Systems Engineer - VERSA Surge Support

Emergent Technologies•Reston, VA

About The Position

Emergent Technologies Inc. is seeking an Expert-Level Systems Engineer to join a high-impact Surge Support effort for a key government customer. The selected candidate will play a critical role in replicating an existing system infrastructure onto new hardware in a live network environment, followed by a seamless migration to establish the new production system. This role demands deep technical expertise, strong collaboration, and precision execution.

Requirements

Minimum 11 years of relevant systems engineering experience
Bachelor’s degree (required)
Strong expertise in Active Directory configuration and administration
Proficiency with VMware virtualization technologies
Experience with Microsoft Server 2016/2019
Familiarity with Windows 10/11 operating systems
Understanding of network configurations and routing within MS Office 2019 environments

Nice To Haves

Skype for Business (MS) deployment and management
Experience working with Cisco UCS server infrastructure
Familiarity with NetApp Storage systems
Knowledge of Veritas Backup solutions
Experience implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) technologies

Responsibilities

Gain a detailed understanding of the existing system architecture and configurations
Build an exact replica of the existing production system on new hardware
Configure and validate the new system in parallel on the same network
Coordinate and execute the data migration from the old system to the new environment
Transition the replica environment into the new production system
Collaborate with the current engineering team to ensure continuity and knowledge transfer
Troubleshoot system-level issues and maintain system integrity during the transition