Ft. Meade

Software Development Manager

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly 

Description: Oversee the design, development, debugging and implementation of software for all product lines. Manage team of developers includes setting goals and developing team members.
Provide guidance to subordinates to achieve goals in accordance with established policies. Interact with other departments to provide status, estimates of work and provide product expertise.
Create release plans and ensure that they are developed and implemented on schedule.
Functional Knowledge of: JAVA, J2EE, C# and .Net Framework, ASP.NET, SQL, Oracle, XML Web Services Ability to understand and document internal and external processes and work flows.
Knowledge of Agile development processes.
Working Knowledge of CVS, SubVersion or others Source Control Tools. Product Life Cycle: Working knowledge of phases of the product life cycle, including engineering specifications, customer requirements gathering, software design and development, testing - including unit, functional, systems and integration.
Implementation/delivery and maintenance.
Systems Integration: Knowledge of how different systems interact, including potential problems and difficulties that may occur.
Plan and conduct meetings of team leaders and user agency personnel to establish project scope and goals, set priorities and timelines, monitor project status, address issues, and share information among peer groups.
Develop and maintain organizational, procedural, and workflow plans for optimum system operation.
Ensure teams have the necessary resources for varying software development needs.
Participate in the review, evaluation, and selection of new products, hardware, or software.
Research, establish, evaluate, and revise software development processes and methodologies; provide for updates and upgrades of software development tools and training materials. Coordinate security activities including security rights for access to program source code, production information, version control, new hardware, etc.
Coordinate and provide for the training of staff and user agency personnel. Interview and select program staff members
Location: Ft. Meade, MD

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Software and System Engineers (08-706-01)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly 

Description: Front-end live systems support – Specialize in providing support to front end systems: This includes monitoring/improving monitoring of systems; responding to issues reported by monitoring group, dataflow, and end users; performing Spin upgrades and patch installs; providing feedback to engineers on how to improve stability and support. Participate in installations/refreshes systems. Also assist with installs on test systems. Back-end systems/End-to-end support – Specialize in providing support to back end systems and monitoring scenarios that have been implemented to ensure end-to-end flows are operating as expected. This would include working with support people/developers to determine what needs to be monitored and how to improve monitoring and to determine how much responsibility the TU FLE should have for these systems. Also, they would understand the scenarios that have been implemented and what monitoring is involved to ensure that these scenarios are running as expected on the live system and troubleshooting needed if they are not.

Required Skills Working knowledge of Linux Operations sustainment Software testing, installation, configuration, and upgrading Programming/script writing to include bug fixes, minor enhancements, installation, monitoring, and configuration programs and scripts Experience with script writing Strong communications skills  Experience supporting complex operational software systems including trouble shooting and problem solving Willingness to travel  Willing to work non-standard hours when needed.

Location: Ft. Meade, MD

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Software Engineer (07-713-03)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

SIGINT Experience: At least three years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligent activity is desired.

General Experience: Three to six years in a technical role, working on software intensive projects and programs for Government or Industry customers, of which: Three years experience as a Software Engineer supporting software architecture development, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation, selection and evaluation of COTS/GOTS tools, and integration (with both new and legacy systems). Three years experience using any or all of the following: JAVA C++ or C COBRA J2EE Strong knowledge in Web Services implementation. Must be skilled in programming using Top Down, Event Driven, and object oriented paradigms Required experience: Three years experience with JAVA Three years experience with Spring, J2EE and Web Logic is highly desirable Experience with the more advanced features of Spring is highly desirable Other web application server knowledge a plus Experience with technical writing Responsibilities include: Software testing installation, configuration and upgrading Programming to include bug fixes and minor enhancements, as well as installation, monitoring and configuration programs and scripts Documentation of all designs/software developed, documentation of an on going development efforts using TRAC Provide assistance to training team on development of training materials to accompany each new software update Be an active participant in all design sessions Additional preferred skills: Strong organizational skills Strong written and oral communication skills Additional requirements: Willingness to provide after hours support when needed Willingness to work non-standard hours when needed Ability to work quickly, but accurately and thoroughly on a 2-week iteration and 3 month spin cycle as part of an agile development team Experience with supporting complex operational software systems, including trouble shooting and problem solving Ability to work in a collaborative environment with senior software engineers

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics or similar degree and meet the experience requirement OR equivalent documented combination of training and experience. Master’s Degree can substitute for two years of experience.
Equivalent experience examples are: an Associate’s Degree, military training, NCS classes, commercially provided training, or demonstrable program experience and an additional two years experience in this or similar labor category.

Location: Ft. Meade, MD

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Senior Software Engineer (T)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: SIGINT Experience: At least three years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligent activity is desired. General Experience: 
 
Senior Systems Engineers (2 Positions)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: Applies software ,hardware ,and standards information technology skills in the analysis, specification ,development, integration and acquisition of systems for information management applications. Ensures these systems and applications are compliant with standards for open systems architectures, reference models and profiles of standards as they apply to the implementation and specification of information management solutions on the application platform, across the application program interface, and the external environment/software application. Evaluates and recommends COTS applications and methodologies that can be acquired to provide interoperable portable, and scalable information technology solutions. Performs analysis and validation of reusable software/hardware components to ensure the integration of these components into interoperable information management designs.

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Security Developer/Senior Systems Engineers (T)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: Responsible for developing and implementing security systems and additions to the operating system, and for working with security architects, mission developers, system accreditors to ensure mission system security. The candidate must be able to create, modify, test, and document secure system applications per an approve schedule and milestones as well as implement approved remediation actions that are recommended and identified during the certification and accreditation process. The candidate must have the ability to test, assess, adjust, and restructure software and operating system configurations to ensure reliable, secure performance. In addition to configuring and testing systems, the candidate will be responsible for assisting with the development of necessary system documentation to support system security certification. Candidate will be required to provide monthly reports for all work performed.

Minimum Requirements: The candidate must have a BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline or 7 yrs experience in security engineering. The candidate must have technical knowledge and hands-on implementation experience in security engineering, network and application development, and Linux system integration. Candidate must have JAVA programming experience. Candidate must have other language experience (e.g. C, C++, Perl, Python). Ideally, the candidate should also have experience with Linux installation/update systems (e.g. RPM, YUM). Exposure to DCID 6/3 or DoD security standards for processing classified information on data systems including Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) is desired. The candidate must be results oriented, self-motivated and possess effective communication skills.

Additional Preferred Skills: Shell and Perl or similar scripting language, familiarity with Linux system build, installation, and update procedures, Nessus or similar network security scanning tools, Java programming, J2EE framework, JUnit testing.

Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Senior Systems Engineers

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly 

Description and Responsibilities of the Position: The primary role for this position is to provide technical analysis of program operational scenarios and use cases and the development of the program SE documentation.

Specific duties include:
1. Working with system architects, system developers, testers, and systems engineers to develop and maintain operations scenario sequence diagrams to be used for development, integration and testing.
2. The candidate will be responsible for writing and coordinating the preparation of technical documecollection, defensive, and infrastructure systems efforts to include but not be limited to: concept of operations, management plans, configuration management plans and processes, requirements documents and technical briefings.
3. The candidate will be responsible for working as a member of the program interface team and the program interface working group. These activities include developing interface specifications, coordinating and resolving cross project interface issues, and developing interface control documentation.
4. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring technical reviews are done in accordance with the program System Engineering Plan (SEP). The candidate will also ensure design and development continues and documentation for identifies any risks.

Minimum Requirements:
1. A minimum of 8 years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligence activity with intercept collection.
2. Ten years experience as a Systems Engineer in programs that encompass system architecture, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation
3. BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineer or other technical discipline
4. The candidate must have demonstrated ability to write system engineering documentation and be able to deliver technical presentations to large audiences
5. The candidate must be results oriented, self-motivated, and an effective communicator.
6. The candidate must have working experience with MS Office products, including MS Project.

Preferred Skills:
1. Experience performing tradeoff studies
2. Experience with testing performed according to SE standards
3. Knowledge of NSA’s SIGINT mission systems.
4. Knowledge of the DoDAF architecture model.
5. Experience in integrating systems into a system of systems
6. General knowledge of XML and JMS messaging
7. Experience with technology Readiness Assessment (TRA)

Location: Fort Meade, MD

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System Administrator III (TS)
Date Opened:  April 1, 2008

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description:

• Provide Senior System Administration to the DOD program development systems which parallel the operational in capability and depth
• Requires advanced networking skills / knowledge and ability to maintain multi-domain networks
• Work closely with ISSE team
• Hands-on experience with IBM BladeCenters and IBM Director software suite
• Provide system administration services for Linux / UNIX infrastructure and development systems (scripting, loading machines using KickStart, system configuration)
• Ensure systems are kept in required configuration profile, including: patch maintenance,
  changes as required by evolvement of production environments, updating software and software configurations
• Troubleshoot Linux systems identifying hardware, software, and procedural issues
• Be a proactive member of team looking for improvements in technologies and efficiencies.
• Assume other duties / projects as they arise and be responsive to the needs of the department
• Provide weekly status report on activities completed in the last week and current projects

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum ten years experience with installation, maintenance, administration, and trouble shooting of LAN, WAN, computer hardware and software.
• Experience performing and assisting with equipment specification, setup, problem resolution, network support, etc.,
  related to computer hardware and software; and providing assistance to users.
• Experience optimizing system operations.
• Experience ensuring licensing agreements and system currency.

Location: Fort Meade,  Maryland

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Configuration Manager (TS)
Date Opened:  April 1, 2008

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: 

Work with project development teams to manage and control the source code repository and releases (Subversion and Track-It). 
   Develop and implement a change control process, release management process and other critical CM processes
• Develop required scripts or code to automate and integrate chosen configuration management tools.
• Monitor and control the baseline build functions, making changes and improvements as necessary.
• Build the test, functional and operational baselines, as required.
• Update baseline copies as configuration changes are made in development and testing
• Track, control and report status of all software, and infrastructure changes to project software
• Develop and maintain the version description documents (VDD) documents for all tested and formally delivered software

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum five years relevant work including configuration management experience serving in a similar capacity and in an environment with tasks
  of similar scope, complexity, and technical difficulty.
• Experience with two or more commercial software products (e.g. Subversion, Track-It, ClearCase, Razor, TeamWare) used for configuration management.
• Experience in Agile methods is desired. 

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

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Database Engineer III (TS)
Date Opened:  April 1, 2008

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: 

Perform design, coding and unit test of a new Defensive mission event database
• Work as a member of the software development team.
• Support integration and test of new applications and database in the development environment

 Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum ten years defining, planning, designing, implementing, refining, and deploying relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL server, Sybase) in SOLARIS and/or LINUX and Windows environments at the Enterprise and project levels, operating in a heterogeneous and non-heterogeneous environments.
• Experience in maintaining and evolving existing databases, as well as defining and building new ones.
• Experience in sizing (capacity planning), performance analysis and tuning, and modeling.
• Experience in database security certification (to PL/3), data integrity, and database redundancy techniques.
• Experience in developing successful backup and recovery procedures on more than one program.
• Experience in supporting the development of long-term architectural storage solutions based on customer business requirements.
• Experience in resolving database problems and issues and in creating new features/functionality for existing database.
• Experience in defining, documenting, and implementing database logical and physical design and architecture.
• Experience with procedural languages (e.g., PL/SQL/MYSQL).
• Must have worked on large to very large databases (millions to billions of records). 

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

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Scheduler (TS)
Date Opened: April 23, 2008

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: The primary roles for this position are to:
1) Capture and maintain the various project schedule information;
2) To transfer data from the classified schedules to the unclassified program schedules; and
3) Update and integrate the project schedules into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
The Scheduler will:
· Capture the tactical schedule data during spin planning.
· Update and maintain the various schedules during the spin cycles.
· Transfer, import, and export schedule data between MS Project and Primavera as necessary.
· Export data required for the program schedules.
· Create excel spreadsheets for coordination
Minimum Requirements
1. At least three years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligence activity.
2. Minimum five years (total) experience creating, maintaining, and tracking integrated master project schedules for programs that exceed $5M a year in cost with: Utilizing Microsoft Project, Primavera or similar scheduling software including identifying the critical path, resource loading, project linking, and cost/schedule integration.
3. The candidate must have at least two years experience with MS Project and Primavera
4. The candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of the Systems Engineering process that encompasses system architecture, requirements analysis, system documentation, system evaluation, process execution, and evaluation.
5. The candidate must have experience with programs using multiple, interdependent schedules.
6. Experience with: · Associating risk and risk mitigation · Software and hardware requirements · Status activity reports · Schedule review .

Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Systems Engineer(TS)
Date Opened: April 23, 2008

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: The primary role for this position is to provide technical analysis of program operational scenarios and use cases and the development of program SE documentation.
Specific duties include:
Working with system architects, system engineers, system developers, testers, and deployers to develop, gather, update, maintain and publish interface specific information used for development, integration, testing, and deployment of new, augmented, or modified projects/systems. The candidate will be responsible for working as a member of the program interface team and the program interface working group. These activities include developing interface specifications, coordinating and resolving cross project interface issues, and developing interface control documentation. The candidate will be responsible for analyzing the interface implications of planning and development documentation for collection, defensive, and infrastructure systems to include but not be limited to: concepts of operations, incremental development plans (i.e. Spin Activity Plans), requirements documents, interface definition documents, and technical briefings. The candidate will ensure work performed is in accordance with the appropriate plans and processes governing the program. The candidate will also ensure design and development continues and identifies any risks.
Minimum Requirements:
 Five years experience as a Systems Engineer in programs that encompass system architecture, requirements analysis, system documentation, system evaluation, and process execution and evaluation. BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline. The candidate must have demonstrated ability to write system engineering documentation and be able to deliver technical presentation to large audiences. The candidate must be flexible, adaptable, and work easily with other people in teams. The candidate must be results oriented, self motivated and an effective communicator (oral and written). The candidate must have working experience with MS Office products including MS Project.
Preferred Skills:
1. Experience in performing tradeoff studies.
2. Experience with testing performed according to SE standards.
3. Knowledge of NSA's SIGINT mission systems.
4. Knowledge of data base design.
5. Knowledge of information presentation mechanisms, packages and conversion tools.
6. Experience in integrating systems into a system of systems.
7. General knowledge of XML and JMS messaging.
8. Experience with Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA)
Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Software Engineer(TS)
Date Opened: April 23, 2008

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description: The primary role for this position is to provide technical analysis of operational scenarios and use cases and the development of SE documentation.
Specific duties include:
· Evaluating the existing interface schemas used within the program and recommend changes to provide a more modular structure
. Focus will be on reusability of schemas and isolation of capability and function to support releaseability of compatible schemas across different security domains.
  Additional emphasis will be on maintaining 'output level' forward and backward compatibility with current schemas.
· As the subject matter expert for schemas, provide guidance and support to projects
· As part of the program Interface Change Process to ensure forward/backward compatibility.
· Working with system architects, system engineers, system developers, testers, and deployers to develop, gather, update, maintain and publish interface specific information used for development, integration, testing, and deployment of new, augmented, or modified projects/systems.
· Working as a member of the interface team and the interface working group to develop interface specifications, coordinate and resolve cross project interface issues, and develop interface control documentation,
· Analyzing the interface implications of planning and development documentation for collection, defensive, and infrastructure systems to include but not be limited to: concepts of operations, incremental development plans (i.e. Spin Activity Plans), requirements documents, interface definition documents, and technical briefings.
· Ensuring that work performed is in accordance with the appropriate plans and processes governing the Program.
· Identifying design and development risks.
Minimum Requirements:
The candidate must have:
· A BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline.
· In depth knowledge of W3C standards associated with eXtensible Markup Language (XML). This includes, but is not limited to XML Schema Definition (XSD), XPath, XQuery, and the tools/utilities available to manipulate these languages by software developers in both Java, C++, and scripting languages. · At least 5 years of experience. · Demonstrated ability to write system engineering documentation and be able to deliver technical presentation to large audiences.
· Be flexible, adaptable, and work easily with other people in teams.
· Be results oriented, self-motivated and an effective communicator (oral and written).
Preferred Skills:
Experience in performing tradeoff studies.
Experience with testing performed according to SE standards. Knowledge of NSA's SIGINT mission systems.
Knowledge of data base design.
Knowledge of information presentation mechanisms, packages and conversion tools.
Experience in integrating systems into a system of systems.
Experience with Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) Security
Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Network Sustainment Engineer (T)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008
(2 Positions)

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full-scope poly

Description:
Perform design, coding and unit test of a new Defensive mission event database Work as a member of the software development team. Support integration and test of new applications and database in the development environment
Required Skills & Experience:
Minimum ten years defining, planning, designing, implementing, refining, and deploying relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL server, Sybase) in SOLARIS and/or LINUX and Windows environments at the Enterprise and project levels, operating in a heterogeneous and non-heterogeneous environments.
Experience in maintaining and evolving existing databases, as well as defining and building new ones.
Experience in sizing (capacity planning), performance analysis and tuning, and modeling.
Experience in database security certification (to PL/3), data integrity, and database redundancy techniques.
Experience in developing successful backup and recovery procedures on more than one program.
Experience in supporting the development of long-term architectural storage solutions based on customer business requirements.
Experience in resolving database problems and issues and in creating new features/functionality for existing database.
Experience in defining, documenting, and implementing database logical and physical design and architecture.
Experience with procedural languages (e.g., PL/SQL/MYSQL). Must have worked on large to very large databases (millions to billions of records).
Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Software Engineer/System Engineer (T)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008
(5 Positions)

Clearance: Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly.
Description:
This position is for software or system engineers to provide Front Line Engineering/Tier 2 support for system installations.
• Operational System Support- Provide support to front end and back end systems. This includes monitoring and improving monitoring of these systems; responding to and ensuring resolution of operational issues reported by site personnel, 24X7 Monitoring centers, Tier 1 support, dataflow groups, and end users; and providing feedback to development engineers on how to improve stability and supportability. May also assist with installations, upgrades, and patches and ensure system is operating as expected after these actions.
• Thread and Dataflow support – Monitoring data flows and threads that have been implemented to ensure end-to-end flows are operating as expected. This would include working with support people/developers to understand the scenarios that have been implemented and what monitoring is involved to ensure that these scenarios are running as expected on the live system and troubleshooting needed if they are not.
Desired Skills & Experience:
• Working knowledge of Linux (evidenced in work-history)
• Knowledge of collection systems
• Experience with script writing
• Strong communications skills
• Experience supporting complex operational software systems including trouble shooting and problem solving
• Experience with Remedy • Willing to provide after hours support when necessary
• Willing to work non-standard hours when necessary
• Ability to work in high pressure, highly flexible environment against both short and long term requirements. 
Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Software Engineer II(T)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008
(5 Positions)

Clearance: Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly.
Description:
Perform design, coding and unit test of a new Defensive mission applications as they are defined. Note: these will be defined in concert with the mission owner as Defensive needs are identified.
* Software testing installation, configuration and upgrading 
* Programming to include bug fixes and minor enhancements, as well as installation, monitoring and configuration programs and scripts 
* Documentation of all designs/software developed, documentation of an on going development efforts using TRAC 
* Provide assistance to training team on development of training materials to accompany each new software update 
* Be an active participant in all design sessions 
* Understanding/Experience with Turmoil a plus
Required Skills & Experience:
Minimum five years in a technical role, working on software intensive projects and programs for Government or Industry customers, of which:
*Three years experience as a Software Engineer supporting software architecture development, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation, selection and evaluation of COTS/GOTS tools, and integration (with both new and legacy systems) 
*Three years experience in some applicable programming language such as the following: JAVA COBRA; J2EE Perl JavaScript UNIX scripting languages  
Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Senior Software Engineers III (TS)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008

Clearance: Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly.

Description:
*Perform design, coding and unit test of a new Defensive mission applications as they are defined. Note: these will be defined in concert with the mission owner as Defensive needs are identified.
*Software testing installation, configuration and upgrading
* Programming to include bug fixes and minor enhancements, as well as installation, monitoring and configuration programs and scripts
*Documentation of all designs/software developed, documentation of an on going development efforts using TRAC 
* Provide assistance to training team on development of training materials to accompany each new software update 
* Be an active participant in all design sessions 
* Experience must include extensive understanding of PKI.
Required Skills & Experience: 
* Minimum ten years in a technical role, working on software intensive projects and programs for Government or Industry customers, of which: 
*Ten years experience as a Software Engineer supporting software architecture development, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation, selection and evaluation of COTS/GOTS tools, and integration (with both new and legacy systems)
*Five years experience in some applicable programming language such as the following: JAVA COBRA; J2EE Perl JavaScript UNIX scripting languages

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System Administrator III (TS)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008 

Clearance: Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly.

Description:
• Provide Senior System Administration to the development systems which parallel the operational in capability and depth
• Requires advanced networking skills / knowledge and ability to maintain multi-domain networks
• Work closely with ISSE team
• Hands-on experience with IBM BladeCenters and IBM Director software suite
• Provide system administration services for Linux / UNIX infrastructure and development systems (scripting, loading machines using KickStart, system configuration)
• Ensure systems are kept in required configuration profile, including: patch maintenance, changes as required by evolvement of production environments, updating software and software configurations
• Troubleshoot Linux systems identifying hardware, software, and procedural issues
• Be a proactive member of team looking for improvements in technologies and efficiencies.
• Assume other duties / projects as they arise and be responsive to the needs of the department
• Provide weekly status report on activities completed in the last week and current projects
Required Skills & Experience:
• Minimum ten years experience with installation, maintenance, administration, and trouble shooting of LAN, WAN, computer hardware and software.
• Experience performing and assisting with equipment specification, setup, problem resolution, network support, etc., related to computer hardware and software; and providing assistance to users.
• Experience optimizing system operations.
• Experience ensuring licensing agreements and system currency.

Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Scheduler (TS)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008

Clearance: Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly.

Description: 
This position is for a Scheduler to support the program system engineering (SE). The primary roles for this position are to:
1) Capture and maintain the various project schedule information;
2) To transfer data from the classified schedules to the unclassified contract Program schedules; and
3) Update and integrate the project schedules into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
The Scheduler will:
• Capture the tactical schedule data during spin planning.
• Update and maintain the various schedules during the spin cycles.
• Transfer, import, and export schedule data between MS Project and Primavera as necessary.
• Export data required for the unclassified contract Program schedules.
• Create excel spreadsheets for coordination Minimum Requirements
1. At least three years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligence activity.
2. Minimum five years (total) experience creating, maintaining, and tracking integrated master project schedules for programs that exceed $5M a year in cost with: Utilizing Microsoft Project, Primavera or similar scheduling software including identifying the critical path, resource loading, project linking, and cost/schedule integration.
3. The candidate must have at least two years experience with MS Project and Primavera
4. The candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of the NSAW Systems Engineering process that encompasses system architecture, requirements analysis, system documentation, system evaluation, process execution, and evaluation.
5. The candidate must have experience with programs using multiple, interdependent schedules.
6. Experience with:
• Associating risk and risk mitigation
• Software and hardware requirements
• Status activity reports
• Schedule review
Preferred Skills
• Experience working with large scale, integrated master schedules.
• Experience integrating multi-schedule environments
• Knowledge of the NSA Systems Engineering processes.

Location: Fort Meade, MD

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Scheduler II (TS)
Date Opened: April 30, 2008

Clearance: Candidates must have TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly.

Description of Position:
This position is for a Senior Scheduler to support the Master Scheduler. The primary roles for this position are to
1) Maintain a framework for integrating the classified schedules that make up the system;
2) To work with the unclassified NCC Program schedulers to ensure the necessary data for program control is transferred;
3) Development and maintain selected classified schedules required to manage the program. The Master Schedule Engineer will work as a system engineering lead with a Government lead to achieve the schedule goals for each Spin.
Specific duties include:
• Assisting the Master Scheduler defining the tactical activities and spin schedule goals during spin planning. This will include capturing descriptions of the various spin deliverables, identifying the appropriate deliverable meta-data, and reconciling conflicting delivery dates.
• Assisting the Master Scheduler working with system architects, system developers, testers, and system engineers to ensure the evolving plans are accurately captured in the appropriate schedules,
• Assisting the Master Scheduler defining and executing data transfers between the classified schedules and the unclassified, program schedules that support earned value management (EVM).
• Developing reporting processes that support the NCC spin business rhythms.
Minimum Requirements
• At least three years of direct experience with an intelligence community or signals intelligent activity, five years preferred.
• Minimum ten years (total) experience creating, maintaining, and tracking integrated master project schedules for programs that exceed $5M a year in cost with: Using Microsoft Project, Primavera or similar scheduling software including identifying the critical path, resource loading, project linking, and cost/schedule integration.
• The candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of the NSAW Systems Engineering process in programs that encompass system architecture, requirements analysis, system documentation, system evaluation, and process execution and evaluation.
• Minimum three years experience creating, maintaining, and tracking earned value using project management tools.
• The candidate must have a total of ten years experience with MS Project and Primavera, and no less than three years with either MS Project or Primavera.
Experience with:
• Associating risk and risk mitigation
• Software and hardware requirements
• Status activity reports