System Engineer/System Administrator

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on system administration support for a complex network environment that is locally and with geographically distributed components.
• Interface with system engineers, integration engineers, test engineers, information assurance engineers, and other project team members in an Agile environment.
• Ensure the proper degree of engineering rigor is applied to all assigned tasks.
• Collaborate with other program technical professionals on a day-to-day basis and be an active participant in related agile team activities.
• Aid with hardware and software troubleshooting, maintenance, virtual environment stand-ups, and patch installations.
• Be flexible enough to learn new practices and apply them as needed.
• Assist the development team with system administration and network support.

Basic Qualifications

• BS and 8+ years of prior relevant experience, or Master’s with 6 years of prior relevant experience, or High School Diploma (or equivalent) and 12 years of specialized systems administration experience, which may be satisfied through relevant military service.
• US Citizenship and a Top Secret / SCI Clearance is required for this position with ability to obtain a Polygraph.
• Must be capable of performing systems and software engineering activities in support of agile teams.
• Must be familiar with systems administration roles and functions.
• Must be familiar with secure systems engineering and development.
• Must be familiar with WINDOWS environments.
• Must be comfortable working on multiple systems simultaneously.
• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
• Must be able to communicate clearly regarding technical options and trade-offs.
• Must be comfortable working both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment.
• Familiar with shell scripting such as PowerShell or Bash.
• Compliant with DoD 8570 IAT Level II (Security+, SSCP, etc.).
• Familiar with VM ware and Docker environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Top Secret Clearance/SCI
• Familiarization with a major programming language such as Python, or Java
• Familiarization with LINUX environments.