Systems Engineer (TS/SCI with Poly Required)
GCI Incorporated•Tysons, VA
About The Position
We are seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystem spanning cloud and on-premises environments. This role requires a proven practitioner who can analyze existing (“as-is”) systems and applications, document current state architectures, design future-state solutions, and implement system enhancements or technology transformations end-to-end. The ideal candidate is a technical leader and achiever who can seamlessly collaborate across infrastructure, platform, application, DevSecOps, information systems security, and data teams while maintaining ownership of system reliability, performance, scalability, and security.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
- Minimum ten (10) years of related systems engineering experience
- Hands-on experience in Enterprise networking (e.g. routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, DNS)
- Hands-on experience in Storage technologies (e.g. SAN, NAS, object storage)
- Hands-on experience in Virtualization and container platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, Docker)
- Hands-on experience in Windows and Linux (Redhat, CentOS) operating systems (administration, hardening, automation)
- Hands-on experience in Data platforms (HPCC, Hadoop/Cloudera)
- Hands-on experience in Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)
- Hands-on experience in Hybrid and on-prem infrastructure design and integration
- Hands-on experience in Cloud networking, identity, security, and cost optimization
- Hands-on experience in Relational and NoSQL databases – relational (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis) databases
- Hands-on experience in Data platforms (HPCC, Hadoop/Cloudera)
- Hands-on experience in Data pipelines, and ETL frameworks – with ETL pipelines, Airflow, Kafka, Spark, or similar frameworks
- Hands-on experience in Web services, APIs, and middleware
- Hands-on experience in Software development lifecycle (SDLC) fundamentals
- Hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code – Scripting & Automation: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
- Hands-on experience in Configuration management and scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.)
- Hands-on experience in CI/CD integration with infrastructure and platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, GitOps)
- Hands-on experience in Security best practices and system hardening
- Hands-on experience in Monitoring & Incident Response: Proficiency with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack, CloudWatch
- Ability to create: As-is architecture documentation
- Ability to create: To-be architecture and detailed engineering designs
- Ability to create: Implementation and migration plans
- US Citizen
- Active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
Nice To Haves
- Observability and monitoring tools (logging, metrics, tracing)
- Zero Trust and modern security architectures
- Data analytics, AI/ML platform exposure
- Experience supporting regulated or mission-critical environments
- Relevant certifications (cloud, systems, security, or architecture)
- Knowledge of machine learning platforms (TensorFlow, PyTorch, SageMaker)
- Familiarity with big data ecosystems (Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, Google, BigQuery)
- Strong background in ITIL processes and agile methodologies
- Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer, Azure Administrator, Kubernetes CKA/CKAD, ITIL Foundation
Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications
- Analyze and document as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures
- Design to-be architectures and detailed engineering designs for modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives
- Lead and execute cloud and on-prem system implementations, migrations, and upgrades
- Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements
- Integrate infrastructure and platforms with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines
- Troubleshoot complex, cross-stack issues spanning infrastructure, platforms, and applications
- Collaborate effectively with: Infrastructure & Platform Engineers, Software Engineers, DevOps / DevSecOps Engineers, Data Engineers (ETL), Data Modelers, Data Scientists, and Data Analysts
- Produce clear technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks
- Serve as a technical authority and escalation point for complex system issues
- Communication Skills: Ability to brief executives clearly and translate technical issues into business impact
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
