Systems Engineer - Secret Clearance

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunhill Government Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer to design and manage enterprise infrastructure across the lifecycle. You will develop automation pipelines, document installation procedures, and support development, integration, and testing efforts.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS, 2–5 years of systems engineering experience, and Security+ certification. A Secret clearance is required to work on federal programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or equivalent.
• 2-5 years of experience in Systems Engineering/Analysis.
• Security+ certification.

Responsibilities

• Designs and manages systems infrastructure over the lifecycle.
• Develops automation frameworks and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Assess new IT software projects and initiatives.
• Suggests design solutions and reviews industry practices.
• Performs OS upgrades, design logic, and system engineering tasks.
• Conducts cost-benefit and feasibility analyses.
• Develops technical specifications and test plans.
• Analyzes business processes for optimization and automation.
• Participates in client meetings to meet needs.
• Architects and maintains secure, infrastructure-focused tools.

Skills

Attention to detail

Requirements analysis

Time management

Analytical skills

IT fundamentals

Server administration

Networking

Database support

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field

Security+ Certification

Job description

Responsible for the design and management of systems infrastructure over the lifecycle. Creates IT processes and performs analysis to identify opportunities for enhancement, creating scripts to automate internal workflows. Makes updates to system related installation documentation. May need occasional direction to support various aspects of development, integration, and testing processes such as lifecycle cost analysis, design, schedules, and feasibility studies.

• Provides technical expertise and analytical support to the users in solving system-wide issues with ongoing support within multiple disciplines including system infrastructure operations of administration, analysis, engineering, and design.
• Designs and develops reusable components, code and document custom automation frameworks, maintains scripts, and updates as needed to build continuous delivery pipelines, ensuring rapid availability of the product.
• Provides technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new IT software projects and initiatives to support and enhance existing systems.
• Recommends new or improved design solutions and processes; reviews literature, patents and current industry practices of relevance to assigned project.
• Performs systems development and design work that may include operating systems upgrades, systems enhancements logic design, I/O design, firmware development, model formulation, manufacturing and development cost projections, computer architecture analysis and design, and analog or digital systems engineering.
• Performs business case analysis and feasibility, including the examination of costs, benefits, and risks associated with the proposed investment or project. Recommends alternatives for solutions and highlights strategic implications.
• Develops technical specifications based on user needs, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, analyzes configuration and processing solutions, and tests conformance to specifications.
• Analyzes business operations and processes to identify opportunities for process improvement, management control of work, or automation. Generates process and solution options and reviews with appropriate stakeholders.
• Participates in client meetings, as needed, to ensure client needs are met.
• Architects, designs, implements, supports, and evaluates secure, infrastructure focused tools and services.
• Installs, configures, tests, and maintains operating systems, applications software, and system management tools.
• Ensures that the technical infrastructure is sufficiently robust, scalable, and efficient to deliver the integrated services underlying the physical environment that supports the processes, resources, and operators required for developing, integrating, sustaining enterprise applications and support services.
• Provides analytical support in the conceptualization, development, and implementation of complex, inter-linked systems.
• Develops solutions by preparing and evaluating alternative workflow solutions, validates results by testing programmers, and ensures operation by training client personnel and providing support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, other relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2-5years of experience in Systems Engineering/Analysis
• Security + Certification

Other Job Specific Skills

• Attention to detail, and a commitment to quality work.
• Ability to elicit, analyze, document, and validate the system requirements that support the required system changes to meet the business need.
• Must have the ability to work under aggressive deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and prioritize as necessary.
• Excellent analytical, comprehension, communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong skills in IT fundamentals including, but not limited to: server administration, networking, database support/administration, infrastructure support, and IT security design.
• Demonstrated ability to provision, install, configure, operate, and maintain systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
• Ability to work with various programming languages, operating systems, and computer hardware platforms.
• Proven ability to investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complicated technical issues.
• Demonstrated capability to creatively solve complex requirements needs.
• Strong experience applying process and systems engineering, analytics and operations research methods at every phase of a project.

Clearance:

Active Secret clearance required.

Compensation:

$85,000 - $110,000 per year, depending on experience.

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