Senior Security Systems Engineer

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

We are seeking a versatile, mission-focused Systems Engineer & Systems Administrator with strong automation and security compliance experience to join a tight-knit, high-impact team. In this role, you will safeguard the integrity, performance, and security posture of critical client/server environments and network infrastructure. You will bridge traditional system administration with modern infrastructure automation—managing cross-platform Windows/Linux systems, maintaining containerized services, configuring network devices, and ensuring strict compliance with security protocols.

Working directly alongside end-users and customer stakeholders, you will bring exceptional problem-solving and proactive communication to keep high-priority defense systems resilient and battle-ready.

The annual base salary range for this role is $133,000-$157,000 (USD), which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

• Core Systems Engineering & Administration: Comprehensive administration and engineering experience across both Linux and Windows environments in mission-critical client/server setups.
• Security Compliance & Hardening: Deep understanding of security compliance frameworks, baseline hardening, security protocol enforcement, and vulnerability patching.
• Network Infrastructure & Services: Hands-on experience configuring and maintaining networking devices (Cisco, Juniper, Arista) alongside core network services, Active Directory, LDAP, Centrify, and Group Policy.
• Infrastructure Automation & Containers: Practical familiarity with system administration automation techniques, containerization technologies, and Kubernetes orchestration environments.
• Problem-Solving & Communication: Proven ability to troubleshoot complex system issues, articulate technical challenges, and escal…

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 7+ years of professional software development experience OR High School Diploma / GED
, PLUS 11+ years of hands‑on technical software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience using automation platforms (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Terraform) to streamline configuration management and infrastructure deployments.
• Virtualization & Cloud Environments: Familiarity with virtualized infrastructure (e.g., VMware) and cloud-hosted enterprise workloads.
• Agile
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Experience working within Agile frameworks and using Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) to manage operational tasks and system tickets.

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward‑thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave,…