Senior Cyber Systems Engineer — TS Clearance, SCI Eligible

Amentum; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support critical DoD IT programs at Ft. Meade, MD. You will contribute to system design, deployment of virtualization platforms, and security hardening in a classified environment.

The role requires 8+ years in systems engineering, DoD experience, and active TS/SCI eligibility. Travel up to 20% may be required; Agile, Jira/Confluence familiarity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years in systems engineering, architecture, and integration.
• Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility required.
• Experience with DoD enterprise security standards and RMF.
• Strong communication and ability to work in SCIF environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess solutions based on system requirements and design.
• Develop documentation for system architecture and integration plan.
• Deploy enterprise virtualization environments and manage configurations.
• Lead Agile sprints with JIRA/Confluence and track workload.
• Deliver secure, scalable, and resilient government IT services.

Skills

Windows Server 2022-2025

Active Directory

DNS/DHCP

PKI & Certificate Authority

VMware ESXi

Nutanix AHV

RHEL administration

DoD security environment

Jira/Confluence

Splunk Enterprise

SQL Server 2022+

Infoblox DNS/DHCP

Red Hat Satellite/Ansible

PostgreSQL

VCP/VCE certification

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field

Tools

VMware vCenter

Nutanix Prism

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager

MS SQL Server

Trellix/ePO

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support critical DoD IT programs at Ft. Meade, MD. You will contribute to system design, deployment of virtualization platforms, and security hardening in a classified environment.

The role requires 8+ years in systems engineering, DoD experience, and active TS/SCI eligibility. Travel up to 20% may be required; Agile, Jira/Confluence familiarity is preferred.