Systems Engineer - CCIS

NexThreat • Reston, VA

42d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position requires a seasoned Systems Engineer with a minimum of 5 years in the engineering field and an active security clearance. The ideal candidate will design, implement, and operate secure, resilient cloud and on-premises infrastructure across multiple cloud platforms to support DLA mission objectives.

Requirements

• Clearance: Secret / IT-I – Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI) / High Risk, or the ability to obtain as required by program.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years in an engineering field with progressive responsibilities in systems engineering, cloud, or infrastructure domains.
• DoD 8570 approval: IAT II (e.g., Security+ CE, or equivalent DoD-approved baseline).
• Cloud Certifications (at least one required): o Google: ACE (Associate Cloud Engineer) or PCA (Professional Cloud Architect) o Plus one from the following: § AWS: Cloud Practitioner, Security-Specialty, Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, SysOps Administrator § Azure: Admin Associate, Architect Expert, Security Engineer Associate § Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Cloud Ops § Red Hat: RHCE or RHCSA
• Strong knowledge of DoD security and compliance requirements; experience implementing security controls for cloud and hybrid environments.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code, automation tooling, and DevSecOps practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, integrate, secure, and optimize cloud and hybrid infrastructure supporting DLA CCIS missions.
• Engineer scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, OCI, etc.) and on-prem systems.
• Develop and implement automation, IaC (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD pipelines to streamline provisioning, configuration, and deployment.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex system issues across compute, storage, network, and security domains.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, compliance, and program teams to meet DoD cybersecurity requirements and DoD 8570/IAT II baseline controls.
• Maintain and enforce security baselines, incident response playbooks, disaster recovery plans, and data protection measures.
• Provide guidance on system architecture, capacity planning, performance tuning, and modernization efforts.
• Create and maintain documentation, standard operating procedures, runbooks, and engineering diagrams.
• Perform programmatic risk assessments, security certifications, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Participate in regular on-call rotations and incident response exercises.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees