Tableau & MS Sharepoint Senior Systems Engineer
About the role
BAE Systems is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer experienced in configuring, deploying, and maintaining Tableau and SharePoint as Application as Code (AaC) to join our technical program driving the Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) cloud platform. This platform supports collection, management, and analysis of digital engineering information, enabling a seamless digital thread and tool interoperability, including data structures suitable for AI applications.
The program delivers engineering services for Linux and Windows cloud-based infrastructure, as well as sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure, including end-point devices, cloud services, virtualized applications, and storage systems. The platform uses a mix of Open Source, Government-off-the-Shelf (GOTS), and Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS) software, targeting cloud-native constructs with a secure-by-default configuration, Infrastructure-as-Code approach, and governance policies.
Responsibilities
- Provide IT technical services and expertise in systems, technical infrastructure, tools, modeling, external interfaces, and other technical areas.
- Configure, deploy, and maintain applications such as TeamWork Cloud and Cameo (and associated tools like Cassandra DB) as Application as Code (AaC) using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment.
- Work with internal engineering resources and customer end-users to design and enhance user interfaces for supported applications, maintaining responsive designs for challenging technical and functional requirements.
- Create and maintain comprehensive test plans.
- Support operations functions, including root cause identification, remediation, and documentation (e.g., user guides, ‘how to’ guides, infrastructure diagrams).
- Work closely with clients and cross-functional departments on technical issues, including software system troubleshooting and maintenance, and communicate project statuses.
- Monitor system performance.
- Test new features, services, and fix bugs.
- Configure and deploy applications as code in CI/CD pipeline using DevSecOps tools, including Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, IdAM, Active Directory, and LDAP resources.
- Prepare technical presentations for government and senior leadership.
- Work effectively in a team environment across infrastructure containing both Linux (60%) and Windows (40%).
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, both written and verbally.
- Utilize robust troubleshooting skills and apply solid engineering rigor, including configuration management and testing.
- Develop and engineer as part of an Agile scrum team.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years' relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a STEM field.
- Must meet DoDD 8140 requirements (Security+ CE Certification).
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining SharePoint as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Tableau as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment.
- Expertise in configuring, deploying, and maintaining applications as AaC through Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
- Demonstrated solid engineering rigor.
- Expert troubleshooting and solutioning skills.
- Experience with Windows-based troubleshooting and implementation.
- Experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases (e.g., Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to clearly describe complex issues.
- Experience integrating applications with workflow, case or ticketing, or automation platforms such as ServiceNow or custom-built systems.
- Knowledge of IDAM requirements and technologies, including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, and/or OIDC.
- Demonstrated experience building comprehensive test plans for unit and user system testing and validation.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Experience developing integration interfaces using Python, PowerShell, and Groovy.
- Experience and comfort with basic DevOps tooling (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Experience with Cloud Solution Optimization.
- Experience configuring and instrumenting visualization tools (Grafana, Splunk) to work with applications.
- Experience with ServiceNow.
- Integration of virtualized applications and application streaming or layering techniques.
- Experience assisting with leading and overseeing a total system perspective, including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies, and requirements of cloud services, infrastructure, and security domains.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining TeamWork Cloud and Cameo (and associated tools like Cassandra DB) as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining COTS applications/tools systems engineering (configuring/deploying AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment).
- Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining IBM Enterprise Lifecycle as AaC using CI/CD pipeline in a cloud-based environment.
- Experience maintaining API Gateways and catalogs in a cloud-based environment.
- Experience developing cross-domain capabilities.
- Other Cloud experience (Azure, Google, Oracle, IBM).
- Familiarity with Containerized Development environments (Rancher, Kubernetes).
Pay
Full-Time Salary Range: $149,603 – $254,317. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors, including business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications such as skills, education, and experience.
Benefits
Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health savings accounts.
- A 401(k) savings plan.
- Disability coverage.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Legal plan.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable federal and state sick leave.
- Employee recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards.
- Other incentives based on position level and job specifics.