Systems Engineer

Sprymethods; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Spry Methods is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a federal law enforcement and scientific mission environment delivering secure, high-performing enterprise IT services. You will strengthen service delivery, optimize system performance, and ensure high availability across multiple networks and platforms.

Role requires proactive monitoring, alignment with SLAs, and continuous improvement of deployment and maintenance processes.

Qualifications

• US citizenship with active Top Secret clearance.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience or equivalent certifications.
• Experience with AWS, Windows Server, Citrix, NetApp, Hyper-V, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Ivanti, SCCM, WSUS, BigFix.
• Experience with Splunk.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise IT services and solutions to enable mission operations across networks, systems, and applications.
• Ensure functionality, performance, availability, and responsiveness of supported IT systems and services.
• Manage server performance against service delivery objectives and implement operational improvements.
• Gather and analyze user system requirements using multiple methodologies.
• Develop technical documentation, including system requirements, security specs, and test plans.
• Diagnose and resolve server issues related to connectivity, storage, and hardware.
• Monitor system performance, identify anomalies, and implement corrective actions.
• Support Continuity of Operations (COOP) to ensure mission-critical availability.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

US citizenship

Tools

AWS

Windows Server

Citrix

NetApp

Dell Unity

Dell Avamar

Hyper-V

SQL Server

Azure DevOps

Ivanti

SCCM / Configuration Manager

WSUS

BigFix

Splunk

Job description

Overview

Who We’re Looking For (Position Overview): Spry Methods is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a federal law enforcement and scientific mission environment delivering secure, high-performing enterprise IT services. This role contributes directly to the reliability, modernization, and operational excellence of infrastructure, applications, and specialized technology platforms that enable critical investigative and scientific capabilities.

The Systems Engineer will support a diverse ecosystem of hardware, enterprise systems, applications, and operational technologies across multiple interconnected networks. This position plays a key role in strengthening service delivery, optimizing system performance, and improving integration across platforms to ensure seamless mission execution.

Working at the convergence of enterprise IT and specialized scientific systems, you will ensure supported environments maintain high levels of availability, responsiveness, security, and operational stability. The role requires proactive monitoring of server and system performance, alignment with service level objectives, and continuous identification of process and technical enhancements that increase efficiency, resilience, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• The scope of this program is to enhance enterprise IT services and solutions to this customer component to provide best-in-class end-user support and drive improvements in the operations, management, maintenance and integration of services across multiple networks, systems, and applications to enable and enhance mission operations for law enforcement capabilities
• In this role, you will be working at the intersection of traditional IT and specialized scientific and operational technology systems to ensure functionality, performance, availability, responsiveness of supported IT systems and services
• You will be accountable for managing server performance against service delivery objectives and identifying and implementing operational improvements to promote efficiency within the organization
• Gather and analyze user system requirements using multiple methodologies
• Develop technical documentation, including system requirements, security specifications, and test plans
• Diagnose and resolve server issues related to connectivity, storage, application status, availability, and hardware
• Monitor system performance, identify anomalies, and implement corrective actions
• Perform regular data backups and maintain disaster recovery operations
• Support Continuity of Operations (COOP) to ensure mission-critical availability
• Apply technical and business expertise to improve deployment and maintenance processes
• Design, deploy, test, certify, patch, and address interoperability issues across all system components
• Work independently and collaboratively to enhance system solutions and drive service improvements
• Define and enforce enterprise architecture standards and best practices across IT projects
• Develop and maintain reference architectures to guide solution design and implementation
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and governance frameworks in all architectural designs
• Lead architecture review boards and provide guidance on technical decisions and trade-offs
• Drive innovation by evaluating and integrating emerging technologies into enterprise solutions

Qualifications & Requirements

• US citizenship with active Top Secret clearance
• Minimum of 8 years' experience, or equivalent certifications demonstrating ability to perform at this level
• Experience with tools and technologies such as AWS, Microsoft Windows Server, Citrix, NetApp, Dell Unity, Dell Avamar, Hyper-V, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Ivanti, Microsoft Service Manager, Atlassian, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, WSUS, and BigFix, and Splunk