Systems Operator

Altamira Technologies is seeking a Systems Operator to join our growing team in Centennial, CO. The selected candidate will play a key role in supporting day-to-day mission support of the program's expansion efforts to provide an eventual 24x7-staffed operational awareness and support capability. Current expectations will be to provide support during day-shift hours. Long term support may include transition to shift work which could include nights and weekends.

Requirements

• Current TS/SCI clearance, willing to take CI Poly
• Bachelor's degree (years of experience can be used to offset degree)
• CompTIA Security+ Certified (or equivalent), or ability to obtain within 6 months of start date
• Comfortable working in Linux/Unix environments
• High-level understanding of network topologies
• Attention to detail and ability to execute regular Standard Operating Procedures
• Good communication skills with an open and honest character
• Experience monitoring and/or building dashboards to understand current system state

Job Responsibilities

• Brief internal personnel and external customers on operational status
• Front-line triage for system anomalies utilizing checklists and SOPs
• Monitor phones, email distros to address stakeholder concerns and system issues
• Review and document system application logs for tier II / III corrective actions
• Prepare system status updates for daily standups, monthly metric reporting and other briefings as required
• Documenting discovered bugs in Jira for future resolution
• Be self-motivated, a creative problem solver, and able to work in environments with plenty of unknowns

Desired Skills

• Experience with Kibana or similar observability tool suites (Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus)
• Experience in scripting languages (BASH, shell, Python)
• Knowledge of DevSecOps concepts
• Experience with Git
• Experience with Kubernetes environments
• Experience reading software log files to include understanding how to read a Java stacktrace
• Ability to contribute updates to CONOPs, SOPs, and other documentation critical to above job responsibilities

Altamira is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.