CT Systems Engineer

PLEASE NOTE:

This position requires an ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph. To be considered for this position, you MUST have an ACTIVE Clearance Level of Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.

Position Code: 07-SE1002-1

Tysons or Warrenton

We are seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer (SME) with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments. This role requires a proven practitioner who can analyze existing (as is) systems and applications, document current state architectures, design future-state solutions, and implement systems enhancements or technology transformations end-to-end. The ideal candidate is a technical doer, not just a maintainer or advisor - someone who can seamlessly collaborate across infrastructure, platform, application, Dev Sec Ops , information systems security, and data teams while maintaining ownership of system reliability, performance, scalability, and security.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or other related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, and work/military experience
• Minimum ten (10) years of related systems engineering experience

• Infrastructure & Platforms
  • Storage technologies (e.g., SAN, NAS, S3, object storage)
  • Container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
  • Linux (Redhat, CentOS) operating systems (administration, hardening, automation)
• Cloud & On-Prem Technologies
  • AWS platform knowledge
  • Hybrid and on-prem infrastructure design and integration
  • Cloud identity, security, storage, compute, and cost optimization
• Data & Application Platforms
  • Knowledge of web services, APIs, and middleware
  • Software development lifecycle (SDLC) fundamentals
  • Event-based messaging systems (e.g., SQS, SNS, RabbitMQ)
• Engineering & Automation
  • Infrastructure as Code
    - Scripting & Automation (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible)
  • Experience supporting production or mission critical environments
  • Configuration management and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, etc.)
  • CI/CD integration with infrastructure and platforms (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD, Git Hub Actions, Git Ops, ArgoCD)
  • Security best practices and systems hardening
  • Monitoring & Incident Response:
    Proficiency with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack, Cloud Watch
• Architecture & Design
  • Ability to create:
    • As-is architecture documentation
    • To-be architecture and detailed engineering designs
    • Implementation and migration plans

• Observability and monitoring tools (e.g., logging, metrics, tracing)
• Enterprise networking (e.g., routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, DNS)
• IdAM
  - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) hands-on for AuthN and AuthZ
• Modern security architecture practices
• Data analytics, AI/ML platform exposure
• Relevant certifications (e.g., cloud, systems, security, or architecture)
• Knowledge of machine learning platforms (e.g., Tensor Flow, PyTorch, Sage Maker)
• Familiarity with big data ecosystems (e.g., Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, Google Big Query)
• Strong background in ITIL processes and agile methodologies
• Certifications:
  
  AWS Solutions Architect / Dev Ops Engineer, Azure Administrator, Kubernetes CKA/CKAD ITIL Foundation

• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, databases, and applications
• Analyze and document as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures
• Lead and execute cloud and on-prem system implementations, migrations, and upgrades
• Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements
• Integrate infrastructure and platforms with Dev Ops and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines
• Troubleshoot complex, cross-stack issues…