Senior Systems Engineer (CDP)

Govcio LLC • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

9d • Remote

About The Position

GovCIO is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Cloud Data Pipeline (CDP) and engineering services across the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The role supports the Infrastructure Services Division’s work to enhance the Integrated Data Environment (IDE) system of SURVEYOR. Using the Confluent platform and Apache Kafka, the engineer will help establish an enterprise approach to data ingestion and sharing that reduces information silos, consolidates data, and makes critical data discoverable, resilient, and usable across the USCG enterprise. This is a 100% remote position.

The engineer provides end-to-end engineering services for implementation, maintenance, and sustainment of the CDP within USCG-designated environments. This includes planning and executing deployments, implementing data ingestion and sharing between designated systems, maintaining operational readiness, managing system configurations and performance, and ensuring work complies with USCG software, configuration, security, operational, and lifecycle standards.

Requirements

• High school education with 9 or more years of experience, or commensurate experience.
• Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification in good standing, such as Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, CND, or SSCP.
• Advanced, hands-on programming and scripting experience in Java, .NET, or Python.
• Strong background in Linux programming and system administration.
• Production-level experience with the Confluent platform and knowledge of Apache Kafka for enterprise data streaming.
• Ability to complete the USCG Privileged User Management Program Process (PUMP) to obtain an RBAC administrative account requiring both a .14 token and a .1c token.
• Expert-level understanding of configuration management, requirements analysis, and system architecture concepts, and ability to author technical engineering guidance.
• Active Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard or Department of Homeland Security IT programs.
• Familiarity with federal enterprise cloud architectures, including AWS or Microsoft Azure, and pipeline automation.
• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible, and containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical tasking and provide planning and execution support for deploying the CDP in USCG-designated cloud environments.
• Implement data ingestion and data-sharing capabilities between designated source and recipient systems and the CDP.
• Ensure initial implementation activities comply with USCG software implementation, configuration, and security standards.
• Plan and execute scheduled and unscheduled maintenance to ensure continuous CDP uptime in USCG environments.
• Maintain and tune data ingestion and data-sharing capabilities between source and recipient networks and the CDP ecosystem.
• Validate that maintenance work complies with USCG software maintenance, configuration, and operational standards.
• Provide technical oversight for long-term CDP sustainment and modernization planning and execution.
• Manage complex administrative configurations and performance tuning to support data availability.
• Ensure sustainment, configuration management, and lifecycle management activities adhere to USCG software standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED