Systems Engineer

Darkhorse Geospatial LLC; Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Darkhorse Geospatial LLC is hiring Systems Engineers to design, deploy, and sustain the infrastructure that powers our federal customer's mission.

You’ll work across classified and unclassified environments — from cloud and virtualization platforms to identity and endpoint management — partnering with engineers, data scientists, and government stakeholders to keep complex systems running smoothly and securely.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly.
• Hands-on systems engineering across Windows and Linux environments.
• Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS or Azure) and identity/endpoint management.

Responsibilities

• Perform configuration, patching, image management, and Tier III escalation support across multiple classification domains.
• Design and maintain virtual desktop, thin-client, and standard operating environments (SOEs / gold images).
• Manage identity and endpoint integration (Entra ID, Intune, SCCM, Defender for Endpoint, GPOs, Conditional Access).
• Coordinate technical security assessments; identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigations.
• Author and maintain CM Plans, Data Management Plans, CONOPS, and System Security Plans.
• Support A&A activities and track systems through the assessment queue.
• Develop dashboards and reports for system monitoring and metrics.
• Coordinate with network, security, and operations teams to ensure continuity of service.

Skills

Windows/Linux

Cloud infra

Identity mgmt

Config mgmt

Agile tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Darkhorse Geospatial is hiring Systems Engineers to design, deploy, and sustain the infrastructure that powers our federal customer's mission. You'll work across classified and unclassified environments — from cloud and virtualization platforms to identity and endpoint management — partnering with engineers, data scientists, and government stakeholders to keep complex systems running smoothly and securely.

What You’ll Do

• Perform configuration, patching, image management, and Tier III escalation support across multiple classification domains
• Design and maintain virtual desktop, thin-client, and standard operating environments (SOEs / gold images)
• Manage identity and endpoint integration (Entra ID, Intune, SCCM, Defender for Endpoint, GPOs, Conditional Access)
• Coordinate technical security assessments; identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigations
• Author and maintain Configuration Management Plans, Data Management Plans, CONOPS, and System Security Plans
• Support A&A activities and track systems through the assessment queue
• Develop dashboards and reports for system monitoring and metrics
• Coordinate with network, security, and operations teams to ensure continuity of service

Core Skills We're Looking For

• Hands-on systems engineering across Windows and Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, or Rocky)
• Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS or Azure)
• Identity, mobility, and endpoint management (Entra ID, Intune, SCCM, FSLogix, AVD)
• Configuration management and change control
• Agile workflow tools (JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint)

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting Intelligence Community A&A processes
• Big data and AI/ML platform support (Elastic, Kibana, NiFi, GPU administration)
• REST web services and web application development
• Java and Oracle PL/SQL
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure), Security+, PMP, or DevSecOps

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly