Systems Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Platinum-Level Medical/Dental/VIs

401k Contribution from Day 1

PTO + 11 Paid Federal Holidays

Long & Short Term Disability Insurance

Group Term Life Insurance

Tuition, Certification & Professional

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

Essential Network Security (ENS) Solutions, LLC is seeking a Systems Engineer in Washington, DC to support Department of Defense and Intelligence Community environments. The role requires high security clearances and extensive virtualization, storage, and server administration experience across Windows and Linux platforms.

Responsibilities include managing VMware vSphere/vCenter, NetApp storage, and implementing security baselines while ensuring compliance with information security policies.

Qualifications

• Requires BA/BS plus 8 years of experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with willingness to obtain CI Poly.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT II certification.
• Proficient with Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Hyper-V/VMware/ESXi/Xen Hypervisors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply advanced engineering methods for complex system requirements.
• Manage VMware vSphere/vCenter and server virtualization.
• Administer Windows and Linux servers and maintain storage systems.
• Implement security baselines and incident response.
• Support DoD/IC IT systems across data centers.

Skills

Complex problem solving

Security policy compliance

Technical communication

Education

BA/BS + 8 years

Tools

VMware vSphere

vCenter

PowerShell

NetApp storage

SAN/NAS

iSCSI

Windows Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Hyper-V

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?
• Free Platinum-Level Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, 100% paid for by ENS
• 401k Contribution from Day 1
• PTO + 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• Long & Short Term Disability Insurance
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Tuition, Certification & Professional Development Assistance
• Workers’ Compensation
• Relocation Assistance