Lead System Engineer (Government)

About the role

AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission. Our AT&T National Security organization supports our Nation’s Intelligence Community, operating and assuring critical data, voice, video, and collaboration services for the full spectrum of intelligence operations.

AT&T is seeking an experienced Lead System Engineer to support a professional services effort for a U.S. Government customer in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. This role will focus on the design, development, operation, and maintenance of mission communications systems, services, and supporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a team of system engineers to deploy, configure, maintain and operate mission application systems hosted in both physical and virtual environments.
• Maintain, configure, and operate mission systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky, Debian, and Windows) in both physical and virtual environments.
• Manage various aspects of Sponsor’s mission system through all system life-cycles phases, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, implementing, maintaining and future migrations.
• Install and configure software patches and upgrades (OS, database, and applications) as well as hardware components (servers, SANs, hard disks etc.)
• Troubleshoot hardware and software errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems, and assessing impact of issues.
• Monitor and review system and application logs to audit for performance and security related activity and anomalies.
• Create and implement scripts and automation tools to support routine system/application tasks, gather data/metrics for system dashboards, and generate reports.
• Create and maintain application and system backups as well develop and perform disaster recovery plans and failover procedures.
• Create and maintain technical documentation that supports system administration procedures and tasks for installing, operating, and maintaining the systems and applications.
• Implement, maintain, and document system security hardening and compliance with customer’s standards/requirements.
• Manage capacity, storage planning, and database performance.
• Serve as Tier 3/4 escalation resource for O&M trouble and incident response.
• Willingness to be on-call and work outside normal business hours to perform system maintenance activities.

Requirements

• Required Clearance: TSSCI with poly
• Required Qualifications: B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications or similar.
• Minimum 5-10 years of working experience designing, configuring, implementing, and maintaining enterprise class system solutions.

Skills

• Full stack system engineering of complex systems and networks to include design, implementation, and configuration & maintenance during the life cycle of the system.
• Experienced with analyzing requirements and collaborating with multiple engineering resources (i.e. developers, database, application SMEs) to deliver overall solutions.
• System network and/or database administration experience on enterprise-class environments with a focus in Linux as well as Windows platforms.
• Proficiency with both operating systems and networking software, hardware, and networking protocols.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networks, networking troubleshooting, and network protocols (SSH, SFTP, SCP, HTTPS, DNS, SNMP, etc.)
• Proficiency with database systems and basic database administration (Oracle, MySQL, PostGres)
• Knowledgeable of system cybersecurity concepts, best practices and enforcing system security baselines configurations (i.e. CIS, STIG) in both Windows and Linux environments.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T wireline phone

Pay

Our Lead System Engineer's earn between $118,000 - $251,700. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Schedule

Weekly Hours: 40, Time Type: Regular, Location: Chantilly, Virginia