Akima Systems Engineering (ASE), an Akima company, is not just another federal systems support contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At ASE, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders , ASE provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers , ASE delivers solutions in maritime IT, systems engineering, and integration across the Department of Defense and stands ready to help improve operational performance at a reasonable and sustainable cost.

As an ASE employee , you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

Job Description:

A successful candidate will perform as a Network Operations Analyst as part of the 3-5 person Day Shift team supporting a 24/7/365 Network Operations and Security Center working on-site at Fort Belvoir, VA.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day to day monitoring and operations of customer IT networks and enterprise systems to ensure reliability and availability.
• Monitor services on all local and wide area networks for optimum operability using a variety of network monitoring tools (e.g. SolarWinds), report outages, and initiate support.
• Receives and prepares electronic notifications (E-mail and collaborative messaging) to the command and stakeholders on all unscheduled and scheduled (ASIs) network outages. Follows standard operating procedures to notify users of outages or changes to network and enterprise status.
• Gathers information, tracks, logs and documents critical incidents occurring in daily operations using standard formats; provides updates until systems are fully restored.
• Maintains and updates customer’s executive communications dashboard via SharePoint portal website.
• Conduct daily briefings to INSCOM G6 leadership providing an Operations Status report summarizing data and information on the status of planned and on-going IT System operation activities. Uses professional acumen, exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance, when reporting findings and providing process change recommendations to senior leadership.
• Monitors Email traffic, chat channels, logs, and phone calls.
• Makes effective and timely decisions
• Conducts and participate in daily shift change briefings to oncoming shift.
• Work on a team of 3-5 and report directly to a shift lead

Qualification:

• Current TOP SECRET clearance w/ SCI eligibility in DISS at time of application.
• High School Diploma or GED
• Comfortable with public speaking and/or military briefings; able to speak clear and concise.
• Basic customer service skills
• Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing
• Have attention to detail
• Experience using Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Ability to work weekdays, weekends, and holidays .
• Ability to travel up to seven (7) days at a time (in rare cases).

Desired Qualifications:

• DoD 8570 IAT Level I or II certification (CompTIA A+, Network +, Security +, etc)
• Experience working in a network operations center (NOC) environment.
• Previous military environment experience, specifically Army or joint-service
• Previous intelligence community (IC) experience
• Experience working with government/military VIPs
• Experience conducting briefings to senior level executives or VIPs.
• Experience using Ticketing Systems (Remedy, SCSM, Service Now, Etc.).
• Experience using Microsoft SharePoint websites and related products.
• Knowledge of Internet, computers, routers, switches, firewall, etc.