Systems Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Position Title:

Systems Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Requisition

Location:

Chantilly, VA
Final date to receive applications:
We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis
Who We Are
Trusted Space builds solutions both on the ground and in space. Our solutions provide advanced capabilities supporting missions vital to our Nation’s defense, intelligence, and science sectors. Our diverse talented staff of scientists, engineers, and business professionals support critical missions including Space Domain Awareness, Battlespace Awareness & Decision Support, Space Exploration & Science, and the establishment of core Space Infrastructure.
Our Culture
As a customer-focused service provider, Trusted Space values its employees and clients. We live by our values; central to this principle is the concept to treat others as you would like others to treat you. We offer a collaborative and supportive work environment, world class benefits, and work-life balance. We encourage life-long learning and continuous improvement in all that we do.

Each day, we seek to be better than the previous day, embracing our journey to Excellence. We consider it a privilege to work with our customers on their greatest challenges.

Job Description
Trusted Space is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer with a bachelor’s degree or higher and 5+ years of experience to join our team.

• Work closely with DoW customers and stakeholders throughout system lifecycle in development, integration & test, deployment, and operations of a highly sophisticated ground system architecture.
• Help build mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems in a team-oriented environment.
  
  Build and deploy cloud instances and applications utilizing automation tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
• Develop deployment and maintenance Ansible playbooks for the purpose of automating rapid installation and system patching within multiple large-scale environments.
• Develop systems engineering-related documentation to include operational concept, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation & verification plans.
• Conduct system planning and design for expansion of these resources to meet program needs.
• Support ground system related trade studies.

• An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain or maintain a poly.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or related field with 5+ years experience, or 3+ years experience with a Masters degree.
• CompTIA Security + certification or working toward certification.
• 2+ years of experience in a Systems Engineering related field.
• Experience working with Linux-based and Windows-based operating systems to include a deep, core understanding of the operating systems’ concepts and functionality, experience building and configuring systems from scratch, experience troubleshooting functionality, and performing all functionsleveragingautomation tooling where possible.
• Experience in installing, configuring, and deploying services from scratch to include configuration of security, certificate, and authentication settings following industry standard best practices.
• Experience creating, modifying, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for system configuration and system sustainment activities (e.g. patching)
• Experience in the use of scripting languages such as Ansible, Bash, or Python for task automation such as package installation and configuration across an array of physical and/or virtual hosts.
• Experience using Git to include collaboration, configuration management tracking, and code review facilitation.
• Experience creating & updating process documentation to include infrastructure deployments, application installation, and system…