Senior System Engineer, Cloud & DevOps (DoD)

Reflexive Concepts, LLC; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Reflexive Concepts, LLC is seeking a skilled System Engineer III to join our team. The role focuses on hands-on engineering, administration, automation, and operational support for enterprise infrastructure across development, test, and production environments.

You will design, implement, and maintain cloud and on-premises systems, aligning with DoDAF/SOA architectures while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Twenty years' experience as an SE in programs/contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Experience planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, CS, IS, Engg Science, Engg Management, or related discipline; 5 years extra SE experience may substitute for degree.
• Significant experience administering and engineering enterprise Linux/RHEL infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or comparable infra automation technologies.
• Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and source-controlled infrastructure.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, networking, storage, virtualization, and cloud environments.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across multiple technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering, administration, automation, and operational support for enterprise infrastructure.
• Design, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• Coordinate resolution of action items from CCB, design reviews, program reviews and test reviews.
• Develop system engineering documentation such as SEPs, ICDs, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy requirements and functional analyses.
• Review program WBS, work packages, and the integrated master plan (IMP).
• Develop operational views and system architectures using DoDAF standards.
• Use models, simulations, and prototyping to mitigate risk and cost.

Skills

Linux administration

AWS cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab/CI/CD

Networking

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, CS, IS, Engg Science or related

Tools

VMware

OpenStack

Harbor

Rancher

Helm

Cilium

GPFS/Spectrum Scale

Velero

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Packer

Terraform

GitOps

Job description

Reflexive Concepts, LLC is seeking a skilled System Engineer III to join our team. The role focuses on hands-on engineering, administration, automation, and operational support for enterprise infrastructure across development, test, and production environments.

You will design, implement, and maintain cloud and on-premises systems, aligning with DoDAF/SOA architectures while collaborating with cross-functional teams.