Specialist, Systems Engineering – RC135 Computer and Network Systems Administrator

Job Description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineering, RC-135 Computer and Network Systems Administrator

Job Code: 15024

Job Location: Offutt AFB, NE (Responsibilities must be performed on-site.) 

Job Schedule: 5/8 Work Schedule – (Monday thru Friday) 

Job Description: 

L3Harris is seeking a Systems Engineering Specialist/Computer and Network Systems Engineer for our location at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, supporting the USAF’s RC-135 mission aircraft and its related ground support systems.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Configure, maintain, and reconstitute complex enterprise level networks utilizing a multitude of routing and switching hardware from multiple vendors such as Cisco, Dell, and Brocade.
• Administer and troubleshoot enterprise level networks within a Red Hat Linux/Microsoft Windows environment and being familiar with services such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and LDAP operating within those environments.
• Provide weekly network status updates to management and USAF customers, maintaining network diagrams, and training USAF personnel as requested.
• Conduct recoveries of RC-135 missions by extracting critical data for customer use
• Provide Ground Data Processing System (GDPS) operations support, data import/export operations and mission data archiving
• Assist with GDPS hardware and software malfunction isolation, and configuration for special operations modes and testing as required
• Manage GDPS daily operations and make recommendations to correct system anomalies
• Responsible for GDPS database and software configuration control, and login/password security controls

Qualifications:

• Experience with network system configurations, operations, and firewall administration
• Familiarity with system and network security measures/configuration techniques and data analysis
• Ability to work collaboratively with both local & remote systems engineering teams
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Must be worldwide deployable with the ability to travel up to 30%
• Must be able to work various shifts
• Education and years of experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
• Or 8 years of prior related experience
• Active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance within the first year
• Must pass a CI polygraph
• Obtain CompTIA Security+ certification or higher within six months
• Ability to move up to 50 lbs. up to 5% of the time
• Ability to ascend/descend ladders up to 5% of the time

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with the current RC-135 mission systems or equivalent platform or systems
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or equivalent UNIX or Linux technical certification.
• Programming experience with Linux shell scripting, MySql, PHP, Perl, Java and HTML
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish. For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish.

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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineering, RC-135 Computer and Network Systems Administrator

Job Code: 15024

Job Location: Offutt AFB, NE (Responsibilities must be performed on-site.) 

Job Schedule: 5/8 Work Schedule – (Monday thru Friday) 

Job Description: 

L3Harris is seeking a Systems Engineering Specialist/Computer and Network Systems Engineer for our location at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, supporting the USAF’s RC-135 mission aircraft and its related ground support systems.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Configure, maintain, and reconstitute complex enterprise level networks utilizing a multitude of routing and switching hardware from multiple vendors such as Cisco, Dell, and Brocade.
• Administer and troubleshoot enterprise level networks within a Red Hat Linux/Microsoft Windows environment and being familiar with services such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and LDAP operating within those environments.
• Provide weekly network status updates to management and USAF customers, maintaining network diagrams, and training USAF personnel as requested.
• Conduct recoveries of RC-135 missions by extracting critical data for customer use
• Provide Ground Data Processing System (GDPS) operations support, data import/export operations and mission data archiving
• Assist with GDPS hardware and software malfunction isolation, and configuration for special operations modes and testing as required
• Manage GDPS daily operations and make recommendations to correct system anomalies
• Responsible for GDPS database and software configuration control, and login/password security controls

Qualifications:

• Experience with network system configurations, operations, and firewall administration
• Familiarity with system and network security measures/configuration techniques and data analysis
• Ability to work collaboratively with both local & remote systems engineering teams
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Must be worldwide deployable with the ability to travel up to 30%
• Must be able to work various shifts
• Education and years of experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
• Or 8 years of prior related experience
• Active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance within the first year
• Must pass a CI polygraph
• Obtain CompTIA Security+ certification or higher within six months
• Ability to move up to 50 lbs. up to 5% of the time
• Ability to ascend/descend ladders up to 5% of the time

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with the current RC-135 mission systems or equivalent platform or systems
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or equivalent UNIX or Linux technical certification.
• Programming experience with Linux shell scripting, MySql, PHP, Perl, Java and HTML
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish. For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish.

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