Senior Systems Engineer V (Lab Manager)

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Professional development allowance

Job summary

Vibrint is hiring a System Engineer 5 and Lab Manager to lead secure laboratory spaces supporting complex mission systems. You will manage lab utilization, facility planning, wiring diagrams, and ensure safety, security, and readiness while coordinating across teams including cybersecurity and mission users. The role requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph and US citizenship.

Travel may be required. You will work hands-on with servers, networking, virtualization, and Linux-based environments to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with extensive system engineering experience.
• IAT Certification Level II is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage secure laboratory spaces, utilization plans, and day-to-day activities.
• Develop and maintain lab diagrams, rack elevations, and facility plans.
• Coordinate power, network, RF, timing, GPS, and fiber connections.
• Ensure spaces meet safety, security, and configuration requirements.
• Redline drawings and coordinate updates with drafting teams.
• Coordinate shipping, inventory, staging, installation, and decommissioning.
• Support system security plan activities and related requirements.
• Integrate and troubleshoot servers, network devices, and lab equipment.
• Support Linux, virtualization, Kubernetes environments in the lab.
• Coordinate EMI testing and special lab connectivity needs.
• Maintain milestone schedules and status updates to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with facilities, cybersecurity, vendors, and program leadership.

Skills

Lab management

RF configurations

EMI testing

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical discipline

Tools

NetApp

Kubernetes

Virtual machines

Linux

Job description

Vibrint transforms national security missions with high-impact technology and data-driven intelligence solutions. The systems we create and the services we provide strengthen our customers' capacity and capability for harvesting and harnessing data, enhancing the quality and speed of mission-critical decisions. We innovate boldly and create an environment where mission-driven professionals can build meaningful careers and thrive.

As a System Engineer 5 and Lab Manager with robust knowledge of the full life cycle of Enterprise Infrastructure and Systems Engineering, you will lead the organization, coordination, safety, and technical readiness of secure laboratory spaces supporting complex mission systems. You will manage lab utilization, staging, facility planning, schedules, system security plan activities, engineering drawings, hardware integration, and cross-team lab operations. You'll work hands‑on across servers, networking, RF equipment, virtualization, containers, timing, fiber, power, and secure connectivity while ensuring teams can build, test, and deploy mission capabilities efficiently. A typical day will start by reviewing emails and JIRA tickets created since you left the day before and working through any issues as well as checking monitoring of machine rooms and walking the floor looking for any alerts or issues.

Position requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph level clearance. US citizenship is required. Some travel will be required.

Responsibilities

• Manage secure laboratory spaces, utilization plans, staging areas, schedules, and day-to-day lab activities.
• Develop and maintain lab-space diagrams, rack elevations, wiring diagrams, and facility utilization plans.
• Coordinate facility planning, power distribution, network connectivity, RF configurations, timing, GPS, and fiber-optic connections.
• Ensure participating groups maintain their assigned spaces and follow safety, cleanliness, security, and configuration requirements.
• Redline LAN, wiring, rack, and system drawings and coordinate final updates with drafting personnel.
• Coordinate shipping, receiving, inventory, barcoding, equipment staging, installation, and decommissioning activities.
• Support system security plan activities and applicable STE, STN, and secure-laboratory requirements.
• Integrate and troubleshoot servers, network devices, RF equipment, racks, switches, modems, digitizers, receivers, storage, and timing systems.
• Support Linux, virtual-machine, Kubernetes, and other software environments used in the laboratory.
• Coordinate EMI testing, cross-building VPN connectivity, MUC connectivity, and other specialized lab requirements.
• Maintain milestone schedules and communicate lab status, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with facilities personnel, engineers, cybersecurity teams, vendors, mission users, and program leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and fifteen (15) years of system engineering experience or nineteen (19) years' experience in lieu of degree.
• IAT Certification Level II

Desired Skills

• Experience managing secure government or contractor laboratory space.
• Experience with NetApp, Kubernetes, virtual machines, and Linux-based laboratory environments.
• Familiarity with specialized mission software and RF test or integration workflows.
• Experience supporting EMI testing and system security plan compliance activities.
• Experience maintaining inventory, barcodes, shipping and receiving processes, and configuration records.
• Demonstrated leadership coordinating multiple technical teams within shared laboratory space.

The pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Our approach to crafting offers considers various factors to provide an equitable and competitive comprehensive compensation package. These considerations include, but are not limited to, contracted rates, education, certification(s), experience, specific competencies required for this position, and geographic location.

Vibrint's comprehensive compensation package includes but is not limited to: competitive salary; annual merit-based salary increase and discretionary bonus program; 401(k) plan with a company maximum 9% contribution; 11 paid federal holidays; 160 hours of paid time off; medical, dental, vision, life and short- & long-term disability insurance; employee assistance program; and a generous professional development allowance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, family structure, marital status, disability, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet. Policy-Statement_EEO-EmployeesAndCandidates.pdf (vibrint.com).