Senior Systems Engineer – Secure Federal Infra

Guidehouse; Washington; On-site; USD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support a large-scale federal enterprise infrastructure program operating within secure and classified environments. This hands-on role focuses on modernizing enterprise platforms, maintaining highly available systems, and delivering mission-critical IT services.

The ideal candidate has deep systems engineering expertise across Windows Server, virtualization (VMware), Active Directory, and security compliance, with experience in patching,

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain and maintain SCI eligibility.
• 6+ years of experience engineering and deploying complex enterprise IT systems.
• Experience supporting enterprise Windows Server environments and associated infrastructure services.
• Experience with virtualization technologies including VMware.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, implement, maintain, and support enterprise infrastructure environments supporting mission-critical operations.
• Support Windows Server environments, enterprise infrastructure services, and virtualized platforms across distributed environments.
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and core infrastructure services.
• Perform system upgrades, infrastructure modernization, patch management, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management activities.
• Support VMware-based virtualization environments, virtual servers, and virtual desktop infrastructure platforms.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize system availability, reliability, resiliency, and operational performance.
• Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, continuity of operations, and infrastructure resiliency initiatives.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, networking, cloud, application development, and operations teams to implement integrated technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and support high-priority operational incidents.
• Develop system documentation, engineering diagrams, implementation guides, standard operating procedures, and configuration baselines.
• Participate in architecture reviews, change management processes, capacity planning, and modernization initiatives.
• Support infrastructure automation and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and service delivery.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Windows Server

Enterprise IT systems

Security compliance

Infrastructure modernization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Active Directory

Group Policy

DNS

DHCP

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support a large-scale federal enterprise infrastructure program operating within secure and classified environments. This hands-on role focuses on modernizing enterprise platforms, maintaining highly available systems, and delivering mission-critical IT services.

The ideal candidate has deep systems engineering expertise across Windows Server, virtualization (VMware), Active Directory, and security compliance, with experience in patching,