Senior Systems Engineer

Dark Wolf; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf in Northern Virginia seeks a Systems Engineer to design and implement software systems and services based on requirements analysis. You will evaluate feasibility, develop and maintain system code, architecture, and security documentation, and collaborate across teams to meet mission needs.

Responsibilities include designing cloud-native architectures on major cloud providers, writing efficient SQL, and enabling data-driven decisions while adhering to security and governance standards.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of work experience with a technical degree or equivalent.
• Experience designing cloud-native architectures on AWS, Google, IBM, Oracle.
• Proficiency in writing efficient SQL queries and facilitating users with notebooks.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and big data systems.
• Ability to lead engineering discussions across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with agile development, security regulations, and accreditation.
• Experience with centralized security controls like LDAP and auditing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement software systems/services solutions.
• Perform feasibility evaluations and recommend improvements.
• Develop and maintain system architecture and security documentation.
• Coordinate with teams and stakeholders to meet mission needs.

Skills

Cloud architecture design

Agile software development

Stakeholder coordination

Security governance awareness

IT service management

Requirements analysis

System thinking

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IT/related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Gitlab

JupyterHub

LDAP

SQL

Python

Job description

Dark Wolf constructs and deploys data management and analytics solutions for the defense and intelligence communities. We’re proud to boast a world-class engineering team that thrives on rolling up their sleeves to solve your mission’s biggest challenges.

Dark Wolf is seeking a highly motivated and self-directed professional to fill the role of Systems Engineer to support our team in Northern Virginia. The Systems Engineer will design, develop, and implementation of software systems/services solutions based on requirements analysis; perform operational feasibility evaluations and recommend improvements; develop and maintain system and solution code, architecture, and security documentation.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years’ work experience plus a Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with designing cloud-native architectures using cloud services such as AWS, Google, IBM, and Oracle.
• Experience and expertise in writing efficient and performant SQL queries. Originate JupyterHub Notebooks for user consumption, in addition to providing user facilitation in both originating and correct SQL queries to maximize system performance, while ensuring user requirements are exceeded.
• Experience designing and operating cloud-native architectures using cloud services and big data systems.
• Experience facilitating engineering discussions across teams representing multiple stakeholders to develop and execute implementation strategies that meet mission needs.
• Experience with agile software development and testing.
• Experience with data security, regulatory and compliance requirements, and security accreditation package development.
• Experience with data security and governance using centralized security controls like LDAP, encryption, and auditing.
• Experience with specialized technologies that are optimized for the particular use of the data, such as relational databases, NoSQL database, or object storage
• Experience using centralized security controls like LDAP, encrypting data, and auditing access to data.
• Experience and understanding of IT Service Management and common SLA measurements.
• Experience working with container orchestration technologies such as AWS ECS, AWS Fargate, and Kubernetes or other enhanced capabilities available.
• Experience in managing large operational cloud environments spanning multiple tenants using Multi-Account management, AWS Well Architected Best Practices, and AWS Organization Units/Service Control Policies (OU/SCP).
• Experience in total systems perspectives, including a technical understanding of systems and applications relationships, dependencies, and requirements of hardware and software components.
• Experience consulting with customers to determine present and future user needs.
• Experience providing frequent contact with customers, traceability within program documents, and the overall computing environment and architecture.

Desired Qualifications

• AWS Certification(s), or other Cloud technologies Agile certification
• Databases: Postgres, MariaDB, ELK, Minio, AWS S3, Neo4j, MongoDB, noSQL
• Languages: Python, SQL
• Operating Systems: Centos7, RockyLinux8
• Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Docker-Compose, Docker-Swarm
• Development Tools: Gitlab, Jupyterhub/Notebooks
• Environments: large collaboration, Agile development environments
• Data types: Unstructured, structured, or semi-structured data, including: CSV, JSON, JSONL, AVRO, Protocol Buffers, Parquet, etc.

Position Clearance Requirement

TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph

Target Salary Range

$210,000.00 – $235,000.00 (Commensurate with specialized architecture expertise and technical skillset)

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity, confirm US Citizenship, and complete the required employment eligibility verification upon hire.

We are strictly looking for direct, full-time W2 employees. We do not engage with third-party staffing agencies, C2C, or 1099 independent contractors for this role.