NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Job Description

NASA Ames Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs) atNASA Ames Research Center consists of the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS), with a 60 ft. vertical motion system and interchangeable cabs, which can be customized to simulate any aerospace vehicle; the Crew Vehicle Systems Research facility (CVSRF), which houses the B747-400 flight simulator; and Future Flight Central (FFC), an Air Traffic Control/Air Traffic Management (ATC/ATM) simulation facility dedicated to solving present and emerging capacity problems of the nation's airports.

MFRA is seeking an IT Systems Administrator to become an integral part of our team at NASA Ames Research Center SimLabs to manage, maintain, and enhance the complex IT systems and networks that support the SimLabs simulation system enterprise. Operating systems supported include Mac OS, Windows, and Linux, running on numerous devices and networks.

This position requires full-time on-site presence. Remote work will not be authorized due to system hardware support requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Perform IT security plan management and administration and system and network management and administration.
• Perform troubleshooting and resolution, user support, planning and implementation of software and hardware upgrades, regular backups of systems, restoration as required, development and deployment of new capabilities, implementation of NASA IT security policy, and interface to external organizations and laboratories for networking, VPN provision, and data exchange.
• Develop customized solutions to address individual researcher needs for data collection, fusion, and processing

Required Qualifications:

• 5-10 years of experience in IT systems administration, software development, computer engineering, or other related fields
• Expertise in managing networks to comply with an IT Security Plan including management of isolated network equipment (firewalls, routers, switches, DNS)
• Experience with IT security benchmark compliance and maintenance
• Expertise in IT Management of Linux (Ubuntu, Oracle Linux 8), Mac OS, and Windows systems

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``` - Strong system debugging skills - Excellent problem solving, communications, and organizational skills - Deadline and detail-oriented - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills - Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Ansible, and Terraform - Experience with IT support ticket systems such as Remedy and JIRA - Understanding of logging systems and client-end configuration tools such as Splunk and Graylog - Familiarity with elements of Cloud Computingand Amazon Web Services - Understanding of modern Data Center infrastructure, including racking and stacking of hardware and network configuration

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of NASAs IT security requirements or experience managing systems to compliant with NIST standards
• Experience or interest in enhancing knowledge and skills in AI, cloud and other developing technologies
• Experience with real-time systems
• Familiar with managing Atlassian enterprise system
• Working knowledge of Python or other scripting languages

EEOE including vets and disability