (Do D 8570.01): IAT III Computing Environment Certifications: Virtual Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or a higher-level Virtual Certification OR Net App Certified Engineer (NCIE) The Chief Engineer is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all engineering activities. This position directs, oversees, and supports delivery of new capabilities and projects; effectively troubleshoots issues spanning multiple disciplines; assists with health monitoring of Operating System (OS), routers, switches, application processes, and services; creates and maintains networks, system, transmissions, and voice documentation and reporting. The Chief Engineer provides support for administration of Cisco, Linux, Microsoft (MS), Net App, Red Hat, Kubernetes, storage appliances and cloud-based solutions and Virtual based systems, including communications applications, IA server and client software systems, email, printing services, software license administration, file sharing and storage services, backup services, routers, switches, and other related systems or components. This position will work with network, systems, transport, and voice engineering on infrastructure technical support activities to correct issues with Information Systems (ISs) at multiple CENTCOM locations. Qualifications: The Chief Engineer must have the following minimum qualifications: Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience (in a combatant command) engineering IT solutions for NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and Mission Partner Environment/Coalition Environment (or other coalition network environments), 2 years’ relevant experience with the Do D, and 5 years’ relevant experience within the civilian sector. Do D 8570.01 M compliance for IAT Level III with one of the following: Virtual Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) or a higher-level Virtual Certification, or Net App Certified Engineer (NCIE). Background must include 3+ years’ experience performing relevant networks, systems, transport, or voice engineering, implementation, and administration work within a combatant command. Technical experience with Do D and coalition networks to include NIPR, SIPR, SIPR/REL, MPE, Zero Trust principals and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) architecture. Proficiency and experience with engineering, executing, and overseeing the following technology areas, tasks, and systems: Capacity planning CENTOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) Cisco i OS Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSf C) and TACLANE Replacement Program (TRP) Configuration management system updates Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Storefront Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascade Style Sheet (CSS), j Query Cybersecurity (formerly Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA)) compliance Microsoft Active Directory Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Net App 7-Mode and c DOT Network integration support Network optimization (e.g. grooming) New requirements analysis support Program Of Action & Milestones (POA&M) Regional Cyber Center Southwest Asia (RCC SWA) Change Management (Ch M) process Risk Management Framework (RMF) Snap Mirror, Snap Restore, Snap Manager Tech Control Facility (TCF) in a Box (Ti B), Mini-TCF, Medium-TCF Theater-level network modeling and simulation Traffic engineering USARCENT Ch M process Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Standardization Virtual NSX Virtual Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Virtual Distributed Switches (v DS) Virtual v Sphere Virtual Private Network (VPN) Windows Server Wireless Zero Trust VXLAN Software Defined Networking (SDN) Kubernetes Must have a Top-Secret clearance due to sensitive nature of work; requires access to classified information and systems to support mission-critical operations. Experience in network, systems, transmissions, and voice architecture design to support Customer strategies and goals. Ability to provide technical assistance and advice to Operations Leadership on engineering solutions to enhance warfighter capabilities. Strong leadership skills to supervise all networks, systems, transmissions, and voice contract workforce. Effective communication skills to support stakeholder meetings, staff meetings, and engineering discussions. Bachelor’s Degree required – may substitute additional years of experience in lieu of advanced degree Additional 4 years of experience with Associate’s Degree Additional 8 years of experience with High School Diploma Responsibilities Additional roles and responsibilities, include, but are not limited to: Identify and design engineering processes that improve ability to rapidly deploy and increase return on investments made throughout CENTCOM AOR. Design networks, systems, transmissions, and voice architecture that improve and align strategies and goals around higher headquarters. Design networks, systems, transmissions, and voice architecture that are modular in nature and enable Customer to reduce IT systems implementation costs and provide a means of incrementally scaling services as needed. Support stakeholder meetings, staff meetings, and engineering meetings for E&I. Provide Operations Leadership technical assistance and advice involving engineering architecture and solutions required to implement technical capabilities to warfighter. Maintain supervisory responsibilities over all networks, systems, transmissions, and voice contract workforce within Customer environment. Support creation, maintenance, and submission of Engineering Management Documentation. #J-18808-Ljbffr