IT Systems Engineer 2 - Falls Church, VA

M.C. Dean, Inc • Falls Church, VA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

M.C. Dean is seeking an IT-oriented System Engineer 2 to join their Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business unit. This role involves the design, implementation, operations & maintenance, and cybersecurity for large complex resilient hardware and virtualized infrastructure. The engineer will ensure implemented solutions meet stakeholder needs, standards, and performance requirements.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizen with adjudicated U.S. Secret Clearance.
• Bachelors Degree and 2+ years of progressive experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical, or a Related Engineering/IT Discipline.
• Some experience eliciting requirements, conducting research, designing, testing, and implementing hardware and software solutions for virtual infrastructure technologies.
• Engineering experience with some of the following core platforms and services: VMware ESXi and vSphere, Microsoft Windows Server Deployment and Administration, Microsoft Windows 11 Deployment and Administration, DNS, DFS, and DHCP, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Key Management Service (KMS), Active Directory and defining, implementing, and maintaining Group Policy, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM).
• Experience performing security scans, performing system updates, and applying security configurations, e.g., DISA STIG/SRGs to system hardware and software.
• Some experience virtualizing enterprise applications (Active Directory, MS SQL, RHEL, MS SharePoint, etc.).
• Some experience with API management, scripting languages including PowerShell, Python, JSON, Bash, etc.
• Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level-II requirements.
• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
• Strong MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio Skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience administering OCSP (e.g. Axway Validation Authority, Microsoft OCSP Responder).
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing the Trellix security product suite (Endpoint Security, DLP, HIPS, etc.).
• Experience designing and deploying SQL Database Infrastructure such as Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience engineering and implementing platforms and services in a software-defined network environment.
• Vendor certifications, VMware, Cisco, Microsoft, NetApp, etc.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders to gather technical requirements, architect solutions, execute on deliverables, and communicate solutions to the entire technical program team and to end-customer stakeholders.
• Drive the analysis, evaluation, engineering, and implementation of system improvements, automation, optimization, and deployments.
• Drive development of designs and architectural changes to infrastructure environments including physical/logical drawings, engineering design plans, implementation plans, transition plans, test plans, and failover plans.
• Perform security updates to hardware and software to ensure the security posture across all systems implemented and managed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level