System Engineer

FedWriters•Monterey, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

FWI is building a team to administer, maintain, secure, and accredit the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) Academic Network, which provides the IT environment for 100% of DLIFLC teaching and instruction for all students, staff, faculty, and guests. This position will serve as the Government's senior systems specialist, bridging server administration, virtualization, cloud services, and infrastructure security to maintain high-availability systems. The System Engineer will manage development, staging, and production systems in a hybrid cloud/datacenter environment, configure and support domain servers, SAN, NAS, and backup systems, and ensure the military language training community receives robust, secure, and well-maintained system infrastructure that enables seamless language training delivery. FWI has been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post in 2024 and 2025, offering excellent growth opportunities in a collaborative environment. Position is contingent upon contract award

Requirements

BA/BS from accredited college/university with minimum 5 years experience OR AA/AS with minimum 7 years experience OR 9+ years experience serving as a system administrator
Requires one of the following certifications: CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP Vendor Specific CE/OS Certification
Requires the following technical skills: Microsoft O365, VMWare, Vsphere and NSX-T Linux Red Hat, Windows Server SQL, MySQL EMC SAN technologies and applications Active Directory AWS or Microsoft Azure
Deep technical knowledge in operating systems (Windows, Linux), networking protocols, storage technologies, cloud computing platforms, and security best practices
Strong problem-solving skills and analytical abilities to diagnose complex technical issues
Experience maintaining high availability hybrid data centers
Secret level security clearance

Responsibilities

Configure and support domain system servers, SAN, NAS, and backup systems
Manage development, staging, and production systems in hybrid cloud/datacenter environment
Administer Microsoft O365, VMware vSphere, NSX-T, Windows Server, and Linux Red Hat
Manage SQL/MySQL databases, EMC SAN technologies, and Active Directory
Support AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud services
Maintain and update system architecture and design documentation
Make recommendations for system modernization and expansion
May be required to travel (CONUS/OCONUS)