Lead Systems Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance, Cloud

Visionist, Inc.; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned culture

Competitive retirement contribution (5

Paid time off & holidays including 12/

Parental leave

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Lifestyle bonus

Performance bonuses

Disability insurance

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer for our largest PRIME contract.

You will lead the daily activities of two system administrators and collaborate with 25+ software developers, guiding architecture, security, and automation across EC2, RHEL9, and cloud environments. You will work on a premier program that includes systems design, data management, and mission support, engaging with users and leadership, and contributing to continuous improvement and SSP compliance.

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

System engineering

Linux administration

Automation

Observability

SSP compliance

Databases knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Packer

Bash

Python

Podman

Kubernetes

AWS

EC2

S3

VPC

IAM

Kibana

Grafana

Prometheus

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Redis

DGraph

Job description

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer for our largest PRIME contract.

You will lead the daily activities of two system administrators and collaborate with 25+ software developers, guiding architecture, security, and automation across EC2, RHEL9, and cloud environments. You will work on a premier program that includes systems design, data management, and mission support, engaging with users and leadership, and contributing to continuous improvement and SSP compliance.