Systems Engineer – Expert

RealmOne; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RealmOne is seeking a Systems Engineer - SME to support mission-critical enterprise infrastructure and security operations for a key U.S. Government customer in Tysons, Virginia.

The role requires hands-on expertise across cloud and on‑prem environments and the ability to analyze current systems, design future-state architectures, and implement transformations end-to-end. The ideal candidate will own the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of complex systems, collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, certifications, training, and work/military experience.
• Minimum ten years of related systems engineering experience.
• Ability to brief executives and translate technical issues into business impact.
• Experience across infrastructure, platforms, and applications; cloud and on-premises.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications.
• Analyze and document as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architecture.
• Work with System Architect and Cloud Architect to create detailed engineering designs for modernization and transformations.
• Lead and execute cloud and on-prem system implementations, migrations, and upgrades.
• Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Integrate infrastructure and platforms with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Troubleshoot complex, cross-stack issues spanning infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
• Produce clear technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks.
• Serve as a technical authority and escalation point for complex system issues.
• Collaborate with: Infrastructure & Platforms Engineers, Software Engineers, DevOps / DevSecOps Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Modelers, Data Scientists, and Data Analysts.
• Communication Skills: brief executives clearly and translate technical issues into business impact; collaborate across internal and DoD teams to implement complex solutions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Hybrid Cloud

DevOps

Documentation

Collaboration

Security architecture

Networking

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical discipline

Job description

RealmOne was built on the principle that people matter first and foremost. We believe in providing a strong work/life balance by investing in our employees and encouraging professional and personal growth. We do this by offering exceptional benefits, flexible schedules, and the tools necessary to achieve success through paid training, mentoring, and the opportunity to work alongside top-notch industry professionals. We are seeking a Systems Engineer - SME support mission-critical enterprise infrastructure and security operations for a key U.S. Government customer.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer - SME with deep expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments. This role requires a proven practitioner who can analyze existing ("as is") systems and applications, document current state architectures, design future-state solutions, and implement systems enhancements or technology transformations end-to-end.

The ideal candidate is a technical leader and doer, not just an advisor - someone who can seamlessly collaborate across infrastructure, platform, application, DevSecOps, information systems security, and data teams while maintaining ownership of system reliability, performance, scalability, and security.

The Systems Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications
• Analyze and document as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architecture
• Work with the System Architect and Cloud Architect to create detailed engineering designs for modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives
• Lead and execute cloud and on-prem system implementations, migrations, and upgrades
• Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements
• Integrate infrastructure and platforms with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines
• Troubleshoot complex, cross-stack issues spanning infrastructure, platforms, and applications
• Produce clear technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks
• Serve as a technical authority and escalation point for complex system issues
• Collaborate effectively with:
  • Infrastructure & Platforms Engineers
  • Software Engineers
  • DevOps / DevSecOps Engineers
  • Data Engineers (ETL)
  • Data Modelers, Data Scientists, and Data Analysts
• Communication Skills:
  • Ability to brief executives clearly and translate technical issues into business impact
  • Ability to work across organizations (internal and DoD) to implement complex solutions

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical discipline, or other related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, and work/military experience

Minimum ten (10) years of related systems engineering experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Observability and monitoring tools (e.g., logging, metrics, tracing)
• Zero Trust and modern security architecture
• Data analytics, AI/ML platform exposure
• Experience supporting production or mission-critical environments
• Relevant certifications (e.g., cloud, systems, security, or architecture)
• Knowledge of machine learning platforms (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, SageMaker)
• Familiarity with big data ecosystems (e.g., Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, Google BigQuery)

Strong background in ITIL processes and agile methodologies