Remote DoD Operations IT Specialist

Page Mechanical Group, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Health savings account / FSA

Life and disability insurance

Wellness resources

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

PTO

Sick leave

Volunteer time

Parental leave

EAP and counseling

Professional development

Job summary

Corinth is seeking an experienced Operations IT Specialist to support a DoD client. The role is remote, full-time, exempt, with a salary range of $103,000–$116,000 per year and U.S. citizenship required.

Ideal candidates will hold DoD CAC/PIV credentials, DoD 8570 IAT II certs, an associate degree or higher, and 10+ years COBOL experience within large-scale environments. Strong deployment, monitoring, and audit-ready documentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be U.S. Citizen.
• CAC/PIV credential held within past 2 years or equivalent, backed by Tier 3+ investigation.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certifications (CCNA-Security, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP, CASP CE, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH).
• Associate degree or higher required.
• 10+ years experience with COBOL in enterprise systems.
• Experience in large-scale IT operations, deployments, and maintenance.
• Familiarity with mainframe job scheduling and operational monitoring.
• Experience following structured deployment/configuration management protocols.
• Strong troubleshooting and log-analysis skills for incidents.
• Experience SIT/SAT in deployment cycles and audit-ready documentation.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support system operations to keep client systems stable and available.
• Execute and validate deployment procedures and configuration management standards.
• Track and troubleshoot batch cycles, JCL execution, and workflows; escalate as needed.
• Maintain deployment docs, checklists, and after-action reports for each cycle.
• Respond to outages and emergency maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance and system patches across environments.
• Coordinate installation and patching activities in production environments.

Skills

US Citizenship

CAC/PIV credential

DoD 8570 IAT II

COBOL experience

System operations

Deployment monitoring

JCL/batch knowledge

SDLC adherence

Audit-ready docs

Troubleshooting

Education

Associate degree or higher

Tools

Mainframe job scheduling

Monitoring tools

Job description

Corinth is seeking an experienced Operations IT Specialist to support a DoD client. The role is remote, full-time, exempt, with a salary range of $103,000–$116,000 per year and U.S. citizenship required.

Ideal candidates will hold DoD CAC/PIV credentials, DoD 8570 IAT II certs, an associate degree or higher, and 10+ years COBOL experience within large-scale environments. Strong deployment, monitoring, and audit-ready documentation skills are essential.