Systems Engineer

BT-299 - Systems Engineer

Location:

Chantilly, VA (fully on-site, no remote option)

Please do NOT apply if you do not have an active Poly clearance. Those without a Poly will not be considered.

System Sustainment and Enhancement The Contractor shall provide project and requirements management, systems integration, design, development, testing, and deployment support to enhance and sustain existing Tasking applications.

The Contractor shall work in close coordination with the Sponsor to identify and prioritize requirements for enhancements and revisions, and ensure integration of work into development cycles.

• Design and develop enhancements and revisions for existing tasking applications in the system
• Ensure seamless integration of system capabilities with other Sponsor and NSA’s systems.
• Leverage the full suite of Enterprise Sec Dev Ops  tools (e.g., Git Hub, Jenkins, Nitro, Platforma, etc.) provided by the Sponsor to design, develop, deploy, and host capabilities.
• Use separate operating environments for development, test, and production.
• Obtain user feedback to refine and enhance existing capabilities.
• Conduct peer reviews of design and development code prior to committing in the code repository.
• Notify application stakeholders of all scheduled and unscheduled changes, releases and outages.
• Maintain configuration management of code, and build and release documentation in a Sponsor specified repository.
• Partner with Sponsor enterprise development organizations throughout the development lifecycle to promote knowledge sharing.

• Monitor and track system performance via system metrics. The Contractor shall take proactive actions to address system performance issues. The Contractor shall include updates pertaining to system performance metrics.
• Manage and correct infrastructure-related issues that cause degraded performance or outages. Provide incident resolution and restoration of service as defined in Table 1 – System SLA Criteria.
• Provide preventative maintenance for Sponsor applications, to include software patches and upgrades and maintenance of cloud environments based on security or technical requirements.
• Manage system access control and security in accordance with the System Security Plan (SSP).
• Manage backup and recovery of systems and data, with valid recovery tests successfully performed at least every twelve (12) months or per COTR or GTM direction. Should a system fail this test, immediate actions shall be taken by the contractor to resolve the issue(s).
• Provision and manage user and development accounts in accordance with the Sponsor’s Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and SSP.
• Ensure proper separation of duties for administrators of each system, in accordance with Sponsor Security directives, regulations, and policies.
• Provide configuration build support and develop and maintain configuration build documentation.
• Coordinate environment and patching maintenance with external infrastructure providers, and provide supporting regression testing ahead of an external production patch.
• Establish and maintain all development, testing, and production environments.
• Ensure that supported applications continue to perform as implemented when network, workstations, and servers are upgraded or modified.

• Deploy software releases in accordance with documented deployment procedures.
• Coordinate the release windows and cycles with appropriate Sponsor service providers and partners.
• Maintain the release schedule and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.
• Provide Release Reporting in a format agreed upon with the Sponsor.
• Notify application stakeholders of all scheduled and unscheduled releases.
• Maintain a release repository and manage key information such as build content, release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.
• Support the execution of deployment plans and checklists.
• Develop scripts and automation solutions used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various systems using enterprise Dev Ops tools wherever possible.
• Monitor each application to provide status awareness and include a resolution plan for…