Job Description

Job title: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Chantilly, VA

Contract Type : Direct Placement

Clearance : Top Secret (will be upgraded to TS/SCI w CI Poly)

Start Date: ASAP

Salary : $145K-$162K

Job Description:

As a Senior Systems Engineer - Infrastructure and Virtualization Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in planning, designing, and implementing cutting-edge network hardware, infrastructure server environments, and operating systems. Your expertise will directly support the robustness and reliability of the forensic and investigative ecosystem across multi-enclave environments. We are specifically looking for candidates with extensive experience in Nutanix HCI, VMWare, Linux, and Windows systems.

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must possess an active TS clearance at the time of application, be willing and able to obtain SCI access, and pass a CI polygraph.
• This position is onsite 5/days a week in Chantilly, VA
• May require occasional travel for Program Increment planning sessions

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in systems engineering or related field.
• Experience with SAFe Agile framework.
• Understanding of forensic and investigative system requirements.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing secure systems in government environments.

Required Technical Skills

Advanced proficiency is required in:

• Virtualization technologies (VSphere, VXRail, Proxmox, Nutanix).
• Network administration and security.
• Cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, SC2S, C2S).
• Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Windows Active Directory.
• Network hardware (Cisco, Arista, SonicWall).
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Security accreditation processes.

Additional Technical Experience:

• Hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• DevSecOps practices and tools.
• Elasticsearch, Splunk, and other data platforms.
• Automation and scripting (Python, C#).
• Database technologies (SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• LDAP/OpenLDAP, ADFS, Keycloak.
• Tunneling protocols (GRE, IPSec, SSH, SSL).
• SAFe Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise, coordinate, design, develop, and implement additions and changes to network hardware, infrastructure server environments, and operating systems.
• Provide direct support in the day-to-day operations of network hardware and operating systems.
• Troubleshoot at both physical and logical network levels.
• Participate in planning, design, technical review, and implementation for new network infrastructure.
• Perform systems management and integration functions across multi-enclave environments.
• Maintain network infrastructure standards including communication protocols such as TCP/IP.
• Diagnose and resolve complex communication problems.
• Ensure systems are current with approved patches and assist with certification and accreditation tasks.
• Develop strategy for client/server systems and design infrastructure to support that strategy.
• Advise on the selection of technological purchases for processing, data storage, data access, and applications development.
• Participate in Program Increments (PIs) and Agile Release Train (ART) activities.
• Support DevSecOps practices and tools implementation.
• If you are a skilled engineer with experience in Nutanix HCI, VMWare, Linux, and Windows systems, and are passionate about enhancing network reliability in a sophisticated, mission-critical environment, we encourage you to apply.

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