Acima is growing. We're a diverse group of thinkers and leaders delivering innovative solutions to domestic and international commercial and government clients. We recruit enthusiastic, imaginative and committed people to join our growing team. In return we offer you the opportunity to develop your career and shape exciting projects for tomorrow’s world.
We take care of our employees and focus on professional development and advancement. We offer highly competitive salaries and an excellent benefit package that includes flexible hours, generous personal time off, affordable and comprehensive medical and dental plans, and a fully vested retirement program.
Contact us and stay in touch! Acima answers all applicants and we keep you informed of progress after you apply. Feel free to inquire about other jobs we have available too.
Acima hires and retains a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
Ready to apply? Click here tosend us your resumefor consideration.
Network Engineer
- Support the Network Assessment and Assurance process by providing assessment artifacts and their generation as required, be available to during assessments to field Subject Matter Expert related questions, facilitate/enhance network security, and provide asset and configuration management data collection.
- Support engineering and sustaining engineering projects as the network engineering and IT Security representative.
- Establish networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, and defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
- Develop and maintain network topology, boundary diagrams, and data flow diagrams.
- Develop and maintain the master list of ports protocols and services in use on the Ring Mesh Network to de-conflict new systems/devices being added to the Wallops range and launch operations environment.
- Monitor network performance and ensure system availability and reliability.
- Maximize network performance, troubleshoot network problems and outages.
- Secure network systems by implementing security controls and establishing and enforcing policies; defining and monitoring access.
- Report network status by gathering and prioritizing information.
- Support network related projects.
- Configure and install various network devices and services (switches, firewalls, VPN, QoS).
- Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes.
- Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning.
- Track inventory and life-cycle of network equipment, technology refresh, and software support.
- Select and implement security tools and procedures as outlined in the system security plans.
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
- Assist with preparing Statement of Work documents and seeking vendor input.
- Supports acquisition of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed.
- Work closely with Operations staff to design and implement technical solutions.
- Background with Cisco network switching and routing devices and protocols.
- Cisco CCNA or,CCNP certifications.
- Fluency with TCP/UDP protocol layers.
- Solarwinds experience desired or readiness to obtain certification.
- Must maintain a valid passport
- Must pass background investigation.
- Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
- Ability to work on assignments that maybe complex in nature and where considerable judgment and initiative are required in implementation and problem resolution.
- Professional certification such as Cisco CCNA and CCNP or CCDP
- Solarwinds experience.
- Project coordination and management experience.
- Comfortable working with complex network concepts and implementations.
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
Aviation Systems Analysts
- ADS-B and SWIM technologies
- FAA certification and operational requirements
- UAP studies and analysis
- Air traffic control systems
- Air navigation equipment
- Airspace design and airport infrastructure
- Aviation safety systems
- Cockpit human factors
Research Engineer/Scientist
- Performing research into future advanced air traffic management concepts and methods
- Creating analytical methods to examine various advanced software and automation concepts designed to improve air traffic management capabilities
- Developing models, algorithms, machine learning methods, and optimization routines to analyze new concepts
- Working independently and being a self-starter while also participating effectively as part of a close-knit research team
- Working closely with government leaders to plan and execute your research by understanding requirements, creating research plans, measuring and reporting progress using performance metrics, meeting schedule and milestones targets, and delivering research products that meet a very high-quality standard
- Directing support personnel to complete research objectives
- Presenting, as a principle author, briefings, seminars and conference papers to explain the results of your research
- Organizational management of logistics processes including the development of procedures and work instructions for personnel training, facility security, and the assurance of employee health and safety;
- Minimum of 2 years of domain experience in areas such as aircraft flight control, flight modeling and simulation, route optimization, air traffic control systems, or aircraft flight dynamics
- Knowledge of research tools and practices; specifically, knowledge of data mining and machine learning
- Expertise with algorithm development, modeling and simulation, computational methods, and numerical analysis
- Strong background using software tools in a research setting; specifically:
- MATLAB and Python for script development
- Statistical analysis using Python, R, MATLAB
- Unix/Linux and Windows platforms
- Record of research publication that demonstrates experience presenting the results of analyses and effective written communication
- Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team with diverse backgrounds and skillsets
- Expertise with big data architectures
- Use of Hadoop, Oracle, SQL, Spark