Senior Systems Engineer - Infrastructure and Virtualization Specialist #1679364

Network Designs Inc.•Chantilly, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

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
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.