Mission Planning Systems Engineer

at  Planned Systems International Inc

Overview:
Planned Systems International (PSI) is an Enterprise IT services company who focuses on designing, building, securing, and operating cutting-edge software solutions that drive mission success and operational excellence for Federal Government organizations. PSI has a need for a Mission Planning Systems Engineer (MPSE) at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England where the candidate will work in a collaborative and innovative environment support Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). This is an amazing opportunity to directly support global Command and Control Mission Support (C2MS) program. You will be a critical part of the Mission Planning team in our OCONUS locations.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and augment the Government customer team supporting mission planning.
• Receive and apply routine, preprocessed and approved update to all mission planning clients.
• Prepare drives and images for deploying teams.
• Support deploying teams by maintaining a stock of consumables.
• Load data to various servers and computers.
• Apply images to computers/devices.
• Maintain images, replicate hard drives and other media.
• Field user questions on hardware, software, process topics.
• Set up peer to peer networks.
• Be available for short notice travel.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university preferred.
• Must have Active Secret clearance and be eligible to upgrade to a TS/SCI.
• 5 years experience in hands-on network / system administration.
• Knowledge of Special Operations, SOCOM, and C4ISR systems and networks.
• Knowledge of DoD information assurance, policy, and regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of and experience in Local Area Network (LAN) design, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and sustainment.
• 5 years’ experience with industry standard core services and infrastructure (such as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)).
• Expertise required in Cloud Applications & Infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud; Windows 10; Windows Server 20XX; Linux (Red Hat, KALI), mobile (iOS, Android); next generation firewalls and web application firewalls (Barracuda, Palo Alto), network hardware (CISCO, Aruba, Juniper, HP), virtual machines and environments (VMWARE, VCENTER, VSPHERE), network monitoring tools (Splunk, Solarwinds, Snort, Wireshark), HBSS tools McAfee), automation tools (Ansible Tower).
• Eligible for NATO access.

Company Benefits:
PSI offers full-time, benefits eligible employees a competitive total compensation package that includes paid leave, and options for employer sponsored group medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, AD&D coverage, legal services, identity theft, and accident insurance. Flexible spending account and health saving account options offer pre-tax savings for qualified medical, dental, and vision expenses. The company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan has an employer contribution match that is immediately vested. We invest in the professional growth of our employees through professional courses, certifications, and tuition reimbursement programs.
EEO Commitment:
It is company policy to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and termination, are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, veteran status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities will be provided. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources by emailing HRDepartment@plan-sys.com, or by dialing 703-575-8400

• Coordinate and augment the Government customer team supporting mission planning.
• Receive and apply routine, preprocessed and approved update to all mission planning clients.
• Prepare drives and images for deploying teams.
• Support deploying teams by maintaining a stock of consumables.
• Load data to various servers and computers.
• Apply images to computers/devices.
• Maintain images, replicate hard drives and other media.
• Field user questions on hardware, software, process topics.
• Set up peer to peer networks.
• Be available for short notice travel