Systems Engineer

Toomey Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Toomey Technologies in Washington, DC is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support a federal customer. The role involves designing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing mission-critical enterprise systems in a secure environment, with collaboration among government stakeholders, program leadership, security teams, and operations personnel.

The candidate will analyze requirements, provide architecture support, implement, test, deploy, and sustain systems; monitor performance,

Qualifications

• Active Public Trust
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Experience with federal government customers or mission-critical systems
• Six years in Windows Server/Linux, virtualization, monitoring, backup/recovery, patching, CM
• Six years in systems engineering/administration/infrastructure IT
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate effectively in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support for enterprise IT systems, including requirements analysis, architecture support, implementation, integration, testing, deployment and sustainment.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, coordinate corrective actions to maintain availability, reliability, and security.
• Perform domain administration tasks: AD, DNS, GPOs, and SQL databases.
• Backup and recovery functions, maintenance of ACAM and VMS servers.
• Analyze operations and test results to ensure proper operation and determine maintenance needs.
• Apply patches and upgrades to ensure system availability and serviceability.
• Advise Project Manager of malfunctions and corrective actions.
• Coordinate tests of hyper-converged servers supporting VMS and security systems.
• Respond to trouble tickets and communicate abnormalities and improvements.
• Develop and implement a robust preventative maintenance program.

Skills

Public Trust

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience/education

Tools

Active Directory

DNS

Group Policy

Microsoft SQL

VMS/ACAM servers

Job description

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, Toomey Technologies is a SBA certified HUBZone, and Woman Owned Small Business experienced in Program Management and Solution Implementation support services.Our diverse and talented personnel provide structure to develop and execute strategies to maximize mission success and have an established track record supporting critical initiatives across a wide range of federal clients. We develop and execute strategies to maximize mission success and apply in-depth industry knowledge, analytics and expertise to design the right solution. Once the strategy is in place, we help communicate the changes and promote adoption among stakeholders.

Job Description

Immediate opening for an experienced Systems Engineer to support a federal customer in Washington, DC. The Systems Engineer will help design, deploy, maintain, and improve mission-critical enterprise systems in a secure environment. This role requires strong technical problem-solving skills, clear communication, and the ability to work closely with government stakeholders, program leadership, security teams, and operations personnel.

• Provide systems engineering support for enterprise IT systems, including requirements analysis, architecture support, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate corrective actions to maintain availability, reliability, and security
• Perform domain administrative tasks associated with Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Domain Names Services (DNS), Group Policy Objects (GPO’s), Microsoft SQL Databases.
• Responsible for backup, recovery functions, and the following, but not limited to: Overall system functionality, programming, trouble shooting, repair, rebuild databases, and maintenance of all ACAM and VMS servers.
• Analyze system operations and the results of system tests, to ensure proper system operation and determine the need for maintenance.
• Perform hardware and software system patches, upgrades, service packs, and hot fixes to ensure system availability, reliability, and service ability.
• Ensure that system malfunctions are identified and, where possible, corrected
• Advise the Project Manager of all malfunctions and the actions taken for correction.
• Initiate authorized tests of the operation of the hyper-converged servers that support the video management system, security system and designated components and subsystems to ensure proper operation or to identify the need for maintenance to include updating and installing peripheral licensing and software upgrades for all VMS applications.
• Respond to trouble tickets from the Service Desk automated trouble ticketing system.
• Advise the Project Manager of abnormalities and shortcomings of existing systems that may significantly affect the design of next generation systems, or result in the identification of better methodology or operational techniques.
• Development and implementation of a robust preventative maintenance program.
• Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates with other program personnel and government overseers.

Qualifications

• Active Public Trust
• Bachelors Degree or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Experience supporting federal government customers, regulated environments, or mission-critical systems.
• Six years experience with Windows Server and/or Linux environments, virtualization platforms, enterprise monitoring, backup/recovery, patching, and configuration management.
• Six (6) years experience in systems engineering, systems administration, infrastructure engineering, or related enterprise IT experience.
• Thorough knowledge of System Engineering – Design Principles
• Knowledge of andexperience with Server automation and monitoring tools
• Experience with ACAM and VMS servers
• Experienced with network technology/topology
• Capable of troubleshooting network connectivity issues such as network interface (NIC), cabling, TCP/IP configuration issues and basic messaging system administration (e-mail);
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
• Ability to work in a team environment and communicate effectively with supervisors and colleagues.

Toomey Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, disability, age, or veteran status.