Job Description
Standard Job Description
Joining the LM ALIS/MPE team immediately opens a world of educational and experiential development opportunities for you. Tuition Assistance is available for undergraduate and graduate degree programs as well as professional and technical certifications to help you gain the specialized skills for personal and professional growth. Professionally, administrators develop the skills needed at our many domestic US and expanding number of International locations. For the adventurous, occasional temporary travel opportunities may arise to provide support at other locations and aboard ships deploying with the system. With experience, leadership opportunities become available as squadron leads, technical experts, and functional personnel leaders. This role is for an experienced Mission Planning Environment Administrator providing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) support at Komatsu air base in Japan.
The Mission Planning Environment Administrator directly supports JSF operations by assuring the integrity and availability of the applications and servers on the system. The successful candidate will be the main interface between the Mission Planning Environment system and the Pilots and maintainers supporting the F-35.
This is an operational support role to an active fighter unit, so the selected candidate may be required to work at deployed locations, support rotating shifts, and work over 40 hours per week—which may include weekends—as dictated by mission requirements.
This role is in support of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) that will be based in Komatsu, Japan. We are seeking an experienced Mission Planning Environment (MPE) administrator who has some knowledge of system administration to work on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Mission Support Kit (MSK) server equipment and accessories. The successful candidate will be required to train JASDF administrators as well as pilots on how to effectively operate and maintain mission planning software and equipment.
• NOTE THAT THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE OCCASIONAL DEPLOYMENT WITH THE JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENSE FORCE
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Interacting daily with users and ALIS/LM leadership
Support pilots in Mission Planning/Debriefing and identify/resolve system shortfalls
Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) installation and data updates
Support, administer, and monitor associated hardware/software and pilot accounts
Maintaining smooth, secure operation of multi-user computer systems through coordination with peers, Tier2 support and engineers
Backups, restores, and disaster recovery of systems/databases/network equipment
Reviewing processes/procedures, collect system operational data for analysis
A level 4 employee typically has 9 - 12 years of professional experience related to aviation or information technology industry.
What’s In It For You?
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards and recognition
Basic Qualifications
Candidates must have a DOD Secret Clearance with and investigation within the last 6 years.
Must have and retain DoD IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security+, CySA+, or CCNA).
IT experience of any combination in system/database/network administration.
Must be willing and able to deploy in support of the Japan Air Self Defense Force.
Experience with three of the following: Powershell; Virtual Machines; DNS/DHCP;SQLPlus; RMAN; data import/export; Layers 2&3; firewalls; Splunk; Trellix products
Desired Skills
3 or more years F-35 Mission Planning Environment or related F35 administration experience
Familiarity with the Japan Air Self Defense Force, to Include Policies, Procedures, and Operations
Familiarity with Japanese customs and culture.
Excellent Written and Oral communication skills.
Precision Guided Munitions Planning Software (PGMPS) experience
Mission Planning Systems Support Representatives (SSR) experience
Personal Computer Debrief Software (PCDS) experience
Account Maintenance using Active Directory
Disaster recovery: backups and restores of physical servers, virtual machines and network equipment
Virtual Machine Management Service (Hyper-V / VMware)
Maintaining/upgrading system hardware and startup/shutdown of rack mounted hardware.
Applying updates, anti-virus/anti-spyware updates, and patch updates
Familiarity with Lockheed Martin products and processes, to include the JSF ALIS hardware and software
Experience with Tech Refresh 3 (TR3) hardware.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $104900.00 - $194700.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
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