System Engineer 1 - (Linux, Bash, Python)

Akina • Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

The System Engineer supports a closed system spanning multiple locations across Capabilities and Operations. The role manages system and derived requirements to help deliver production systems compatible with defined architectures, including DoDAF and service-oriented architecture. The engineer contributes to systems engineering documentation, requirements development and allocation, system design, architecture, verification planning, interface definition, configuration management, and coordination across engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.

The position participates in an Integrated Product Team and supports reviews and boards, develops and evaluates system concepts and solutions, derives lower-level and information-assurance requirements, and helps establish approved definitions of systems and components. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Requirements

• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Proficiency using the Linux command-line interface and Linux tools.
• Demonstrated experience administering Linux systems.
• Experience developing Bash or Python automation scripts to streamline operational and maintenance tasks.
• Experience with the Agency’s STE/STN security compliance requirements and ability to ensure systems adhere to established policies.
• Familiarity with basic Cisco switch configuration.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker, Podman, and containerd.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and updating clear, accurate, and accessible technical documentation.
• Seven years of experience as a systems engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university; five additional years of systems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience administering Windows systems.
• Experience with NetApp storage devices.
• Experience with virtualization technologies, including vSphere/vCenter.
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure production systems are compatible with defined system architectures.
• Contribute to systems engineering documentation, including System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Assist in developing system and functional requirements and allocating them to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
• Coordinate resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews requiring cross-discipline coordination.
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based on development and operational considerations.
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components.
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions.
• Define verification methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for systems, subsystems, and work products in a written plan.
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and fulfill functional analysis.
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structures, work packages, and integrated master plans.
• Participate in interface definition, design, and configuration changes among affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle.
• Derive stakeholder needs and essential functions from system requirements.
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements and ensure they are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable.
• Participate in establishing and gaining approval for definitions of systems or components under development, including requirements, designs, interfaces, and test procedures.
• Develop derived requirements for information assurance services, basic information assurance mechanisms, and security mechanism technologies.

Benefits

• 24 days of PTO accrued annually.
• 11 federal holidays.
• 401(k) is 100% vested on the employee’s start date, with a direct company contribution worth 10% of salary.
• The company covers 100% of employee healthcare costs and 50% of dependent healthcare costs.
• Educational assistance for college classes.
• Coverage of costs associated with job-related training and certifications.

What This Job Offers

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