Systems Engineer

Valiant Integrated Services • Herndon, VA

13d

About The Position

Valiant is looking for a Systems Engineer to join our team. This role involves maintaining a strong awareness of technical trends and ongoing IT projects, applying project management models for development efforts, and providing analysis, design, development, deployment, and lifecycle support for hardware/software/network systems and applications. The engineer will work on end-to-end technical projects, ensuring compliance with enterprise technical architecture, and assist teams with project control gates. Immediate response may be required to restore or maintain system functionality. The role requires Local Area Network (LAN) skills, ability to build servers, understand certificate authorities, and integrate customer systems into the enterprise. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• TS/SCI with Poly clearance
• B.S. in Computer Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of relative experience
• Strong background in Microsoft Systems Engineering and providing support to those systems.
• Strong recent experience in Windows platform operating systems
• Expertise in Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack).
• In-depth knowledge of Linux distributions, including configuration, management and troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting skills in languages like Bash, Python, Ansible for automating tasks and workflows.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Cloudformation.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Active Directory suite to include (DNS, DFS, ADCS, GPOs).
• Strong knowledge of virtualization products with a focus on VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vRealize Operations.
• Strong knowledge of storage devices with a focus on Netapp with NAS protocols.
• Demonstrated strong performance as a Systems Engineer / Architect, developing or implementing information systems with a broad experience base across the entire project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated capacity to understand and communicate technical ideas, concepts, and thoughts across multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to independently determine and develop approach to solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Strong background in Microsoft Systems Engineering and providing support to those systems.
• Strong recent experience in Windows platform operating systems
• Expertise in Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack)
• In-depth knowledge of Linux distributions, including configuration, management and troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting skills in languages like Bash, Python, Ansible for automating tasks and workflows.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Cloudformation
• Strong knowledge of Windows Active Directory suite to include (DNS, DFS, ADCS, GPOs)
• Strong knowledge of virtualization products with a focus on VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vRealize Operations.
• Strong knowledge of storage devices with a focus on Netapp with NAS protocols.
• Demonstrated strong performance as a Systems Engineer / Architect, developing or implementing information systems with a broad experience base across the entire project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated capacity to understand and communicate technical ideas, concepts, and thoughts across multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to independently determine and develop approach to solutions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a strong awareness of technical trends in information technology, develop and maintain a strong awareness of on-going IT projects, and business unit requirements.
• Able to apply the Sponsor’s project management model for development efforts; and provide analysis, design, development, deployment, and lifecycle support for innovative hardware/software/ network systems and applications.
• Work involves developing and supporting end-to-end technical projects; ensure systems being developed comply with the enterprise technical architecture.
• Assist project and program teams prepare for project control gates; and keep senior management apprised of project or program status.
• Immediate response may be required to restore or maintain system functionality.
• Possess Local Area Network (LAN) skills; ability to build servers, understand certificate authorities and integrate customer systems into enterprise.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior