Information Technology Specialist (Systems Administration/Customer Support)

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. You may need to complete a 3 year probationary period, if applicable. This position is located at the 7th SIG CMD (T) 21st SIG BDE 302nd SIG B Nin Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Serve as an Information Technology Specialist performing duties with elevated privileges to any of the station systems.

Install, configure, and maintain all NGC operating systems and software application builds and patches

Review and responds to system and application logs, notifications, and alerts that indicate errors or degradation in system performance and resources.

Perform over-the-air re-keying for all connected subscribers to ensure rigorous and high-level security practices are in place

Work within established policies and procedures to ensure information systems reliability and accessibility, and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data.

Maintain awareness of progress and any unusual circumstances with ramifications that could impact DODs electronic messaging capabilities that support Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) for DOD customers.