Systems Engineer 5 - Network/Hardware

Captivation-Software; Maryland; On-site; USD 130,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary up to $270k

401k contribution up to 20%

HSA contribution

Company-paid health/dental/vision/Life

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D

Job summary

Captivation Software is seeking a mid-level systems engineer to manage multiple machine rooms, a lab and comms room supporting mission critical systems. You will work with facilities, vendors and customers to ensure space, power, cooling and cabling meet agency standards.

The role requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph, a Bachelor's degree, and significant hands-on hardware experience with HP, Dell, Cisco, Arista and Juniper. Direct hire only.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required in a related technical field.
• 15 years of systems engineering experience required.
• IAT Level II baseline certification per DoD 8570.01-M required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain all machine spaces to agency standards and manage access lists.
• Monitor and enforce Power Space and Cooling requirements.
• Collaborate with Facilities for PSC upgrades to support hardware and customers.
• Assist with physical installation/decommissioning of racks, servers, and networks.
• Process JIRA tickets for hardware replacements and coordinate vendor support when under warranty.
• Start each day by reviewing emails, tickets, and monitoring alerts.

Skills

Hands-on hardware

Racking & cabling

Machine room drawings

Vendor coordination

Fiber testing

JIRA ticketing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related technical discipline

DoD 8570.01-M IAT II baseline certification

Tools

Visio

Job description

Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.

Description

Captivation Software is looking for a mid level systems engineer who will be responsible for multiple Machine rooms of all operational mission critical systems, a Lab and comms room.

Responsibilities

• You will need to maintain all spaces to agency standards, maintain access lists for scan access.
• Monitor and enforce agency requirements for Power Space and Cooling in the rooms.
• Work with Facilities personnel from time to time to stay ahead of the need for PSC upgrades to support newer hardware and customer needs.
• Assist customers with physical installation and decommissioning of racks of servers, network devices, and comms gear.
• Work JIRA tickets from SA/NE teams for hardware replacements – warrantied backfill or escorting vendor support techs into the rooms to work on hardware that is under warranty.
• A typical day will start by catching up on emails and JIRA tickets 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.

Security Clearance:

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in related technical discipline required.
• Fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience
• IAT level II baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M

Required Skills:

• Experience in supporting an agency machine room.
• Experience in racking and cabling systems for operational deployments
• Strong communication skills ability to work with small team, customers, leadership, facilities, and Vendors to identify and resolve issues.
• Experience with creating and updating machine room drawings in Viso or similar tool.
• Experience with hands on support for various hardware from key vendors like HP, Dell, Cisco Arista, Juniper etc.
• Experience supporting fiber (looking for breaks testing)

Desired Skills:

• Experience managing/ leading a team in supporting an agency Machine/ Comms room.
• Experience on a System build/deployment team
• Work in an agency or Contractor Lab

This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.

• Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)
• Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)
• Above Market Hourly Rates
• $3,600 HSA Contribution
• Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D

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