Design Engineer Senior 3

M.C. Dean; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A competitive salary

Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking an Engineer to support system programming and management for large-scale networking infrastructures. This position entails administration and maintenance of computer configurations, ensuring security and system performance, and developing designs for complex data center environments.

The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor's degree in System Engineering or a related field, alongside 5+ years in relevant roles. M.C. Dean offers a competitive salary and a robust benefits package including health insurance and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in similar programs and contracts.
• Experience with physical security system and IT solutions.

Responsibilities

• Assist with analysis, evaluation, and implementation of system improvements.
• Develop designs for complex data center infrastructures and solutions.
• Document designs and changes to infrastructure environments.
• Implement and test large data center and network environments.
• Perform security updates to ensure the security posture.

Skills

Strong Oral, Written and Presentation Skills

Time management and organization skills

Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Overview

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most mission‑critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values‑agility, expertise, and trust‑we foster a collaborative and forward‑thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Engineer Role

The Engineer provides system programming and management support for large scale networking infrastructures. The responsibilities include the administration and maintenance of high performance computer configurations as well as other systems and peripherals participating in system integration projects, system performance analyses, problem resolution, and system security initiatives; works with senior staff in the development of system management tools; and works with other Company Departments to provide a comprehensive support infrastructure for a wide range of commercial, corporate, and governmental users.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the analysis, evaluation, engineering, and implementation of system improvements, optimization, and deployments.
• Develop and implement designs for large, complex multi‑site data center infrastructure and virtualized environment solutions.
• Document designs, and changes to infrastructure environments including physical/logical drawings, engineering design plans, implementation plans, transition plans, test plans, and failover plans.
• Implement, test, and operate large complex data center and virtualized compute, storage, and network environments.
• Perform security updates to hardware and software to ensure the security posture across all systems implemented and managed.
• Research, prototype, and develop emerging technologies by working closely with industry partners and OEMs to implement the latest and best‑in‑broad capabilities to meet the customers emerging needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required with 5+ years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity with the provision of SE services for physical security system and IT solutions.

Desired Skills

• Strong Oral, Written and Presentation Skills.
• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
• Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint Skills is a plus.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
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