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Overview:
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) is a well-established and progressive defense contracting company in the Northern Virginia area just a few miles south of the Pentagon. We are a professional services firm established in 1972 that has a long-standing reputation for unrivaled technical and analytical support to some of the top decision makers in the Federal Sector. We do state of the art work and have a cadre of outstanding professionals on our team.

SPA has an immediate need for a Chief Technician (User Support) to provide contracting services to NATO.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide system management and operational support for all IT systems assigned to the Academy Learning Environment;
- Support effective provisioning, installation/configuration and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure, for the NCI Academy;
- Support Software Defined Datacenter connectivity requirements as part of the process implemented for the delivery of training environments from training infrastructure;
- Support the implementation of processes, procedures, tools and techniques for monitoring and managing the performance of Academy Learning Environment systems and services in support of agreed service levels;
- Maintain backups using established processes and policies;
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge at system and sub-system level of the NCI Academy's CIS infrastructure, with an emphasis on system architecture, integration, security, build and verification aspects;
- Ensure the final implementation of the Academy active network and the alignment with the building's passive network infrastructure and CIS assets, in order to ensure a consolidated and resilient IT infrastructure coherent with the CTO's architectural direction and guidance;
- Support the implementation of the Academy's CIS configuration management;
- Perform other IT related duties as may be required

Qualifications:
**Required Qualifications**
- Demonstrate general up-to-date knowledge on LAN management, configuration and troubleshooting;
- General background knowledge of cybersecurity controls (architecture and operations);
- Have knowledge in recent versions of VMWare vSphere and/or VMWare NSX;
- Demonstrate general background in engineering and maintenance of communications and information systems;
- Have experience as staff member in an information technology (IT) appointment with provision of customer support;
- Hold industry recognized certifications in Networking technologies (Switching and Routing).
- National of one of the 30 NATO Nations
- In possession of an active National and/or NATO Secret security clearance

**Desirable Qualifications**
- College degree in Computer Sciences or similar;- Industry recognized certifications in any of the following areas:

- Datacenter Virtualization,
- Network Virtualization,
- Systems Administration (Windows)
- Have formal training or practical experience in recent versions of VMWare vSphere and/or VMWare NSX and/or VMWare vRealize Automation;
- Demonstrate recent experience in the implementation, troubleshooting, support and maintenance of Software Defined Datacentres;
- Demonstrate general up-to-date knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems, computer system Hardware, and client/server architectures;
- Experience in a structured and workflow-driven service provision organization;
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian staff;
- Good communications skills