Subject Matter Expert V

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture. The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction, and education. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits, professional growth opportunities, and truthful communication.

About the role

The SME 5 will provide high-level subject matter expertise to the US Navy (USN), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and other customers requiring cradle-to-grave Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cyber-defense, and Information Technology (C5IT) systems both shore-based and shipboard.

Salary: $150,000.00 - $165,000.00/Yr

This position has openings in Alameda, California and Hawaii.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day C5IT support on USN ships, USCG ships, and shore facilities to include site visits, engineering change development, installation planning, troubleshooting, installation oversight, system removal, training, and onsite maintenance support.
• Provide C5IT support for multiple systems, including how the systems operate and interface including physical connections, data interface, and system communications. Systems include but are not limited to:
  • Sea Commander
  • Shipboard External Communications Systems (EXCOMMS)
  • Shipboard Internal Communications Systems (ICOMMS)
  • External active sensors
  • External passive sensors
  • FLIR cameras and their supporting video systems
  • Fixed and Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) cameras and their supporting video systems
  • Navy Type Navy Owned (NTNO) systems
  • MarCom Integrated Voice Communications System (IVCS)
  • Navigation Sensors
  • Radio Frequency Distribution System (RFDS)
  • Maritime Communications Controller (MCC) system
  • Satellite Antenna Systems
  • RF Communications including HF, VHF, UHF, and SATCOM
  • Firewalls/Switches/Routers
  • Windows Servers, Virtual Machines, and Containers
  • Linux Servers, Virtual Machines, and Containers
• Travel required to CONUS and OCONUS facilities including underway periods on USN and USCG operational units.
• Perform related work as assigned in an unsupervised, reactive, and mission-critical environment.
• Knowledgeable in communications and networking system architecture, professional installation and integration methods such as wiring, cabling, functional rack layouts, and other methods of communication/legacy system implementation.
• Excellent oral communication skills including but not limited to customer interactions, formal and informal training, and meeting facilitation.
• Excellent written communications including but not limited to development and editing of business and technical documents, engineering changes, meeting and trip reports, Time Compliant Technical Orders, training material, and after-action reports.
• Ability to deal with people in a professional and courteous manner.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Ability to organize and prioritize own work as well as assigned personnel.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to research and analyze technical data.

Requirements

• US Citizen
• SECRET clearance or higher
• Valid US Passport
• 20 or more years’ experience in U.S. Navy and/or U.S. Coast Guard C5IT programs including Command and Control, Navigation, Sensors, Surface and Air Search Radars, RF Communications, SATCOM, Intelligence, and Shipboard Networks
• Well versed in Microsoft Office and related business software
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check and pre-hire drug screening

Qualifications

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Management, or a related field or 15 years’ experience
• Preferred: Three (3) years of supervisory experience

Working Conditions

• Must be able to work long hours while at sea on USN ships or USCG Cutters

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to go up and down shipboard ladders
• Must be able to lift at least 50lbs