IT Specialist - Systems Administrator

Join a Team Built on Innovation and Purpose—Air Force Civilian Service Cyberspace and Information Technology needs “Ready Talent” to Advance Innovation and Strengthen Mission Success to shape the future!

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is looking for a TWO, full-time Information Technology (IT) Specialists (GS-2210-12), System Administrators, working at Headquarters (HQ) Air Force, Air Force Legal Information Services, at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Montgomery, Alabama.

Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.

Salary ($89,508 - $116,362) based on experience.

Recruitment or Relocation incentives not to exceed $10,000 may be available based on experience.

This position can close at any time. Apply Now!

Qualifications/Requirements

In this position you will manage all aspects of information systems for the Judge Advocate Corps. Provide implementation, configuration and maintenance of hardware, software, and cloud systems to support Legal Information Services networked systems.

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Must be able to obtain & maintain a “Secret” Security clearance

Must be able to obtain and maintain Information Assurance certification within 6-months of assigned duties.

Key Duties

• Serve as Senior System Administrator & technical advisor - Implement cybersecurity across networks & the cloud - Mentor users & liaise with industry partners
  
  

Highly Desired Skills

• Routine Patch Management - STIGs, IAVAs, TCNOs - Vulnerability scanning - ACAS/Nessus - Hypervisors Management - VMWare, Hyper-V - Modern Container Orchestration – Kubernetes, Docker - Centralized Log Aggregation - Splunk, syslog - Database Maintenance - SQL, Oracle
• Knowledge of IT systems analysis, network, cloud and applications software concepts, functions, techniques, and capabilities sufficient to evaluate new and emerging IT security methods and principles, the feasibility of proposed new systems and applications software projects; and to design, write, test, debug, and maintain information systems and applications software and ensure successful integration with existing and anticipated infrastructure in the database environment.
• Knowledge of IT security systems, tools, protocols, firewalls, network, and cloud security; knowledge of IT management information systems, cloud, networks, and applications software technology to isolate causes of problems between hardware, system, and applications software programs and to measure system performance and/or extend operating system capabilities to support organizational business processes and operations.
• Knowledge of IT management information systems requirements and application software development techniques required in carrying out project assignments of considerable difficulty and with little specificity regarding approach to be followed; knowledge of support principles sufficient to receive, respond to, and ensure complete resolution of problems.
• Skill and ability to maintain an up-to-date awareness of technological advances and predict how management can meet future requirements: skill to design and develop integrated plans to implement and maintain mission systems, applications, and new technologies within in-garrison and unprecedented deployed scenarios.
• Ability to determine application and systems performance, troubleshooting issues affecting performance, and develop immediate fixes or workarounds to overcome shortfalls; ability to modify and adapt precedent solutions to unique or specialized requirements.
• Ability to stay well informed on rapidly changing technology, to evaluate its possible impact on organization missions, and to develop plans to satisfy requirements. You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
  
  

Your application package (resume, supporting documents) will be used to determine your eligibility, and qualifications.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal work age.

AFCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer