Systems Engineer SME

Digital Consultants•Quantico, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Digital Consultants is seeking a subject matter expert Systems Engineer to build and maintain the hosting environment for NCIS Mission Applications and provide guidance on integration with that environment. The role includes advising Mission Application developers on solution architecture that complies with applicable policies and regulations and accounts for implementation specifics. The position is based in Quantico, Virginia, with a hybrid remote schedule. The candidate must be local and able to work onsite one to two times per week, or as required. A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. Digital Consultants describes itself as an SBA 8(a) small disadvantaged business supporting IT customers in the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. The company offers growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a benefits package. The stated salary range is $160,000–$170,000, depending on experience.

Requirements

Top Secret/SCI clearance.
High school education and 10 or more years of experience, or commensurate experience.
Linux and Windows systems administration experience.
Experience creating, deploying, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, using tools such as Ansible or Jenkins.
Experience configuring, managing, and operating container orchestration solutions, such as Fargate, Azure Containers, SUSE Rancher Prime RKE2, or similar.
Experience configuring and operating service mesh and discovery solutions, such as HashiCorp Consul, Apache Zookeeper, AWS Cloud Map, or similar.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code utilities, such as Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar.
Familiarity with and/or accreditation in DevSecOps.
Comfort managing deployments in on-premises, commercial, and hybrid clouds, including FedRAMP and other secure cloud environments.
Must be local to Quantico, Virginia, and able to meet onsite one to two times per week or as required.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the hosting environment for NCIS Mission Applications.
Provide guidance for integration with the hosting environment.
Manage deployments in on-premises, commercial, and hybrid cloud environments, including FedRAMP and other secure cloud environments.
Guide Mission Application developers in structuring solution architecture to comply with policies and regulations and address implementation specifics.
Create, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
Configure, manage, and operate container orchestration and service mesh and discovery solutions.