Systems Engineer

MANTECH; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks an experienced and passionate Systems Engineer to join our team in the Fort Meade, MD area. The role focuses on designing and managing enterprise virtualization environments, Linux administration, and automation to support secure networks.

You will provide full-lifecycle systems engineering across development, test, and production with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph requirements. Advanced scripting, PKI, and security hardening are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field with 14+ years of relevant Systems Engineering experience, or an Associate's degree with 19+ years’ experience.
• Experience with Linux administration and engineering.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and infrastructure automation using Ansible or SaltStack.
• Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and observability tools (nxLog, Grafana).
• Experience orchestrating enterprise virtualization (VMware vSphere) or Nutanix HCI.
• Experience with NiFi for data flow and log aggregation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise-level virtualization environments and infrastructure.
• Provide full-lifecycle systems administration for hardware and software across development, test, and production environments.
• Deploy and maintain IT automation solutions to streamline tasks within secure, isolated networks.
• Engineer and optimize scalable storage solutions and complex file system configurations.
• Author and present technical program documentation and briefings for senior management and stakeholders.

Skills

Linux administration

Bash scripting

Ansible

SaltStack

Docker

Kubernetes

nxLog

Grafana

VMware vSphere

Nutanix HCI

NiFi

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Associate's degree with 19+ years’ experience

Tools

VMware vSphere

Nutanix HCI

NiFi

Job description

MANTECH seeks an experienced and passionate, career and customer-oriented Systems Engineer to join our team located in the Fort Meade, MD area.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise-level virtualized environments and infrastructure.
• Provide full-lifecycle systems administration for hardware and software across development, test, and production environments.
• Deploy and maintain IT automation solutions to streamline operational tasks within secure, isolated network architectures.
• Engineer and optimize scalable storage solutions and complex file system configurations.
• Author and present technical program documentation and briefings for senior-level management and stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 14+ years of relevant Systems Engineering experience; or an Associate's degree with 19+ years’ experience.
• Extensive experience with Linux administration and engineering.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and infrastructure automation using Ansible or SaltStack.
• Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and observability tools (nxLog, Grafana).
• Experience orchestrating enterprise virtualization (VMware vSphere) or Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI).
• Experience with NiFi for data flow and log aggregation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced scripting in Python or Perl.
• Proficiency in PKI certificate management and hardware security modules.
• Experience implementing automated security hardening (STIGs/CIS).

Clearance Requirement:

• Current/Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as, the copy machine/fax machine/computer/printer.