System Administrator

Systems Administrator EngineerResponsibilities The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Voice Switch and Recorder (VS&R) Program Office manages seven different programs that provide critical voice communications and legal recording systems that perform critical, high availability Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications within the FAA's National Airspace System (NAS). The VS&R Program Office is responsible for acquisition of modern Internet Protocol (IP) ATC Voice Communications Systems (VCSs), which includes development of requirements, procurement, verification, validation, testing, implementation and deployment. The VS&R Program Office also manages the full life cycle sustainment and logistics for the existing legacy ATC VCSs that are currently in use throughout the NAS. The Systems Administrator will provide hands-on support to the FAA Test and Evaluation Lead and Technical Team at the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace to help FAA achieve technical milestones for verification, validation, test and deployment of modern IP-VCSs and Air-to-Ground Protocol Converters (APCs). The Systems Administrator Engineer will plan, design, install, configure, and maintain laboratory IP networks and Linux systems, including virtual machine management and equipment monitoring using industry standard open-source software solutions/data/operating systems. The Systems Administrator will also perform software configuration management and maintain software issue tracking repositories. The Systems Administrator must understand the current and emerging client space and evaluate and apply practical and innovative concepts and methodologies to solve difficult problems.Required Qualifications The candidate must possess a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information System Security, Software Engineering or similar discipline, plus 8+ years of relevant hands-on experience. The candidate must possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:Experience planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining laboratory Linux systems, including virtual machine management and equipment monitoring/ Network Management System (NMS) solutions, constructed with industry standard open-source software solutions, data, and operating systems (i.e., comfortable on the terminal, writing bash scripts, configuring packages and servers).Understanding of operating system structure and configuration (e.g. directory structure, device files, network configuration)Experience planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining laboratory IP networks consisting of multiple VLANs, subnets, domains (i.e., management plane, data plane), domain protection mechanisms (e.g., access control list enforcement), and constructed with enterprise grade network switches and routersExposure to configuring managed routers and switchesExposure to Version Control (i.e. Git)Strong software configuration management skills to ensure infrastructure configuration is reliably tracked and reproducibleUnderstanding of systems development lifecyclesUnderstanding of Information System Security practices and methodologiesAbility to prepare briefings to communicate and validate platform/Infrastructure featuresAbility to work independently, collaboratively, and under consultative direction with cross-functional teams comprised of FAA staff, vendors and contractor teams in a dynamic environmentAbility to manage multiple tasks and adapt to evolving technical requirements.Ability to work remotely and onsite at the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace in New Jersey and to participate in on-call rotation and after-hours support as neededU.S Citizen or Green Card Permanent Resident (3+ years U.S. Residency)Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust.Desired Qualifications The candidate should possess some of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities :Knowledge of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Knowledge of the FAA National Airspace System (NAS)Experience using automation tools such as Ansible, Docker, Jenkins, etc.Experience with system requirements and designExperience managing and coordinating test lab configuration activitiesExperience with simulation environments, testbeds, or real-time data feeds for ATC systems.Ability to collect and analyze data, and communicate technical informationExperience with Codebeamer, a collaborative Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool used for testingStrong, clear verbal and written communication skillsWillingness to stay updated on industry trends and technologies.