Principal Systems Engineer - TS/SCI w CI Poly
About The Position
Modern Government Solutions (MGS) is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions, to lead the architecture, deployment, modernization, and sustainment of enterprise engineering platform environments supporting national security missions. The role serves as the technical lead for Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, and associated engineering tools in secure, cloud-hosted infrastructures, driving automation, integration, and infrastructure improvements that support platform reliability and mission readiness. The engineer works across engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and mission teams to define technical roadmaps, resolve complex application and integration issues, and own the health and performance of critical engineering environments. The position is part-time and as needed, onsite in Sterling, Virginia. Relocation assistance may be considered. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and possess an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph; selected applicants may be subject to a government security investigation for access to classified information.
Requirements
- Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph.
- Meet DoD 8140 requirements, including Security+ CE certification.
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- At least 16 years of experience architecting, deploying, and sustaining enterprise engineering platforms and IT infrastructure in cloud-hosted environments.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, Cassandra, or similar engineering platforms using Automation as Code (AaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience integrating enterprise applications with workflow, ticketing, automation, or custom-developed platforms, including ServiceNow or similar solutions.
- Experience supporting relational and non-relational databases, including Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
- Experience supporting IdAM technologies, including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC.
- Experience developing integrations using Python, PowerShell, and Groovy, with strong skills in testing, validation, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to remain stationary for extended periods while working at a computer workstation.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with customers, team members, and stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies, tools, and enterprise engineering ecosystems.
- Experience optimizing cloud-hosted solutions and supporting Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), IBM Cloud, or similar environments.
- Experience implementing and integrating ServiceNow solutions.
- Experience supporting monitoring, visualization, and observability platforms such as Grafana and Splunk.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) and SharePoint as AaC using CI/CD pipelines in cloud-based environments.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Tableau as AaC using CI/CD pipelines in cloud-based environments.
- Experience maintaining API gateways and catalogs in cloud-based environments.
- Experience developing cross-domain capabilities.
- Experience leading and overseeing a total system perspective, including understanding relationships, dependencies, and requirements across cloud services, infrastructure, and security domains.
- Familiarity with containerized development environments, including Rancher and Kubernetes.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, deployment, modernization, and sustainment of Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, Cassandra, and related engineering platforms in cloud-hosted environments.
- Implement and optimize Automation as Code (AaC) solutions and CI/CD pipelines for application deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management.
- Design and maintain integrations between engineering platforms, workflow systems, automation tools, and enterprise services.
- Provide technical leadership for database, authentication, identity management, and application infrastructure supporting MBSE environments.
- Troubleshoot complex platform, infrastructure, and integration issues; perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Develop and oversee testing, validation, and quality assurance activities to ensure platform reliability and operational readiness.
- Lead DevOps and infrastructure automation initiatives using Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab, and related technologies.
- Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and mission stakeholders to define technical roadmaps and implement strategic improvements.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture artifacts, implementation guides, and operational procedures.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be considered.
- Long-term career opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
