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System Manager

Amentum · US-DC-Washington
Full-timeGeneralSenior$124,000–$186,000/yr
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Amentum is seeking a Systems Manager to join our team supporting an eDiscovery/Litigation Support Lab for a new team at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC. This position is expected to work full-time onsite in Washington, DC. This position reports to a Project Manager, Lead Project Manager, or Deputy Director. Responsibilities/Duties: - Manager responsible for all technical aspects of very large litigation support projects, particularly those with unique and/or complex requirements. For example, for reasons of security, or location, or because of specialized software requirements or telecommunications access needs, some litigation support projects may require establishing a separate, dedicated local area network, with a dedicated database server. - Other litigation may require setting up specialized databases or customized applications for analyzing litigation case data. - Appropriately skilled support staff may need to be dedicated to the maintenance of these systems. - In such instances, the Government may order the services of a Systems Manager to manage all of these resources for the project, from equipment, to staffing, to coordination and interconnection with other already existing systems. - The Systems Manager typically reports to the contractor’s Senior Technical Manager or to the contractor’s Deputy Division Director for the project. - The Systems Manager must take a very proactive, leadership role in managing the technical aspects of the project, including actively coordinating with a variety of Government representatives, other contractors, and other project and Contractor components, anticipating problems, hiring and training staff, etc. - Manages user help desk support, system and user documentation, system and user training. - Oversees development of configuration management, risk analysis, and disaster recovery solutions, particularly for web hosted litigation data. - Ensures that system and data security are adequately implemented and enforced. - Consults with the government COR COR regarding scheduling of work, personnel assignments, priorities and progress reporting; plans, staffs, schedules, and develops cost estimates for work to be performed; and reports on progress. - Directs and supervises staff; ensures conformance to functional requirements, technical design, and work standards; ensures successful completion of work, timeliness of deliverables, and quality control. Qualifications: - This is a very senior level position, and candidates must demonstrate substantial, in-depth skills and experience specific to the requirements of the system. - Must have at least three years of specific, hands-on experience installing, running, maintaining, securing and upgrading any lit support software in use at the organization including client apps, server apps and Cloud apps. - Must have experience standing up and maintaining lit support software such as RelOne, Nuix, Axiom, in Cloud, Server and PC environments. - Must have experience with data migrations. - Must have experience handling financial crimes/non-compliance cases. - Other systems and installations will require different sets of skills: Windows based systems will require more specific hands-on experience setting up and running those systems and applications; browser-based systems will require extensive hands-on experience setting up and maintaining browser based applications. - At least several years of first-line management experience will also be required. - Experience in implementing user support help desks extremely helpful; experience developing and deploying new applications to an established user group extremely helpful. - Experience in a litigation support environment would be extremely helpful, as would be hands-on experience in a Windows office automation environment such as JCON. - Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. - Trial support experience a plus. - In all cases, management skills, systems analysis an…

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$124,000 – $186,000/yr
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CommunicationLeadershipSecurityAutomation

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