Senior Systems Engineer (TS/SCI Poly) — Linux, Cloud, CI/CD

J&T Business Consulting; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 182,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company匹配

Paid time off and holidays

Tuition reimbursement for education

Job summary

J&T Business Consulting is seeking an experienced System Engineer NC to support an enterprise web-based mission application at Fort Meade, MD. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and offers a salary range aligned to experience.

You will work with DevOps and software teams to test, deploy, and sustain system components across virtual and cloud environments, ensuring high availability and rapid incident response.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with a current Polygraph is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline plus at least 10 years of systems engineering/technical experience, or 14 years of relevant systems engineering experience without a degree.
• Hands-on Linux administration in enterprise environments (RHEL 8/9, Rocky Linux 8/9).
• Experience with GitLab and CI/CD automated deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Support DevOps and software teams in testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting web application components and services.
• Collaborate with operations and development groups to formulate test plans and identify testing requirements.
• Triage reported operational anomalies, track defects, and log issues via ticketing systems.
• Monitor Tier 1 application health, performance metrics, and telemetry dashboards using Grafana and Kibana.
• Execute system and application installations, configurations, and version upgrades across virtual and cloud environments.
• Monitor and resolve customer support requests through Jira Service Desk, providing technical assistance and operational guidance to end users.
• Occasionally respond to mission-critical after-hours escalations as needed.
• Participate in periodic CONUS/OCONUS travel (approximately 1–2 times per year).

Skills

System engineering

Linux administration

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

GitLab

Jira Service Desk

Grafana

Kibana

Confluence

Job description

J&T Business Consulting is seeking an experienced System Engineer NC to support an enterprise web-based mission application at Fort Meade, MD. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and offers a salary range aligned to experience.

You will work with DevOps and software teams to test, deploy, and sustain system components across virtual and cloud environments, ensuring high availability and rapid incident response.