Senior Systems Engineer – Technical Operations (DoD ISR)

Cubic Corporation; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 123,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Defense unit seeks a Senior Systems Engineer – Technical Operations to provide advanced systems engineering, operations support, and cybersecurity sustainment for a globally distributed DoD ISR program.

Reporting to the Systems Engineering Operations Manager, the role leads Tier III engineering, enterprise troubleshooting, and security patch management across multiple production environments to maintain availability and compliance for 24x7 worldwide operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.
• 6+ years supporting enterprise DoD/IC systems.
• 4+ years Tier III systems engineering or technical operations experience.
• Experience planning enterprise security patching across environments.
• Strong Linux/Windows admin, virtualization, networking, storage skills.
• Experience with DISA STIGs, RMF, and ACAS/Tenable remediation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier III engineering support for enterprise systems, apps, networking, virtualization, and storage.
• Plan and implement OS, app, firmware, and security patches across environments.
• Perform vulnerability remediation per DISA STIGs and RMF timelines.
• Troubleshoot Linux, Windows, network, storage, and app issues.
• Support systems integration, tech refresh, upgrades, and lifecycle sustainment.
• Analyze ACAS/Tenable findings and validate remediation.
• Support change/configuration management and engineering docs.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Provide engineering support to worldwide operations and Field Service Reps.
• Support proposals, estimates, and modernization initiatives.

Skills

Linux administration

Windows administration

Virtualization

Enterprise networking

Storage technologies

Vulnerability remediation

DISA STIGs/RMF

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS

Tools

ACAS/Tenable

VMware

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Python/Bash scripting

Job description

Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Defense unit seeks a Senior Systems Engineer – Technical Operations to provide advanced systems engineering, operations support, and cybersecurity sustainment for a globally distributed DoD ISR program.

Reporting to the Systems Engineering Operations Manager, the role leads Tier III engineering, enterprise troubleshooting, and security patch management across multiple production environments to maintain availability and compliance for 24x7 worldwide operations.