Systems Engineer

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

This is a hybrid position based in Quantico, VA. Travel may be required to customer sites.

Chugach Government Solutions is now hiring Systems Engineer with Splunk experience to join our team supporting our Naval Information Warfare Command (NIWC) customer and team out of Quantico, VA. The Systems Engineer will provide technical support in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of enterprise IT systems across Windows and RHEL environments. Assists with core infrastructure services, virtualization, and VDI deployments while supporting system monitoring, security configurations, and backup operations.

Troubleshoots basic issues, escalates complex problems, and contributes to documentation and continuous improvement of IT processes.

Essential

Job Duties:

• Assist with the installation, deployment and maintenance of Windows and RHEL enterprise solutions/software
• Assist with monitoring and configuration of SIEM tools like Splunk
• Assist in configuring and maintaining core IT services such as DNS, DHCP, SAN, SQL Databases, Active Directory and Group Policy
• Support VMware environment tasks, including creating and managing virtual machines
• Participates in the provisioning and deployment of workstation images in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments
• Troubleshoot basic system and application issues, escalating complex problems to senior staff
• Assist in applying security configurations and maintaining system logging
• Schedule, perform, and monitor system backups, and when necessary, perform data recovery operations
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to team discussions on solutions and improvements

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to manage time well to meet assigned milestones
• Strong communications skills and ability to multitask in a fast‑paced environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Mandatory:

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or B.A. in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering or similar preferred
• 2+ years of experience with Splunk
• 4+ years of relevant hands‑on experience in system administration in enterprise environments (e.g., Windows, RHEL, VMware)
• Minimum certification as IAT Level II per DoD 8570.01, or successor
• Strong Familiarity with cybersecurity principles including ports/protocols, firewall basics, and general DoD cybersecurity awareness
• Exposure to SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, or others), with an interest in log analysis and security monitoring
• Basic understanding of Defense Information Systems Agency published Security Technical Information Guidance (STIG) and Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) requirements and compliance processes
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre‑employment background check and pre‑hire drug test
• U.S.Citizeniship;
  Clearance required

• This position reports hybrid onsite at our VA location and has potential for teleworking 1-2…