Systems Engineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Zohorecruit; Fort Meade, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

BizFirst LLC is recruiting a Systems Engineer to support a SIGINT mission program at Fort Meade, MD. You will maintain and troubleshoot mission-critical Linux-based systems, ensure survey front-ends operate reliably, and implement NiFi data-flow enhancements.

You will work on a shift schedule in a secure government facility, leveraging Bash/Python scripting to automate tasks and keeping documentation up to date for mission continuity.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP).
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or seven years of systems engineering experience; twelve years may substitute for the degree.
• Experience with data flows and secure network policies.
• Proficiency with Linux/Unix command line and scripting (Bash, shell, Python).
• Experience with Apache NiFi.

Responsibilities

• Maintain mission-essential systems and front-end systems to keep mission operations running.
• Configure and maintain front-end systems, including survey systems.
• Optimize systems that support advanced data and voice technologies over IP.
• Provide mission-essential help desk support and troubleshoot system and network issues.
• Follow SOPs and update documentation to reflect system changes and fixes.
• Support data flows, including NiFi workflows, and apply secure network policies.
• Write scripts to automate routine support tasks.
• Work a shift schedule to provide consistent mission coverage.

Skills

Linux/Unix command line

Scripting

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Data flows

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, or Engineering Management

Tools

Apache NiFi

Linux

Python

Shell

Bash

Job description

Systems Engineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

SystemsEngineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community MissionProgram, Fort Meade, MD

Summary:

• Job Title: Systems Engineer, Level 1 (MissionOperations Support, Linux/NiFi)
  
• Openings: 1
  
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full ScopePolygraph (FSP) required.
  
• Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in asecure government facility, on a shift schedule
  
• Job Type: Full-time
  
• Benefits: Our client provides full benefits.
• Program Name: SIGINT mission support program coveringcollection systems engineering, target development, analysis, and reporting
  
• Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, FortGeorge G. Meade, MD
  
• Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance andclearance transfer
  

BizFirst is assisting our clientwith recruiting a skilled and experienced Systems Engineer. This positionsupports the following program: a signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission supportprogram that provides collection systems engineering, target development,analysis, reporting, and mission software development for an IntelligenceCommunity customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, on a shiftschedule, and the role is open now for an immediate start.

Our client is a Service-DisabledVeteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligencemissions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers workside by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploycomplex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware forspecialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside manyof the largest national security integrators and has a long-establishedpresence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Keep mission-essential systemsrunning for an intelligence mission team. In this help desk and systems supportrole, you will maintain computers and networks, keep front-end systems(including survey systems) configured and performing, and optimize systems thatcarry advanced data and voice technologies over IP. You will troubleshootissues using standard operating procedures (SOPs), update documentation assystems change, and support data flows and secure network policies. The roleruns on a shift schedule and suits a Linux-savvy systems engineer who likesbeing the person mission users count on.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain computers and networks so front-end missionsystems keep performing.
  
• Configure and maintain front-end systems, includingsurvey systems.
  
• Optimize and maintain systems that support advanceddata and voice technologies over IP.
  
• Provide mission-essential help desk support andtroubleshoot system and network issues.
  
• Follow SOPs and update documentation to reflect systemchanges and fixes.
  
• Support data flows, including Apache NiFi workflows,and apply secure network policies.
  
• Write shell, Bash, or Python scripts to automateroutine support tasks.
  
• Work a shift schedule to provide consistent missioncoverage.
  

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
  
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, ComputerScience, Information Systems, Engineering Science, or Engineering Managementand seven (7) years of systems engineering experience. Twelve (12) years ofsystems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
  
• Experience optimizing and maintaining systems thatsupport advanced data and voice technologies over IP.
  
• Troubleshooting experience and the ability to followSOPs and update documentation accordingly.
  
• Experience configuring and maintaining front-endsystems, including survey systems.
  
• Experience with data flows and secure network policies.
  
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line andscripting (Bash, shell, and/or Python).
  
• Experience with Apache NiFi.
  
• Basic knowledge of network protocols.
  
• Ability to support a shift schedule and work onsite atFort Meade, MD.
  

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting 24/7 mission operations or anetwork operations center.
  
• CompTIA Security+ or another DoD 8140-alignedcertification.
  
• Experience supporting SIGINT collection or processingsystems.
  

Benefits (provided by our client):

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employeeand family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health SavingsAccount
  
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
  
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
  
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% ofsalary
  
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days(24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
  
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEEmembership and licenses
  
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
  
• Referral matching bonus program
  

BizFirst LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or genetic information, or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.