VETS, Inc., is looking to add an experienced IT Specialist to our growing GATES team.  This is a full-time, permanent position with full benefits working in Beaumont, TX.  This position requires a current/active DoD Top Secret clearance and Security + certification.

 

 

 

The successful candidate will:

 

• Provides technical assistance as the IT Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on GATES Deployable Kits to approximately 65 SDDC local and remote users, including mission activities located at various locations specified by the Customer/COR. 
• Support GATES 27 Deployable Kits.  These GATES assets are staged for training or operational use. The GATES Deployable Kits are operational DGATES and Communication components, that when supplemented with unit Strategic Deployment Suite (SDS) equipment can supply an additional 27 fully mission capable GATES systems. When the SDS equipment is supplemented with a GATES Deployable Kit” it is identified as a Flyaway “System. 
•  Note: if operations personnel are working between 0530 – 2400, S6 842 personnel must be available to provide IT services support as well.

Required Task:

• Provide operationally, maintenance, imaging, and configuration to Personal Computers (PCs), Laptop computers, other hardware, WAN connections, Internet connectivity, maintenance of In-Transit Visibility (ITV) equipment, e-mail capability, or other voice and data communications, multimedia, and printer capability.
• Schedule, set up, operate, and troubleshoot secure and non-secure VTC facilities as the government requested. VTC support is required as early as 0430 and as late as 2030.
• Provide all touch maintenance to include vulnerability patching and software upgrades.  Vulnerability and upgrade analysis requires a detailed understanding of the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) scan reports provided from the NEC weekly. 
• Limited Travel to various locations in support of training exercises when the GATES communication kit will be utilized.
• IA compliance for RGATES and DGATES (Patches and IAVA compliance).
• Network configuration of servers.
• Manage GATES firewalls.
• Provides GATES account management.
• Provides HHTI configuration manager installs on Workstations.
• Provides HHTI (scanner) software installation, configuration, and setup.
• Creates users’ accounts when they receive a properly completed DD2875 when a user arrives.
• Unlocks GATES accounts when necessary and removes GATES accounts when an individual departs the organization.
• Ensures physical accountability and operational capability of all DSCEL
• Coordinate scheduling of TMT mission and the arrival of SDS
• Maintains the MESA2 baseline across 370 devices for all DSC
• Configures DSCEL equipment and SDS equipment to work as a system and mail equipment in time to meet the mission
• Establish necessary accounts for end-users to work on the equipment by receiving and processing the required
• Provides IT assistance in the management and configuration of GATES, and ICODES
• CAISI radio management.
• CAISI firewall configuration and management.

Education and Experience:                              

• Minimum five years’ experience as IT Specialist (System/Network Administrator). 
• Value-added subject matter expertise in water port operations and systems such as GATES, ICODES, and TCAIMS.
• Bachelor’s Degree: Computer Information System or IT equivalent.

 

Skills/Certifications:

Active Top-Secret Clearance

CompTIA Security+

Windows 10

Windows Server 2016

Office 365

LANs VPNs

Cisco Routers Cisco Switches Cisco Firewalls

TCP/IP

Remedy and/ or Service Now Ticketing Cloud Revelation Ticketing PowerShell Scripting

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.