Systems Engineer - Junior

Parsons • Centreville, VA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Our Special Programs and Systems team is hiring a Junior Systems Engineer with a passion for mission excellence in our High Consequence Missions sector. In this role, you will monitor, document, and report system performance and equipment status in a small team environment to enable operational success of deployed systems. This role includes system design, configuration, and debugging of Linux systems. Note: this is a full time in-office role.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or related field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• Must possess a minimum of 2+ years of experience in Systems Engineering or a related field
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must possess and maintain Top Secret SCI clearance with CI poly
• Must have Linux command line experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail in system monitoring
• Ability to assess and evaluate ever-changing situations effectively

Nice To Haves

• Computer system basics such as Git, NTP, DNS, DHCP, and VNC
• Monitoring tools such as Zabbix and SNMP
• Configuration, hardening, and maintenance strategies for RHEL-based systems such as CentOS and Rocky Linux
• VM or container management with Libvirt, VMWare, Vagrant, or Docker
• Scripting in Bash or Python
• Database management using Elasticsearch, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), and SQL
• Networking configuration and analysis, for example using Wireshark
• Infrastructure management tools such as Ansible or Salt
• Hands-on server and network switch hardware maintenance
• Java, JavaScript, or C++ programming or quality assurance (QA) experience

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Linux mission systems
• Triage system alerts and initiate resolution protocols
• Develop SOPs
• Collect data to assist decision makers
• Some periodic WMA travel
• Occasional OCONUS travel
• Coordinate with system stakeholders including customers, engineers, and analysts in person and remotely

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• paid time off
• 401(k)
• life insurance
• flexible work schedules
• holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees