Systems Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

ENS Solutions, LLC

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k

PTO + holidays

Disability insurance

Group life insurance

Tuition & Certification

Relocation assistance

Job summary

ENS Solutions, LLC is seeking a Systems Engineer to support DoD/IC missions. You will administer VMware and hybrid server environments, manage Windows and Linux server tasks, and harden security across storage, backups, and networks.

The role requires DoD IA II-level readiness, active TS/SCI, and strong problem-solving skills. You will work on enterprise data centers, implement patching, monitor systems, and participate in migrations and performance tuning in secure environments.

Qualifications

BA/BS degree and 8+ years of relevant experience in system engineering or IT operations.
Proven experience administering Windows and Linux servers in enterprise environments.
Strong storage, virtualization, and security controls knowledge.

Responsibilities

Administer and optimize VMware vSphere and related virtualization platforms.
Manage Windows and Linux servers, storage, and backup infrastructures.
Ensure security baselines, compliance, and incident response readiness.
Provide ongoing operations support for data centers and networks.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Windows Server administration

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Storage management (SAN/NAS)

Security compliance

DoD IA (IAT II)

Scripting

Education

BA/BS in a related field

Tools

NetApp storage

VMware ESXi

WSUS

Lumension

BitLocker

Job description

Transform technology into opportunity as a Systems Engineer. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. You’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. As a Systems Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

HOW A SYSTEMS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Develop and apply advanced engineering and design methods, theories and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced system requirements, hardware/software interfaces and applications and solutions.
Operate and sustain the on-going daily operational use of VMware infrastructure including updating, testing, and deploying the vSphere and vCenter product releases. This includes identifying and reporting concerns or issues encountered during installation, testing and deployment of new software releases.
Manage and administer physical and virtual servers, primarily Windows and Linux servers
Support and management of server virtualization, server provisioning, physical server maintenance, security compliance and daily operations
Manage VMware vSphere, with emphasis on automation, and enterprise storage and backup system administration, installation, and on-going maintenance experience.
Maintain server lifecycle - provisioning, maintenance, and decommissioning of the hardware
Maintain the virtualized server environment via configuration, implementation, management, and support activities
Monitor the virtual server infrastructure environment’s health status, service performance, and utilization
Implement and maintain continuous compliance to information security policies and technical standards, reporting and remediation of non-compliances
Maintain the security baseline compliance via configuration, implementation, and remediation activities
Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems
Perform systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks. Desktop system management responsibilities involving account monitoring, security, Operating System (OS) installation, and other local area system administration related functions
Provide installation and operational support of voice and data communications hardware and software systems.
Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologies
Oversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures
Perform configuration of operating system and security patches for host and distributed systems and implements incident response procedures during incidents of a network or host security breach.
Review customer requirements and makes recommendations for changes to existing technical architecture.
Comply with prescribed customer, industry, and agency standards.
Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc. support, administer and maintenance of enterprise data center systems comprised of both physical and virtual servers, storage, backups, monitoring and automation
Participate in special projects as required
Required Education and Experience: BA/BS + 8 years
Must have an Active TS/SCI and willing to obtain and maintain a CI Poly
Certifications: DoD Manual 8570.01-M at the Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II role
Working technical competency in one or more of the following supported platforms: Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, MS Hyper-V/VMWare/ESXI/Xen Hypervisors, , Scripting, BMC Footprints, WSUS, Lumension, Bitlocker, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft IIS, Windows Server 2012r2/2016, Win 10, Red Hat 6.5, Microsoft Office
Hands on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts
Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations
Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments
Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments
Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies
Experience with design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers

Essential Network Security (ENS) Solutions, LLC is a service-disabled veteran owned, highly regarded IT consulting and management firm. ENS consults for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) providing innovative solutions in the core competency area of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM), Software Development, Cyber and Network Security, System Engineering, Program/Project Management, IT support, Solutions, and Services that yield enduring results. Our strong technical and management experts have been able to maintain a standard of excellence in their relationships while delivering innovative, scalable and collaborative infrastructure to our clients.

Why ENS?