IT Systems Engineer

SAIC is looking for a Systems Engineer to serve as a Systems Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed US Navy enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.

This is shift work covering 24/7 operations.

Work will be performed at the Navy customer's site in Suffolk, VA.

• Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or elevate to Tier 3 support as required.
• Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance.
• Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
• Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations.
• Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions.
• Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
• Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures.
• Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment.
• Operate and maintain asset management processes and procedures.
• Operate and maintain configuration management.
• Enact change management for the solution.
• Operate and maintain existing incident management processes.
• Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment.

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related discipline and two (2) years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture and supporting a large network infrastructure. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Active Secret clearance.

• Experience with the following:
  Linux and Windows Server deployment and administration;
  Active Directory and Group Policy; DNS;
  Python, BASH, Powershell, or similar;
  Ansible (Tower), Puppet, Chef, Terraform, Containerization, Jenkins, or similar; and deploying VMs within VMWare vSphere.
• Experience with the following a plus:
  Nautobot, RHEL Satellite, Info Blox DDI, Red Hat Linux 8.
• Working knowledge with Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices.
• Understanding of TCP/IP in regards to routing and subnetting.
• Windows Server / Active Directory.

• IAT Level II required (Sec + and OS Certification). Six month waiver authorized to obtain OS Cert.

• Must be able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment to include weekends.
• Able to cover on-call schedule on a rotating basis.

• Certifications are considered a plus:
  Comp Tia Linux+, Red Hat Linux, Microsoft Certified:
  Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.