Systems Engineer SME (TS/SCI with Poly Required)
About The Position
GCI embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry. At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a SME Systems Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties/skills:
Requirements
- US Citizen
- Active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
Nice To Haves
- Enterprise networking, firewalls, load balancers, DNS
- SAN/NAS/Object storage
- Kubernetes, Docker
- Linux (RHEL/CentOS) administration, hardening, automation
- PKI and identity management
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Hybrid and on prem integration, cloud networking/security/cost optimization
- Relational & NoSQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis)
- APIs, web services, middleware, SDLC fundamentals
- Event messaging (SQS, SNS, RabbitMQ)
- IaC, automation, and scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, CloudFormation)
- CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
- Security best practices and system hardening
- Monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch)
- Ability to produce "as-is" and "to-be" architectures plus implementation/migration plans
- Zero Trust architectures
- AI/ML or data platform exposure
- Big data platforms (Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
- Experience supporting mission-critical systems
- ITIL or agile delivery experience
- Cloud, security, or architecture certifications (AWS SA/DevOps, Azure Admin, CKA/CKAD, ITIL)
- Hands-on technical SME with broad full-stack systems expertise
- Strong systems thinker who moves easily between architecture strategy and practical implementation
- Effective communicator and collaborator across technical and nontechnical teams
- Proven ability to design, build, and own complex systems in production
Responsibilities
- Document "as-is" architectures and develop detailed "to-be" designs
- Lead cloud and on prem implementations, migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives
- Ensure system availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance
- Integrate systems and platforms with DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines
- Troubleshoot complex, cross-domain issues
- Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, software, DevOps, and data teams
- Produce technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks
- Serve as an escalation point and technical authority
- Communicate effectively with executives and cross organizational partners
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
