Senior DoD Cyber Defense Systems Engineer

World Wide Technology, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

401k with company matching

PTO and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

World Wide Technology seeks a Systems Engineer to lead deployment, integration and sustainment of DoD cyber defense platforms. You will design robust infrastructure, bridge bare-metal hardware, OS, virtualization, and container platforms, and ensure multi-tenant resilience.

You will implement automation with Python/Bash, harden Linux per STIGs, and integrate telemetry pipelines using Elastic Stack while coordinating with SOC and engineers on mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, CS, CE, Cybersecurity, IT.
• 4+ years in DoD or federal mission environments.
• Experience configuring enterprise server hardware and network gear.
• Proficiency in Linux and STIG-based hardening.
• Docker and virtualization with VMware ESXi or KVM.
• Automation scripting in Python and Bash.
• Experience with Elastic Stack and telemetry pipelines.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification.

Responsibilities

• Architect, configure, rack/stack, install, and sustain servers and networking hardware.
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads and VMs with isolation and recovery.
• Administer Linux across RHEL/ Rocky/ CentOS/ Ubuntu with STIGs.
• Develop automation scripts to orchestrate configurations and patching.
• Integrate network forensics tools and telemetry pipelines.
• Support data pipelines and Elastic Stack for telemetry data flow.
• Manage secure cloud components and API data routing.
• Monitor performance and plan capacity scaling.
• Collaborate with SOC and engineering to meet ATT&CK-aligned needs.
• Produce architecture blueprints and DoD ATO documentation.

Skills

Security clearance

Linux administration

Automation scripting

Networking basics

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, IT

Tools

Docker

VMware ESXi

KVM

Elastic Stack

STIGs

Ansible

Terraform

REST APIs

Job description

World Wide Technology seeks a Systems Engineer to lead deployment, integration and sustainment of DoD cyber defense platforms. You will design robust infrastructure, bridge bare-metal hardware, OS, virtualization, and container platforms, and ensure multi-tenant resilience.

You will implement automation with Python/Bash, harden Linux per STIGs, and integrate telemetry pipelines using Elastic Stack while coordinating with SOC and engineers on mission-critical systems.