Advanced Systems Engineer
Location: Fairfax, VA
MUST HAVE:
- Bachelor's Degree in systems engineering, a related specialized area or field.
- 5 years of relevant experience.
- Department of Defense TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance is required at time of hire.
- DevOps Engineering
- Hardware & Software Systems Installation & Management.
- Proficiency in understanding and application of engineering principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
- US Citizenship.
NICE TO HAVE:
- Master's Degree.
- Agile experience.
- Experience in designing, deploying and managing system applications, thick clients, and related microservices in the cloud and on multiple virtual/physical platforms.
- Imagery and motion imagery system support experience.
- Troubleshooting and negotiating insertion of new tech.
- Creative thinking with the ability to multi-task.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Familiarity with scripting languages.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
The perfect candidate for this role would be a strong systems engineering professional with expertise in working hardware support and software engineering as well as In-lab and on-site engineering support.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
The Advanced Systems Engineer position requires someone with a proactive mindset to build and maintain critical systems as part of an Agile team that supports a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline involving end-to-end system performance validation efforts.
The Advanced Systems Engineer will ensure various lab environments are installed, configured, maintained, and representative of customer environments to ensure various stakeholders can perform necessary integration, testing, and training efforts. This includes setting up VMs, services, containers, datastores, and working to insert new tech into the environments.
The ideal candidate must be able to work independently under pressure and effectively identify, recommend, and solve system related issues to ensure lab environments, test environments, and various applications are properly configured to meet program needs at all times.
The ideal candidate is:
- a strong team player/collaborator who works effectively with remote, non-collocated teams.
- a strong problem solver who drives resolutions for system interdependencies/issues.
- a strong communicator who provides clear status updates across various stakeholders.
In addition to maintaining systems and solving problems, novel system solutions will be greatly valued, especially using the latest accepted system technologies to gain efficiencies in maintenance and testing.
The ideal candidate will have a general passion for designing, configuring, and maintaining complex system environments and will possess an inquisitive mind that can quickly adapt and work effectively with a variety of stakeholders including software developers, testers, trainers, security teams, management, and outside vendors.
The selected candidate will work with collaborative teams to perform technical activities that impact the design and performance of multiple advanced software systems.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Required for this position:
- Engineering Skills / Experience:
- Hardware support (Cisco, NetApp, HP Bladesystem, Dell Servers, Isilon NAS and/or similar technology).
- System installation/management (rack and cable new hardware).
- Inventory Management and Asset Cataloging/Disposition.
- VM allocation and setup.
- Knowledge of Operating System and software (Windows, Linux OS versions, Docker, Kubernetes, and related technology).
- Database installation/maintenance (SQL/NoSQL and large datasets).
- Installation/management of commercial software tools (K8, Docker, Apache ZooKeeper, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Apache Kafka).
- In-lab and on-site engineering support.
- System administration, troubleshooting and problem resolution expertise.
- Scripted installation of program software.
- Advanced system design and engineering experience in on-prem and in-cloud.
- Designing, deploying and managing systems and related microservices in the cloud and on multiple virtual/physical platforms.
- Virtualization and Cloud design/build/install/support (C2S/AWS, ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server).
- Cross and/or Mirrored Domain Implementations.
- DevOps Engineering Skills:
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline.
- Test and integration expertise, DEVOPS and similar experience.
- Ansible, Tower.
- GitLab.
- Jenkins.
- Docker.
- Provide Quality Assurance function for deliverable software as required.
- Foundational Skills:
- Flexible and versatile enough to work on a variety of different tasks and technologies.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong team collaborator.
- Well-informed of current and future technologies.
- Strong hands-on experience.
- Problem-solver, well-versed in troubleshooting.
- Self-starter, does not need training in software engineering/computer science fundamentals.
- Planning and tracking team delegation.
- Subject matter expert (SME) in one discipline/field and developing working knowledge in adjacent disciplines/fields.
- Proficient understanding and application of engineering principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
- The ability to multitask and sustain multiple operational systems simultaneously based on current operational needs.
Preferred for this position:
- Engineering Skills / Experience:
- Designing, deploying and managing system applications, thick clients, and related microservices in the cloud and on multiple virtual/physical platforms.
- Imagery and motion imagery system support experience.
- Troubleshooting and negotiating insertion of new tech.
- Creative thinking with the ability to multi-task.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Familiar with scripting languages.
Pre-screen questionnaire:
- Please walk us through the candidate's experience as an Advanced Systems Engineer in on-prem and in-cloud.
- Please tell us about the candidate's experience in Database Installation / System Installation Management / Installation/management of Commercial Software Tools.
- Please elaborate on the candidate's experience in working with DevOps Engineering - Ansible Tower, GitLab, Jenkins & Docker.
- An active Department of Defense TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance is required at time of hire. Does the candidate have one?
- What is the candidate’s highest level of education?
- What is the candidate’s work authorization status?
- What is the candidate’s desired compensation?
- Where is the candidate located? If candidate is not near job location, please explain relocation.
- Please provide the link to candidate’s Linkedin profile:
- What is the candidate's current level of security clearance? Please verify if it is active or inactive and provide the date of the last investigation.
- Has the candidate applied or been interviewed for any role with this company in the past? If so, please provide details.
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