Senior Systems Engineer — DoD HPC & DevSecOps Leader

Swift Staffing; Maryland; On-site; USD 145,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401K

Training reimbursements

Annual bonuses

Referral bonuses

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Wellness programs

Job summary

Swift Staffing seeks Principal-Level Systems Engineers for a federal government contractor in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will develop, maintain, and enhance IaC solutions for large HPC systems, with a current TS/Poly required. Direct hire with a salary range of $145,000–$155,000.

Responsibilities include DevSecOps leadership, system requirements analysis, architecture development, and government-facing coordination. On-site, full-time role with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• At least 20 years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline.
• Must have experience using Linux CLI and tools.
• Must have experience writing scripts using Bash/Python.
• Must have experience with laC (Infrastructure as Code) concepts, principles and automation such as Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Terraform.
• Must have experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab.
• Must have experience with DevSecOps best practices.
• Must have experience with Git Source Control System.
• Must have experience working in an agile development environment.
• Must be willing to learn Ansible.
• Desired skills include Atlassian Suite of Tools including Jira and Confluence, container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2), Linux system administration and infrastructure network services such as DNS, DHCP, PXE and NTP.
• Must have a current Top Secret Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph at time of submission. No exceptions.
• Must be able to work 40 hours a week Monday through Friday on site.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the technical expert in conveying DevSecOps principles and best practices across multiple development teams.
• Analyzes user requirements, concepts of operations documents, and high level architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.
• Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.
• Provides technical leadership for integration of requirements, design, and technology.
• Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations.
• Develops technical documentation and system design documentation.
• Guides system development and implementation planning with plans and test documents.
• Interacts with Government regarding technical considerations and issues.
• Owns technical integrity of Systems Engineering deliverables and communicates with government and executives.
• Manages system requirements to ensure production systems align with DoDAF/SOA architectures.
• Contributes to System Engineering Plans, ICsDs, Requirements specs, and Interface Control Documents.
• Assists with development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocations to components.
• Coordinates action-item resolution from CCB, reviews, and tests.
• Participates in Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities.
• Allocates real-time budgets and generates alternative concepts.
• Defines methods and evaluation criteria to verify systems against requirements.
• Develops system design solutions and reviews WBS and IMP.
• Participates in interface definition and change management across life cycle.
• Derives lower-level requirements from higher-level allocations.
• Establishes approval of system definitions for hardware and software.
• Develops derived requirements for information assurance services and security mechanisms.
• Implements comprehensive SOA solutions and views for architectures.
• Reviews and approves system engineering documentation for accuracy.
• Captures interface designs in a common format and stores data in repository.
• Assesses risk and quantify consequences for project management.
• Plans verification for new designs early in the lifecycle.
• Prepares time-line analyses showing flow of time-dependent functions.
• Controls and manages changes to requirements with stakeholder buy-in.
• Maintains the system baseline across development through operations and maintenance.
• Supports DoD Certification/Assessment processes.
• Provides direction for development, interfacing, integration and testing of components.
• Develops scenarios and operational concepts to satisfy needs.
• Performs non-functional analysis on performance, reliability, vulnerability, etc.
• Establishes procedures for coordinating system integration among teams.
• Develops comprehensive SOA solutions.
• Performs end-to-end system trade analyses to optimize lifecycle operations.
• Uses models and simulations to mitigate risk and reduce costs.
• Ensures configuration control of hardware/software throughout lifecycle.
• Develops design alternatives considering life-cycle cost and growth.
• Monitors risks using earned value management data.
• Keeps current with standards for system development and interoperability.
• Participates in AoA efforts to select reasonable solutions.
• Provides direction for end-to-end system development and testing.

Skills

Top Secret Clearance

Linux CLI

Bash/Python

IaC (Terraform/Ansible)

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Git/GitLab

Agile

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Rancher

Jira/Confluence

Sonar/CI Tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline

25 years of experience substituted for Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Ansible

SaltStack

Puppet

Chef

Terraform

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Docker

Kubernetes

RKE2

Job description

Swift Staffing seeks Principal-Level Systems Engineers for a federal government contractor in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will develop, maintain, and enhance IaC solutions for large HPC systems, with a current TS/Poly required. Direct hire with a salary range of $145,000–$155,000.

Responsibilities include DevSecOps leadership, system requirements analysis, architecture development, and government-facing coordination. On-site, full-time role with comprehensive benefits.