SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Level II

Nalu Federal; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Annual Costco/Sam’s membership

Job summary

Nalu Federal is seeking a Systems Engineer II to design, test, upgrade, and integrate DoD infrastructure platforms, with a strong focus on security and systems administration. The role requires coordinating with system administrators and stakeholders, and supporting DoD RMF compliance across Windows and related technologies.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and at least six years of progressive server operations experience, including Active Directory, virtualization, storage, and

Qualifications

• Six years of progressive experience in server operations including blade architectures, virtualization, AD management, Group Policy, app support, and storage solutions.
• Bachelor's Degree and/or related NIST/DOD framework experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, upgrade and integrate infrastructure platforms to meet business requirements.
• Document engineering processes for build, configuration, testing and deployment.
• Coordinate changes with admins and stakeholders for upgrades or version increments.
• Plan and implement security measures to safeguard infrastructure platforms.
• Model, analyze and plan infrastructure usage; evaluate new technologies for selection.
• Assist admins with complex troubleshooting and coordinate vendor engagements as needed.
• Provide day-to-day operational duties for deployed platforms; work with cybersecurity to maintain RMF compliance.
• Collaborate with senior staff to complete projects.

Skills

Server operations

Active Directory management

Blade architectures

Virtualization

Storage solutions

Group Policy

Troubleshooting

Collaboration with senior staff

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AD

SCOM

MECM

IIS

SQL

Remedy ITSM

M3

Exchange

Linux

Unix

Job description

Nalu Federal is a subsidiary company of the Kanaka Foundation - An NHO who's mission is to support Native Hawaiians.

You will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Pet insurance
• Annual membership to Costco or Sam's
• 401K
• ...and much, much more!

• Role Designation: SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Level II
• IT Security Designation: ADP/IT- II
• Investigation Required: Tier 3 (T3)
• IA Technical/Management Designation: IAT II and CE
• Commercial (Baseline) Certificates: IAT II: Please see Section 0 Commercial Certificates for DoD 8570.01-M certificate requirement, CE: Professional (or expert) level certificate for supported technology as approved by the COR.

Microsoft MSCE-level certification preferred, or equivalent experience.

• Experience: Six (6) years of progressive experience demonstrating the required proficiency with server operations to include blade architectures, virtualization technologies, Active Directory management, Group Policy, application support, and storage solutions.
• Degree/Education: Bachelors' Degree and/or
• Functional Responsibility: Design, test, upgrade and integrate new or existing infrastructure platforms in accordance to the organization's business requirements. Document all aspects of the engineering process as it relates to build and configuration, testing, and deployment of infrastructure platforms. Coordinate changes such as implementation of new infrastructure platforms, upgrades or version increments to existing platforms with system administrators and stakeholders. Plans, coordinates, and implements security measures to safeguard infrastructure platforms. Performs infrastructure platform modeling, analysis, and planning. Coordinates with architecture and evaluate new and emerging infrastructure platform technologies and make recommendations for selection of these products. Assists system administrators with complex troubleshooting issues and if needed coordinates vendor engagements to assists in troubleshooting efforts. May provide day-to-day operational or administrative duties for deployed infrastructure platforms in lab or production environments. Applies fundamental engineering concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments. Ability to work with other senior technical and user staff to complete projects.

Centralizes mobile device management and maintenance, combining security and management solutions for devices, applications, data, and content by:

(a) Enabling IT to track and manage wireless devices

(b) Improving security, integration, and mobile application adoption

(c) Securely managing mobile devices and platforms

(d) Increasing access to data, applications, and services

OTHER SILLS, TASKS AND RESPONSIBLITIES THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEE SHALL PERFORM BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Supports disaster recovery and COOP plans, systems, and operations
• Experience in areas such as AD, SCOM, MECM, IIS, SQL, DSUW, Remedy ITSM, M3, Exchange, Linux, Unix, and patch management..
• Ability to support after hours downtime and
• Documentation creation/review
• Oncall support rotation
• Demonstrates ability to configure, test, implement and maintain a networked system server environment or application along with ability to support administers and users utilizing the environment or application.
• Demonstrates ability to configure, test, implement and maintain an enterprise level endpoint management solution with ability to support administrators and users utilizing the environment or
• Ability to evaluate and resolve system, servers, virtualization, storage, and processing
• Ability to configure and implement system, servers, virtualization, and storage architecture
• Ability to evaluate performance using hardware and software diagnostic
• Assist with the designing, planning and installation of new systems, servers, virtualization, storage, and hardware.
• Work with Information Assurance engineers to ensure all systems and servers meet DoD RMF
• Experience with deploying & hardening Windows Server 2016, Server 2019, and Server 2022
• Experience in areas such as AD, SCOM, MECM, IIS, SQL, DSUW, Remedy ITSM, M3, Exchange, Linux, Unix, and patch management.
• Works collaboratively with Cybersecurity team to ensure the following: Maintenance of baseline system security according to organizational policies, cyber threats and vulnerabilities are mitigated, and information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, and encryption) are adhered to.

Nalu Federal is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information (family medical history), or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws. EEO/AA employer/Vet/Disabled.