Senior F35 Systems Administrator - Offboard Mission Systems –

About Us:

Lockheed Martin is a dynamic, growing, and energetic organisation offering stimulating, challenging work at the forefront of technology. Lockheed Martin is a leader in Australia’s National Security, and our collaboration with Australian industry spans the Aeronautics, Maritime, Surveillance and Defence domains. We employ approximately 114,000 staff worldwide, and over 1200 staff in Australia across multiple locations. 

About the Opportunity:

Located in Tindal, NT the Senior F-35 Systems Administrator will provide first class Offboard Information Systems to allow F-35 Force projection in Defence of Australia and its National Interests.

Primary responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for the installation, upgrade, configuration, maintenance, and support of Off-board Mission Systems that underlie the F-35 mission planning cycle.
• Conduct analysis and perform troubleshooting on a multitude of user and system predicaments. 
• Undertake system administration tasks to enable pilots and Mission Support Staff in the F-35 Mission Cycle.
• The Senior F-35 Off-Board Mission Systems administrator must have strong communication skills as they'll serve as the primary point of contact for any enquiries or problems raised by F-35 Information System users.
• Supporting the F-35 information systems may necessitate both domestic and international travel.

Duties will include but not limited to:

• Administration, upgrading, patching, maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of windows systems, network devices, and Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI).
• Information Management.
• Undertake the maintenance, storage, and management of data including all associated applications relevant to the F-35 Information systems;
  • Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS)
  • Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN)
  • Mission Planning Support Environment (MPSE)
• Backup/Restore/Disaster Recovery: Run application for system settings and Registry backups.

Essential 

• Substantial experience with Windows system administration, hardware/software management, release management, configuration management and incident management.   
• A strong team player capable of working within small teams. 
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal. 
• A passion to learn and grow in multiple disciplines within Information Technology industry. 

Desirable 

• Tertiary qualifications from an accredited institution in a related discipline (typically Information Technology), and/or equivalent experience/combined education.  
• Experience with delivering training and/or knowledge transfer to junior/inexperienced administrators.  
• Demonstrated experience performing within a project environment.  
• Substantial experience in contributing and providing effective guidance, mentoring, and training to other employees.   
• SQL Server 2012R2+ experience.
• Virtualization (VMWare preferred) experience.
• Networking, hardware including switches, firewalls, routers and common networking protocol, configuration and maintenance experience. 

Special Requirements

Applicants are required to be Australian Citizens and  hold & maintain CoA NV1 security clearance.

Employment may be contingent on the satisfactory result of criminal and/or other background screens, which require the collection and transfer of personal information.

The Perks

• Generous employee discounts program.
• A positive culture shaped by our values of inclusion, innovation, excellence, empowerment, and collaboration.
• Company funded events, including Christmas event celebrations.
• Salary packaging for car leasing.
• Financial educational assistance program.
• Company supplied laptop.
• The ability to travel for work in a dynamic work environment where accomplishment fuels job satisfaction.
• Industry Training.