Location: Amarillo, TX
Job Title: System Administrator
Career Level From: Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Chief Information Security Off (50003144)
Job Specialty: Cyber Security
What You'll Do
The System Administrator is responsible for the management of secure enterprise security systems that support enterprise mission needs. Apply and maintain Information Technology (IT) requirements that define baseline and target systems involving cybersecurity and privacy principles. Maintain critical infrastructure systems for continued operations for enterprise mission related systems. Skilled in managing, testing, and implementing current security requirements for operating systems, networks, cybersecurity analysis tools and related IT systems. Responsible for cybersecurity assessment/analysis and provides recommendations for Enterprise level systems and applications designs. Involved in a wide range of cybersecurity areas, including system architectures, firewalls, inspection and analysis tools, encryption components and networking architectures. Involved in security reporting and analysis to regulatory agencies.
Skill in:
- Conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems.
- Implement countermeasures to identified security risks.
- Implement security controls based on cybersecurity principles and tenets.
- Install hardware and software solutions.
- Applying security system access controls.
- Apply the protection strategies (i.e., security controls) of information systems and networks.
- Evaluate the results of security implementations.
- Conduct audits and reviews of technical systems.
- Integrate and apply policies that meet system security objectives.
- Apply cybersecurity and privacy controls to enterprise systems (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).
Knowledge and abilities:
- Maintain business, systems, and information systems to support enterprise mission needs;
- Optimize systems to meet enterprise performance requirements.
- Execute secure implementations of various systems to include servers, network components, virtual systems and operating systems.
- Apply cybersecurity and privacy requirements to enterprise systems (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).
- Maintain critical infrastructure systems with information communication technology best practices.
- Set up a physical or logical sub-networks that separates an internal local area network (LAN) from other untrusted networks.
- Maintaining and incorporating information technologies into proposed solutions.
- Integrate new hardware and software solutions.
- Maintain security systems (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and determine how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these systems.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline.
- Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline.
- Eight or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
Preferred Job Requirements
Why Pantex and Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex and Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
