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System Administrator

Mindbank Consulting Group

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San Diego, CA
Secret Polygraph not specified
Early Career (2+ yrs experience)
$115,000 - $130,000

Job Description

Position – System Administrator OPAI
Location – 100% onsite; San Diego, CA at NAVWAR
Direct Hire Position Pay Rate – $ 115,000 – 130,000
Work Schedule – Standard DOD hours- 40 hours per week.
5-year Contract in year 3 now

Education and Certification Requirements – Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Experience

Citizenship and Clearance Requirements –
• U.S. Citizenship required
• No dual citizenship
• Active DOD Secret security clearance is required
• TS/SCI Eligible security clearance preferred

Travel & Passport – 15%, CONUS and OCONUS
Work Environment – You can work in the client’s offices as needed. In some cases, work in a government facility may be required. Travel may be required for customer engagement, team coordination, and potentially for business meetings.

System Administrator Open AI Job Description:
MINDBANK is seeking a highly experienced System Administrator Expeditionary Systems (OpAI) to contribute to the integration of AI capabilities into expeditionary systems, including sensor kits, UxS, C2, and TAK. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining the capabilities of expeditionary systems running innovative and cutting-edge technologies. Daily tasks can vary from hands on keyboard to technical discussions, including but not limited to troubleshooting network connectivity issues, updating software on edge servers, applying Operating System updates to Linux systems, testing machine learning capabilities, and managing delivery of hardware and software to operational forces.

System Administrator Open AI Job Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and address the Navy's operational challenges integrating artificial intelligence into expeditionary systems.
• Build and maintain tactical systems for exercises, including radios, satellite terminals, and edge servers
• Test software at field experiments to ensure performance and high-quality data flow between tactical systems, including sensors, UxS, and C2
• Collaborate with machine learning engineers and domain experts to analyze data and integrate machine learning solutions into existing systems.
• Collaborate with data engineers to monitor data pipelines and analytics to ensure accuracy, reliability, and robustness.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in communications architecture and edge servers
• Work closely with software engineers to connect data pipelines with operational systems

System Administrator Open AI Job Qualifications:
• At least 3 years of experience working as a business analyst, data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, database administrator, geospatial analyst, geospatial engineer, IT specialist, machine learning engineer, software engineer, or system administrator.
• Intermediate experience with Linux command line
• Familiarity with edge servers and embedded GPUs (e.g., Jetson Nano, DGX Spark).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with troubleshooting tactical systems
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and improving tactical data pipelines
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Passion for staying updated with the latest advancements in tactical data architecture.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Previous experience working with government agencies or military organizations.

System Administrator Open AI Job Preferred Skills and Experience:
• Experience integrating tactical systems with Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) ecosystem.
• Experience integrating tactical systems into Maven Smart Systems (MSS)
• Familiarity with data pipeline frameworks and libraries, e.g., AirByte, Apache Airflow, dbt, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake.
• Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), e.g., ArcGIS, PostGIS.
• Expertise in Elasticsearch, Redis, S3, PostgreSQL, or other data stores.
• Experience with Maritime radars and AIS receivers.
• Understanding cybersecurity principles in the context of tactical applications.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Mindbank is committed to a diverse workforce and we seek the most qualified candidate for each opening without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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