Systems Engineer
About The Position
The Systems Engineer supports all sites, future expansion, and organizational growth by ensuring the systems management environment functions effectively and by supporting deployment of software across the enterprise. The role provides systems engineering and management support in a highly virtualized ESC and AFSCI environment, including physical servers at each ESC, AOR, and Regional Transport Node (RTN)/Distributed Services Hub (DSH) for virtual hosting, management, and other services. The Systems Engineer provides technical solutions, guidance, and expertise for software and hardware tasks; supports enterprise baseline management; advises government technicians on Windows and Solaris/UNIX operating systems; and plans and implements systems management capabilities for client deployments, patch management, application deployment, automation, and inventory reporting. The position also evaluates designs, technologies, updates, and patches; supports change approval processes; creates project drawings; and troubleshoots system and hardware faults.
Requirements
- High school diploma and 9 years of relevant experience; a bachelor's degree may count toward experience.
- Verified DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI on day one.
- CompTIA Security+ CE certification.
- Virtualization expertise demonstrated by VMWare or Nutanix professional certification.
- Microsoft Azure or legacy MCSA/MCSE qualification; ability to obtain a relevant Azure certification within 6 months of start, such as Az Professional DevOps or similar.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Linux environments is highly desired.
- At least 5 years of government contracting experience preferred.
- Prior military service in an Information Technology career field preferred.
- Proven critical-thinking and strategic problem-solving ability.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
Responsibilities
- Ensure technologies integrated into AFSCI Enterprise maturation, improvement, or further development remain current.
- Provide technical solutions, guidance, and expertise for software and hardware tasks, including installation, removal, maintenance, configuration management, and restoration for systems based on Enterprise Core Services.
- Review and assess designs and proposed solutions for integration with existing or planned technologies, with a focus on automation and improved effectiveness and efficiency.
- Provide technical reports, white papers, technical solutions, and technical working group (TWG) contributions.
- Update software, validate licenses, and ensure electronic software libraries and physical software media are properly labeled and updated in accordance with current Government guidance.
- Contribute knowledge to enterprise baseline management support for the AFSCI environment.
- Provide systems engineering development and support services for the highly virtualized ESC and AFSCI environment.
- Provide Tier 3 subject matter expertise and guidance on Windows and Solaris/UNIX operating systems to government technicians.
- Direct and support planning and implementation of the systems management environment for client deployments, security patch management and schedules, application deployments, automation scripts, inventory reporting, and related needs at the respective ESC or OL, including future expansion and growth.
- Evaluate vendor updates and patches and design installation methods using scripting such as VBScript or PowerShell.
- Analyze vendor-released and DoD software patches to ensure compatibility with operational systems.
- Analyze existing and emerging server and network technology to help keep the network current with developments.
- Assist with continual development and evolution of the network Change Approval Board (CAB) process and ensure proper coordination before hardware, software, or patch deployment on the production network.
- Develop project drawings using Visio as required.
- Analyze system faults, troubleshoot, and run diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems.
- Evaluate and install software during various phases of the system life cycle.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
