GEOINT Sensor Support Engineer (Ramstein AFB, Germany)

Overview

Collins Aerospace (RTX) is seeking a GEOINT Sensor Support Manager/Maintainer to provide technical and engineering support for airborne GEOINT sensor missions based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

What you'll do

• Manage multiple airborne GEOINT sensor missions and processes simultaneously at Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• Operate and interface with multiple aircraft, airborne sensors, sites, networks, systems, and operations and maintenance personnel
• Provide sensor and infrastructure troubleshooting and fault resolution
• Identify, resolve, and communicate issues with OAMATS, DMC, infrastructure, enterprise services, other GEOINT systems; support and recommend updates to GEOINT systems, SW, and networks
• Provide technical and engineering support for sensors and networks
• Manage data encryption changes and implementation
• Monitor the GEOINT system and networks health/status (sensor, platform, network paths to include crypto, DCGS GEOINT systems, and GEOINT related enterprise services)
• Provide comprehensive analysis, diagnostics, and fault isolation for the GEOINT systems associated with end-to-end network paths/DGFS systems
• Provide GEOINT process and network improvements/recommendations
• Assist with mission planning (NAV, collection), system/mission readiness, and mission setup based on associated sensor/sensor kit and sensor limiting factors
• Provide direct mission/sensor support by constantly monitoring associated sensors, executing corrective actions within the sensor, sensor biasing, data screening/QC, and raw sensor data dissemination to external systems

What you'll need

• Must be able to obtain German Technical Expert Status Accreditation (TESA) acceptance
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI security clearance required prior to start date
• U.S. citizenship required
• Security+ or higher DoD 8570 certification
• Experience with military GEOINT domains across various platforms plus their corresponding ground station processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED)
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations

Nice to have

• Linux (RHEL), UNIX (Solaris) and Windows (10 & 11) system administration
• Hardware\Storage system administration across multiple vendors to include DELL, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, etc.
• Network system administration (CISCO, Aruba, Juniper, Brocade, etc.)
• Script language knowledge to include PowerShell, Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, Perl, PHP, etc.
• Cloud computing, virtualization, and configuration management knowledge to include VMWare, containers, puppet, etc.

Details

• Location: Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Mission Essential (ME) position
• Must be able and ready to deploy anywhere in the world at a moment's notice (supports a USAF worldwide deployable program)
• Must be qualified to support operations under a variety of conditions and impending or active hostilities
• Supports rotating shifts
• Onsite role type; may be eligible for relocation
• Salary range: 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD