Systems Engineer (TS/SCI Poly) — Enterprise Web Apps

Zohorecruit; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 182,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life Insurance

PTO

401(k) Employer Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a System Engineer NC to provide operational support, testing, and sustainment for an enterprise web-based mission application in Fort Meade, MD. Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

You will collaborate with DevOps, software engineering, and operations to monitor telemetry, execute deployments, triage incidents, and ensure high availability across environments from tactical laptops to large-scale server farms and cloud architectures. Travel 1–2 times/year as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline plus 10+ years of systems engineering experience, or 14 years of relevant systems engineering experience without a degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current Polygraph.
• Strong Linux administration in enterprise environments (RHEL 8/9, Rocky Linux 8/9).
• Experience with GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency with Grafana, Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Desk.
• Willingness to travel CONUS/OCONUS 1–2 times per year.

Responsibilities

• Support DevOps and software teams in testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting web application components and services.
• Collaborate with operations and development groups to formulate test plans and identify testing requirements.
• Triage reported operational anomalies, track defects, and log issues via ticketing systems.
• Monitor Tier 1 application health, performance metrics, and telemetry dashboards using Grafana and Kibana.
• Execute system and application installations, configurations, and version upgrades across virtual and cloud environments.
• Monitor and resolve customer support requests through Jira Service Desk, providing technical assistance and operational guidance to end users.
• Occasionally respond to mission-critical after-hours escalations as needed.
• Participate in periodic CONUS/OCONUS travel (approximately 1–2 times per year).

Skills

Security Clearance TS/SCI

Linux Administration

CI/CD & Version Control

Monitoring & Telemetry

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Jira Service Desk

Jira/Confluence

Elasticsearch/Kibana

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

14 years of relevant systems engineering experience without a degree

Tools

GitLab

Confluence

Jira

Grafana

Kibana

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Zohorecruit is seeking a System Engineer NC to provide operational support, testing, and sustainment for an enterprise web-based mission application in Fort Meade, MD. Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

You will collaborate with DevOps, software engineering, and operations to monitor telemetry, execute deployments, triage incidents, and ensure high availability across environments from tactical laptops to large-scale server farms and cloud architectures. Travel 1–2 times/year as needed.