Systems Administrator – MECM

Company Overview:

The GECOS program supports the ARNG enterprise IT infrastructure, its Wide Area Network (WAN), authentication and directory services, cybersecurity, application hosting, and associated services. GECOS uses ITIL best practices framework as the basis for IT Service Management (ITSM) model.

Responsibilities:

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operating the DoDIN-Army (National Guard) (DoDIN-A(NG) and DoDIN-A(NG)-Secret (S) networks and maintaining service delivery and cybersecurity of DoDIN-A(NG) and DoDIN-A(NG)-S networks and computing services.
• Supporting the DoDIN-A(NG) and DoDIN-A(NG)-S networks and associated computing services from requirement identification to service retirement / replacement.
• Ensuring continued security of the network and proactive enhancement of cybersecurity to meet evolving and emerging threats, to include compliance with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and continuous monitoring requirements.
• Providing support to the 54 supported organizations (i.e., 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia) to ensure flexible and responsive operation and defense of the network. Some OCONUS travel might be required.
• Adhering to all Department of Defense (DoD) enterprise security requirements to include those required by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Department of the Army (DA); prepping for and passing Command Cyber Readiness Inspections (CCRIs), obtaining and maintaining Authority to Connect (ATC) and Authority to Operate (ATO) from the Designated Approving Authority (DAA); ensuring compliance with all Secure Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS) and required information assurance (IA) controls.
• Maintaining the lifecycle of all services, ensuring they meet business needs, comply with Army directives and mandates, and are in keeping with the future Joint Information Environment (JIE) architecture.
• Maintain continuity of service when primary support systems operate in degraded mode per COOP.

MECM SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for management, monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades of the MECM environment supporting the 54 states and territories.
• Plans, assists in engineering and design, along with implementing future architectures changes, upgrades, expansion to modernize the capability to support emerging requirements and capacity needs.
• Reviews requirements from customers and organization strategic initiatives such as expansion and move to Army Cloud Services and use of Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Intune.
• Maintains, imports, tests, verifies, and deploys MECM packages to support workstation and server using NETCOM-approved operating systems and applications to include approved patches and security updates.
• Documents architecture, system configurations, security posture, and other required artifacts to ensure eMASS record is updated and compliant with RMF requirements.

Required Experience/Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent years of combined experience and training.
• Minimum 5 years IT relevant experience and 3 years SCCM / MECM operations support.
• Possess the appropriate baseline certifications to achieve DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II.

Preferred Experience/Qualifications:

• Possess an ITIL® v3 or ITIL® 4 Foundation or a higher certification in either category.

Special Requirements/Security Clearance:

• Active DoD SECRET clearance