IT Systems Engineer

SAIC•Suffolk, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer to serve as a Systems Administrator supporting the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed U.S. Navy enterprise transport network. The role helps ensure the network’s 24/7/365 availability and reliability through end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning; and protection of the operational integrity of a mission-critical network. Work is performed at the Navy customer’s site in Suffolk, Virginia, on a shift schedule covering 24/7 operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline and two years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture and support of a large network infrastructure; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Active Secret clearance.
Experience deploying and administering Linux and Windows Server.
Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy, and DNS.
Experience with Python, BASH, PowerShell, or similar tools or languages.
Experience with Ansible (Tower), Puppet, Chef, Terraform, containerization, Jenkins, or similar technologies.
Experience deploying virtual machines within VMware vSphere.
Working knowledge of routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN devices.
Understanding of TCP/IP routing and subnetting.
IAT Level II certification is required (Security+ and an operating-system certification); a six-month waiver is authorized to obtain the operating-system certification.
Ability to work shifts covering a 24/7 operational environment, including weekends.
Ability to participate in a rotating on-call schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Nautobot, RHEL Satellite, InfoBlox DDI, or Red Hat Linux 8.
CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Linux, or Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification.

Responsibilities

Provide Tier 2 engineering operations support by identifying, triaging, and addressing outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes, resolving issues, or escalating to Tier 3 support as needed.
Use monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure and monitor performance and availability across multiple exchange points.
Perform routine maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
Meet system and operational reporting obligations.
Operate and maintain privileged access solutions.
Continuously verify failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
Operate and maintain hardware upgrade processes and procedures.
Update and maintain software builds for deployed equipment.
Operate and maintain asset management processes and procedures.
Operate and maintain configuration management.
Enact change management for the solution.
Operate and maintain existing incident management processes.
Keep equipment firmware, software updates, and patches current.
Cover a rotating on-call schedule.