Requisition Number: 7995
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Hours Per Week: 40
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Mid
Job Description
The Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) Engineering Sustainment Team (NEST) Engineer is a member of the NCTE Mission Engineering Division (MED). As a member of the NEST/MED team, you will provide engineering support to critical Navy training events using a mixture of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (i.e. computer generated) (LVC) systems and capabilities. You will also deploy and configure software components like the Navy Training Baseline (NTB) (e.g. JSAF, JBUS, etc) across the NCTE enterprise and perform other engineering and project activities in order to sustain LVC products and integrate capability within the NCTE.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Installs and configures new NTB software releases, upgrades, and patches.
Provides engineering related support for NTB setup and configuration during the planning and execution of training events.
Evaluates and resolves moderately complex software related problems.
Uses systems management software to monitor servers and applications, troubleshoots problems and coordinates with other teams when problems occur.
Coordinates with software engineers in order to enhance effectiveness of existing NTB toolset as well as to identify candidate controlling and monitoring processes that can be streamlined and automated by NTB software efforts.
Develops and maintains technical architecture, configuration, and status documentation.
Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
Must have a thorough understanding of Linux and Windows operating systems and be able to use advanced capabilities such as (but not limited to): command line interface, scripting, network interface configuration, device configuration, domain management, file sharing/mapping, etc.
Must currently hold and be able to obtain and maintain a US Secret clearance
Minimum Qualifications
2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 0 years experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience.
Preferred Requirements
Thorough understanding of networking concepts, architectures, and transport technologies like TCP/IP
Ability to utilize network and distributed modeling & simulation tools such as Wireshark and PLEXSYS is preferred
Knowledge of Distributed Simulation protocols such as High Level Architecture (HLA) and Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) is preferred
Knowledge of Navy C4I tactical systems such as Link 16 and GCCS is preferred
Experience working with Navy systems and/or commands desirable but not mandatory.
CompTIA Security + and Linux+ certifications are required for the position and special consideration may be given for candidates with these certifications. If candidate does not already possess these certifications, training and certification exam will be provided for the right candidate.
This opportunity resides with Live, Virtual, Constructive Solutions, a business group within HIIs Mission Technologies division. As a trusted partner to our military customers, we design, develop and operate systems that bring together service members from across the globe to help you train like you fight, because we understand that preparation requires full coordinationnot readiness in piece parts.
HII is a global engineering and defense technologies provider. With a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from the most powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, to unmanned systems, ISR and AI/ML analytics. HII leads the industry in mission-driven solutions that support and enable a networked, all-domain force. Headquartered in Virginia, HIIs skilled workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, please visit: hii.com (https://huntingtoningalls.com/) .
HII is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.
