**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 **Linux Engineer** 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: • Provide highly skilled Systems Administration/Integration to support of complex Linux environments. • Administer/update/troubleshoot air warning, missile warning & space defense systems development/test environments. • 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. **The successful candidate will:** This position will be filled and work onsite in Colorado Springs, CO **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:** • Clearance: Secret • Certification: IAT Level II Certification (CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP) • 3 or more years of directly related experience • 6 or more years of general work experience • 2 years of experience in Systems Administration of complex applications on Unix/Linux platforms. • Experience Linux/Unix system administration including installing and configuring systems from the OS level up. • 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 environment impacting Linux OS. • Experience writing scripts in Perl, bash shell and Expect languages or equivalent (developing, debugging, and maintaining) • Experience with configure, analyze, and troubleshoot clustered and virtual Oracle (Sun) and Linux-based servers. • Linux RedHat Certified System Administrator or equivalent certification **Desired Requirements:** • TS/SCI • Technical aptitude and ability to administer Network services including Active Directory, LDAP, Radius, NPS. • Understanding of network services including DNS, DHCP, NPS and relation to Linux Operating Systems. • Authentication services including LDAP, Active Directory, Radius, NPS. • Server support including Linuxand VMWare. • Ability to troubleshoot and accurately identify root cause of infrastructure issues. • Creation of custom scripts/programming for customer and administrative needs. • Familiarity with network administration, switches, configuring for host security, availability, and throughput. • Linux IPA including LDAP, DNS, Kerberos, addressing any directory services requirements • Filesystem management on large fiber-channel RAID storage arrays, Linux kernel config and tuning, • Customization of Linux servers for use with large RAID disk arrays. • Skills/understanding of Microsoft server and OS products that connect and support Linux based systems • Experience with VMWare installation and configuration and Systems Administration of ESXi hosts, deploying and configuring VMware vCenter, configure virtual storage using ISCSI and NFS storage. This position is expected to pay **$115,000 - $120,000** 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. \#cjpost **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.**