Systems Engineer (TS/SCI) - Cloud, Security & Automation

GCI; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

GCI is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, implement, and test technical solutions for complex problems, including customer-facing hosted and cloud environments. The role supports security, cost optimization, and scalable IT infrastructure in a fast-paced setting.

The candidate will define IT infrastructure needs, perform capacity planning, configure systems, monitor backups, and install hardware and software while coordinating with customers and vendors to deliver reliable, high-performing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work/military experience.
• 1-5 years of related systems administration experience.
• Experience installing/configuring/maintaining systems running Windows and Linux operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform system assessments and security audits.
• Participate in the administration and maintenance of the remote monitoring and management system; update agent scripts, respond to alerts, monitor dashboard, and periodic system review.
• Work with infrastructure engineers to identify new products and solutions.
• Document maintenance for all computer systems and network infrastructure.
• Communication with customers is required: keeping them informed of incident progress, notifying them of impending changes or agreed outages.
• Familiarity with: VPNs, SIP Trunking, BGP, VLAN, Deployments.
• Partner with application developers to solve complex problems.
• Work with vendors and suppliers to negotiate, procure, and implement high-performing solutions.

Skills

Scripting

VM management

Cisco devices

Cloud environments

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

VMware

AWS

WSUS

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

GCI is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, implement, and test technical solutions for complex problems, including customer-facing hosted and cloud environments. The role supports security, cost optimization, and scalable IT infrastructure in a fast-paced setting.

The candidate will define IT infrastructure needs, perform capacity planning, configure systems, monitor backups, and install hardware and software while coordinating with customers and vendors to deliver reliable, high-performing