Systems Engineer L5 (Lab Manager) with Security Clearance

Jovian Concepts, LLC.; Maryland; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jovian Concepts, LLC in Annapolis Junction, Maryland seeks a Systems Engineer L5 (Lab Manager) to lead multiple machine rooms and a lab environment supporting mission-critical systems. This full-time role requires managing access, power and cooling, and coordinating with facilities, vendors and customers to ensure uptime.

The ideal candidate has a Top Secret/SCI clearance with a MD polygraph, hands-on hardware experience from HP/Dell/Cisco Arista/Juniper, plus strong communication and team

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting an agency machine room and its operation.
• Experience in racking and cabling systems for deployments.
• Strong communication with team, leadership, facilities, and vendors.
• Experience creating/updating machine room drawings in Visio or similar.
• Hands-on support for hardware from HP, Dell, Cisco Arista, Juniper, etc.
• Experience supporting fiber and related testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple machine rooms and a lab environment.
• Maintain access lists and enforce agency PSC requirements.
• Coordinate with facilities for PSC upgrades and hardware needs.
• Assist customers with installation and decommissioning of racks and gear.
• Work JIRA tickets for hardware replacements and vendor support.
• Review daily alerts, monitor rooms, and ensure uptime.

Skills

Machine room support

Racking & cabling

Communication skills

Visio drawings

Hardware troubleshooting

Fiber expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

High School Diploma/GED + 19 years experience

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

PhD in Engineering or related field

Tools

Visio

Hardware vendors knowledge

Job description

Systems Engineer L5 (Lab Manager) Full time | Jovian Concepts, LLC | United States

City Annapolis Junction, State/Province Maryland, Zip/Postal Code 20701

Number of Positions: 1

Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Jovian Concepts, LLC is looking to hire a System Engineer Level 5 (Lab Manager) for a great opportunity in the Annapolis Junction area.

This position will function as the Team Lead and will be responsible for multiple machine rooms of all operational mission critical systems, a lab and comms room.

• 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.
• Requirements A current and active TS/SCI Clearance with a MD polygraph is required. No CCA's will be accepted at this time. 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.
• Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience OR
• A High School Diploma or GED plus nineteen (19) years of general system engineering experience (any Process Area). OR
• A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus thirteen (13) years of systems engineering experience OR
• A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus eleven (11) years of systems engineering experience.
• Note 1 – Examples of qualified engineering fields include: Aeronautics, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Nuclear, Software, Systems, and Engineering Management. Similar or comparable degrees will be acceptable.
• Note 2 - Examples of related disciplines include: Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, and Physics. Similar or comparable degrees will be acceptable.
• In a recent employee survey, Jovian Concepts earned a 92% Overall Workplace Experience Score and 100% of employees agreed that they would highly recommend working at Jovian Concepts to others.
• Jovian Concepts, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual preference, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.