Senior Systems Engineer & Secure Lab Lead (TS/SCI)

Vibrint; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibrint seeks a System Engineer 5 and Lab Manager to lead secure laboratory spaces supporting complex mission systems. The role requires active TS/SCI with polygraph, US citizenship, and travel.

You will manage lab utilization, safety, and technical readiness across servers, RF, and virtualization environments. You will coordinate facility planning, drawings, and lab operations while ensuring compliance with security and STE/STN requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 15+ years of system engineering, or 19+ years in lieu of a degree.
• IAT Certification Level II and related security credentials.
• Experience managing secure government/contractor lab spaces.
• Experience with NetApp, Kubernetes, VMs and Linux-based labs.
• Familiarity with mission software and RF test/integration workflows.
• Experience EMI testing and system security plan compliance.
• Experience inventory control, barcoding, shipping/receiving, and record-keeping.
• Leadership coordinating multiple technical teams in shared lab environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage secure laboratory spaces, utilization plans, scheduling, and day-to-day lab activities.
• Develop lab-space diagrams, rack elevations, wiring diagrams, and facility utilization plans.
• Coordinate power, network, RF configurations, timing, GPS, and fiber connections.
• Ensure spaces meet safety, security, and configuration requirements.
• Redline and update LAN/wiring/rack/system drawings with drafting teams.
• Coordinate shipping, receiving, inventory, barcoding, staging, installation, and decommissioning.
• Support system security plan activities and related requirements.
• Integrate and troubleshoot servers, network devices, RF equipment, racks, switches, and timing systems.
• Support Linux, VMs, Kubernetes and other lab software environments.
• Coordinate EMI testing and lab connectivity requirements.
• Maintain milestone schedules and communicate status, risks, and resource constraints.

Skills

IAT Level II

Lab leadership

Secure government labs

RF test/workflows

EMI testing

Inventory & shipping

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical discipline

Tools

NetApp

Kubernetes

Virtual machines

Linux

Job description

Vibrint seeks a System Engineer 5 and Lab Manager to lead secure laboratory spaces supporting complex mission systems. The role requires active TS/SCI with polygraph, US citizenship, and travel.

You will manage lab utilization, safety, and technical readiness across servers, RF, and virtualization environments. You will coordinate facility planning, drawings, and lab operations while ensuring compliance with security and STE/STN requirements.