Systems Engineer SME

Digital Consultants LLC; Quantico (VA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Group health plans

Income protection and supplemental</n>

401(k) plan with company matching

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Pet insurance options

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Job summary

Digital Consultants LLC is seeking a Senior SME Systems Engineer to build, maintain, and guide integration of NCIS Mission Applications with hosting environments. The role demands Top Secret/SCI clearance, extensive Linux/Windows administration, and expertise in CI/CD, IaC, and container orchestration across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

The position is based in Quantico, VA, with hybrid remote schedule and onsite meetings 1–2 times per week.

Qualifications

• Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI.
• 10+ years experience in IT with systems administration on Linux/Windows.
• Strong background in CI/CD, IaC, and cloud/hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and guide integration with hosting environment for NCIS Mission Applications.
• Support on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments with a DevSecOps approach.

Skills

Linux Admin

Windows Admin

CI/CD Pipelines

Container Orchestration

Service Discovery

Infrastructure as Code

DevSecOps

Hybrid Cloud

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

OpenTofu

HashiCorp Consul

Job description

Description

Leading with our people, Digital Consultants' mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian, and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense make working here more than a job, it's the Digital family.

Digital Consultants is seeking a SME Systems Engineer for this effort will be responsible for building, maintaining, and providing guidance for integration with hosting environment for NCIS Mission Applications.

Location

Quantico, VA. Hybrid remote schedule. Must be local and able to meet onsite 1-2 times per week or as required.

Requirements

• Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI
• High School with 10+ years (or commensurate experience)
• Linux and Windows systems administration
• CI/CD Pipeline creation/deployment/maintenance (Ansible/Jenkins/etc)
• Container Orchestration configuration, management, and operation (Fargate, Azure Containers, SUSE Rancher Prime RKE2, or similar)
• Service Mesh and Discovery configuration and operation (HashiCorp Consul, Apache Zookeeper, AWS Cloud Map, or similar)
• Infrastructure-as-Code utilities (such as Terraform/OpenTofu or similar)
• DevSecOps familiarity and/or accreditation.
• Must be comfortable managing deployments in on-premises, commercial, and hybrid clouds (including FEDRAMP and other secure cloud environments) and providing guidance to Mission Application developers on structuring solution architecture for compliance with policies, regulations, and implementation specifics.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $160,000 – 170,000 depending on experience. The company offers the following benefits to permanent, full-time employees:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Group health plans
• Income protection and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Digital Consultants, an inclusive and welcoming company, is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, Veterans status or any other protected characteristic.

We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals who need assistance during any part of the employment process.