IDS believes in resolving conflict, building innovative approaches to do so. Combining operational expertise with an intimate understanding of today’s greatest challenges, we bring our customers the solutions required for success in a complex and multidimensional world. IDS tailors’ solutions for a diverse range of government, military, nonprofit, and public-sector clients.
Outstanding past performance built IDS’s reputation as the leading provider of support for multifaceted operations.
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Responsibilities:
- Manage, maintain, troubleshoot, and restore hardware, operating systems, applications, and software including updates, security patches, and backups.
- Engineer, build, and configure computer networks including routing, switching, firewalls, DNS, Active Directory, VPNs, VLANs, SANs utilizing bare metal systems as well as virtual environments. (VMware).
- Collaborates with others to develop the best way to tackle complex technological infrastructure, security, or development problems.
- Participates in architecture and software development activities.
- Tier 2 engineering and administration support for customer events, as required.
- Working in an ambiguous environment and collaborating across multiple areas.
- Ensure user operational requirements are satisfied technically and fielded systems meet user performance expectations
- Complete monthly preventive maintenance checks reporting and remediate any anomalies found to keep training venues and systems fully operational
- Provide customer assistance on requirements involved with operations and staff operations, rehabilitation, expansion, and replacement of electro‐mechanical systems. The types of systems involved include local and wide area networks, voice mail systems, wireless and digital services, peripheral equipment, off‐line message preparation equipment, telephones witch modernization, alarm systems, digital signage, electronic access control systems, SCADA devices, electro‐magnetic door locks and camera systems
Required Qualifications:
- Windows and Linux enterprise systems engineering and administration experience.
- Experience working with a wide variety of technologies including but not limited to: camera systems, Industrial Control Systems, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, .
- Experience in the configuration and operation of cyber range or computer test-bed environments.
- Meet IAT Level 2 requirements of DoD 8570.1M
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience in network operations
- Hold or be able to acquire an interim TOP SECRET clearance within 30day of hire
- Maintain active TOP SECRET/SCI Security Clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Operational experience in Cyberspace Operations and/or Information Warfare
- Cellular and Industrial Control Systems engineering and administration experience.
- Experience with containers and container orchestration services, automation, provisioning, and imaging, with products such as Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Chef, FOG Projects, etc.
- Exercise design, test and evaluation, modeling, and simulations, as well as research and development familiarity
Computer Skills:
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Cloud, physical, and virtual network engineering experience required.
- Experience with hypervisors such as VMware, CypherPath, KVM, etc.
What We Do
Hybrid conflict. Non-state actors. Digital hacktivists. Tribal politics. Advanced technology. Ancient beliefs. Rapid adaptation. Strategic uncertainty. Declining resources. Rising extremism.
Today’s national security challenges are complex and multidimensional, requiring adaptive, interagency responses.
For more than a decade, IDS International has delivered innovative training, research and operational civil-military services to help address these 21st century challenges. We are seasoned soldiers, aid workers, diplomats, intelligence professionals, cyber warriors, technical experts, political advisors, and more with a common understanding of how to train for and operate in conflict zones and transitional areas.
Our team of interagency experts and field practitioners operate and train together daily, building on our global multidisciplinary understanding of challenges, best practices and new approaches. This wide range of perspectives permits us to serve as a liaison between civil society, military, government and technology to enhance coordination and effectively solve complex security and political problems.
