Systems Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in related field.
• Eight years minimum experience in Information Technology, which includes at least six in systems administration.
• Possess advanced, subject matter expertise in design, administration, and support of servers, systems, software, and Microsoft Products.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form and with all levels of employees; possess good interpersonal skills.
• Must be organized, self-motivated and able to work with minimal to no supervision.
• Project management experience.
• Must be willing to work hours outside of a regular schedule.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOD 8570 IAT II certification.
• Successful completion of a criminal background check is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. Current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph preferred (or within two years).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in 6 or more than one of the following areas is preferred: Windows Server deployment both physical and virtual, Windows 11 deployment both physical and virtual, Exchange Server maintenance/best practice, Account life cycle management, Outlook and Office deployment/best practice, Maintenance and patching, Windows/Office Patch management, Active Directory domain management/best practice, Group policy publish/management, DNS management, User account life cycle management, MDT / Sysprep of primary images, Vulnerability mitigation.
• Familiar with DNS, DHCP, FRS, NPS
• Device management
• Virtualization Architecture
• High Availability Architecture (Clustering)
• SharePoint maintenance/ best practice
• Site creation
• Site life cycle management
• WSUS, SCCM
• SCOM
• STIG Compliance
• PowerShell scripting
• VMware vSphere, vCenter
• Omnissa Horizon
• Thin clients (VDI)
• Backup solutions
• Trellix ePO
• Linux - Red Hat (basic understanding)
• Cisco IOS, and Cisco Nexus switches (basic understanding)

Responsibilities

• Takes the primary role as project leader and designer of new IT technology initiatives.
• Provides formal project management documentation and partners with staff to ensure the successful deployment and transition of operational support to junior administrators.
• Develops test and integration plans for new systems and software in order to ensure compatibility with current IT infrastructure.
• Builds new physical and virtual servers to design specifications as necessary.
• Provides operational support and maintenance, when necessary, to ensure systems functionality, availability, security, and performance.
• Ensures all systems meet or exceed the business and security requirements in accordance with IDA, DOW, DISA and DSS directives and guidelines.
• Mentors junior staff and coordinates work assignments of junior administrators to ensure project schedules are maintained.
• Prepares technical documentation, to include standard operating procedures and processes.
• Develops resolutions to complex problems that require the frequent use of creativity.
• Coordinates resources to resolve problems when necessary.
• Administers and maintains classified and unclassified systems and services to ensure optimum performance and availability.
• Maintains technical proficiency in new IT technologies; keeps abreast of industry trends and makes recommendations to improve or advance services and system performance.
• Communicates all computer network, system and service problems and outages immediately to the appropriate supervisors and/or managers.
• Responds to critical after-hours support issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• excellent benefits package
• diverse health insurance options
• generous 10% contribution to retirement
• 6 weeks 100% paid parental leave
• 20 days paid time off
• Professional development
• tuition reimbursement
• internal and external trainings