Lead Systems Engineer

Visionist, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Generous retirement contribution

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave

Health benefits

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Lead Systems Engineer with TS/SCI clearance to join our team on a funded prime contract. You will lead two system administrators and collaborate with 25+ software developers to guide system architecture and deployment.

You will ensure health of EC2, VMs, bare-metal, and CI/CD with GitLab, plus SSP accreditation and automation across environments. The role offers strong growth in a mission-driven culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (4 additional years of experience may substitute degree).
• 12 years of experience in system engineering.
• Strong Linux system administration experience, including RHEL9.
• Experience with system automation and scripting tools including Ansible/Semaphore, Terraform, Packer, Bash, and Python.
• Experience with containerization technologies including Podman and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Amazon AWS, including EC2, S3, VPCs, and IAM.
• Experience with metrics and observability tools including Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Knowledge of SSP compliance and processes, including STE/STN.
• Familiarity with database administration using Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, or graph databases such as DGraph.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and direct the daily activities of two system administrators.
• Collaborate with and support a broader engineering team of 25+ software developers.
• Provide technical guidance on overall system architecture, design, and configuration in coordination with software engineering teams.
• Maintain the health and availability of system platforms across EC2, MASH, bare-metal, production, and development environments.
• Oversee system maintenance, security, and SSP accreditation activities.
• Develop and maintain automation, monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery strategies across development, staging, and production environments.
• Maintain CI/CD and deployment automation processes using GitLab.
• Maintain current system documentation and conduct technical reviews and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain base Linux kickstart images using RHEL9.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Podman

Terraform

Packer

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab

Grafana

Prometheus

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Redis

DGraph

Job description

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance With Polygraph Is Required. Visionist has an exciting new, fully FUNDED opportunity for a Lead Systems Engineer on our largest PRIME contract.

Our team of Analysts and Engineers is motivated by the direct impact on the mission, crafting specialized tools for enhanced efficiency and quick iterations for our operations user base. Seeing your tools in real-time action brings immediate gratification.

This premier program encompasses traditional software services including Systems Design and Engineering, Database Administration, Data Science and Knowledge Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Integration and Test, as well as Operations and Systems Support. The program is characterized by innovation and excitement, fostering meaningful engagements, and offering distinctive collaboration opportunities with users, policy makers, and mission leadership, all while maintaining a service mindset. If you thrive in a collaborative work environment and enjoy utilizing a diverse tech stack, then this opportunity is tailor-made for you!

For over 15 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people—your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com

Your contributions are…

• Lead, mentor, and direct the daily activities of two system administrators
• Collaborate with and support a broader engineering team of 25+ software developers
• Provide technical guidance on overall system architecture, design, and configuration in coordination with software engineering teams
• Maintain the health and availability of system platforms across EC2, MASH, bare-metal, production, and development environments
• Oversee system maintenance, security, and SSP accreditation activities
• Develop and maintain automation, monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery strategies across development, staging, and production environments
• Maintain CI/CD and deployment automation processes using GitLab
• Maintain current system documentation and conduct technical reviews and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement
• Maintain base Linux kickstart images using RHEL9

Requirements For Your New Career…

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (4 additional years of experience may substitute degree)
• 12 years of experience in system engineering
• Strong Linux system administration experience, including RHEL9
• Experience with system automation and scripting tools including Ansible/Semaphore, Terraform, Packer, Bash, and Python
• Experience with containerization technologies including Podman and Kubernetes
• Experience with Amazon AWS, including EC2, S3, VPCs, and IAM
• Experience with metrics and observability tools including Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus
• Knowledge of SSP compliance and processes, including STE/STN
• Familiarity with database administration using Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, or graph databases such as DGraph

Benefits of becoming a Visionist:

Your New Career

• We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
• Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
• 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
• 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
• Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
• Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
• Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
• Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability

Salary range:

$170,000–$240,000

Disclaimer:

Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.

U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance.

Visionist, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities employer.