Systems Engineer

Swift•Herndon, VA

4h•Onsite

About The Position

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe. We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join our high-performing team on a dynamic, mission-focused program. This program leverages software engineering, development of web-based applications, and serverless infrastructures (AWS C2S). This position is in Herndon, VA.

Requirements

10+ years’ experience in configuration management.
Experience communicating with both technical and non-technical individuals and working on a team
Experience with Linux, Windows, Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos and other utilities and/or services such as remote desktop, SSH and command line interface
Demonstrated experience in cloud architecture integration, such as AWS cloud computing services
Demonstrated experience deploying, configuring or architecting physical, virtual or cloud-based solutions
Demonstrated experience defining and architecting end-to-end data flow architecture and data management systems
Demonstrated experience performing data center architecture and design, consolidation, optimization, administration, engineering, and management of private and hybrid cloud environments
Demonstrated on-the-job experience in a physical and virtualized infrastructures (e.g., Proxmox, AWS)
Experience preparing required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation
Good understanding of data transfer protocols like FTP, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS
Knowledge of network topology, protocols, and debugging on Windows/Linux systems
Experience collaborating closely with the ISSM and other customer security elements as required
US citizenship with an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Assurance (IA) policies such as ICD 503 to ensure system security and data integrity
Experience deploying the complete DevOps lifecycle including integration of build pipelines, automated deployments, and compliance scanning using test drive development
Experience with data encryption within a secure environment
Experience using Agile methodologies and participation in an Agile software or systems engineering team

Responsibilities

Analyze and evaluate technical systems and development processes
Provide technical expertise throughout the project lifecycle including design, engineering, configuration, test planning/development, test execution analysis, and performance optimization
Assisting the Customer with establishing and executing processes and procedures for managing system definition, development, and operations
Expand or modify Customer’s systems to serve new purposes or improve workflow
Assist the Customer with establishing standards in systems engineering
Interface with Government engineering lab and contractors on customer projects (ensuring data conditioning and Linux data schemas are consistent for ingest)
Perform strategic planning for system and technology evolution for specified Sponsor activities
Collaborate with the other partner organizations to provide input on strategic plans and architecture framework
Participate in Engineering Review Boards or other technical forums
Design, optimize, administer, and manage private and hybrid cloud environments
Provide emerging cloud technology solutions including server virtualization, network virtualization, virtual network appliances and cloud management systems
Implement a data management system in a cloud environment
Advise and provide ways to effectively use Customer and commercial cloud computing services