Senior Systems Engineer SME Cloud Infrastructure & DevSecOps TS​/SCI

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our team supporting the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) in Quantico, Virginia. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in enterprise systems administration, cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and automated application deployment, with a strong background in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure hosting environments.

This position will support the development, maintenance, and integration of hosting environments for mission-critical NCIS applications across on-premises, commercial cloud, and hybrid cloud infrastructures. The successful candidate will provide hands‑on technical expertise and guidance to application development teams, ensuring solutions are properly deployed, maintained, and aligned with applicable security policies, regulatory requirements, and operational standards.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule, with onsite support required approximately 1-2 days per week or as mission requirements dictate.

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise hosting environments supporting mission-critical applications across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize Linux and Windows server environments to ensure system availability, security, and performance.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Configure, manage, and operate container orchestration platforms such as AWS Fargate, Azure Container services, SUSE Rancher Prime RKE2, or comparable solutions.
• Implement and maintain service mesh and service discovery technologies, including Hashi Corp Consul, Apache Zoo Keeper, AWS Cloud Map, or similar platforms.
• Develop, configure, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Open Tofu, or comparable automation tools.
• Support automated infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment across multiple hosting environments.
• Integrate Dev Sec Ops  principles into infrastructure management, application deployment, and system administration processes.
• Support infrastructure deployment and management within FedRAMP-authorized and other secure cloud environments.
• Collaborate with software developers, cybersecurity teams, and system administrators to ensure successful application integration with hosting infrastructure.
• Evaluate application hosting requirements and provide technical guidance on solution architecture, infrastructure compatibility, and deployment strategies.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application integration, container orchestration, and deployment‑related issues.
• Assist with ensuring systems and application hosting environments comply with applicable government security policies, regulations, and implementation requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to mission application developers regarding infrastructure design, cloud hosting, system integration, and secure deployment practices.

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI access.
• High school diploma with a minimum of 10 years of relevant technical experience, or commensurate experience.
• Strong experience administering and maintaining Linux and Windows operating systems in enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience creating, deploying, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Ansible, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience configuring, managing, and operating container orchestration platforms…