Systems Engineer (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

Socket.dev; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

GCI is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, implement, and test complex technical solutions for hosted and cloud environments. You will support customer IT infrastructures, perform security audits, and collaborate with developers to resolve challenges. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

The role emphasizes cost-effective, secure, scalable architectures and close interaction with customers to communicate status and changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 1-5 years of related systems administration experience.
• Experience installing/configuring/maintaining Windows and Linux systems.
• Us Citizenship and TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Perform system assessments and security audits.
• Administer and maintain remote monitoring and management system: update scripts, respond to alerts, monitor dashboard, review systems.
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to identify new products and solutions.
• Document maintenance for all computer systems and network infrastructure.
• Communicate with customers about incident progress and outages.
• Familiarity with VPNs, SIP Trunking, BGP, VLAN, deployments.
• Partner with application developers to solve complex problems.
• Work with vendors to procure and implement high-performing solutions.

Skills

Python scripting

PowerShell

VM management

Cisco devices

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

VMware

AWS

WSUS

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

GCI embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.

At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As a Systems Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties:

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Systems Engineer/Administrator will be responsible for designing, implementing, and testing technical solutions for complex problems, including customer-facing hosted and cloud environments. They will provide expert technical assistance to team members with high-level system administration knowledge. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring that technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing for security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. Candidate should be able to define internal customer IT infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software. They will also secure and manage infrastructures to protect productivity, mitigate threats, and reduce costs.

KEY 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

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

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

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Scripting experience (Python, Powershell, VBscript, Bash, etc)
• Experience with VM management
• Experience with Cisco devices
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, and security practices
• Remote monitoring and management of system alerts and notifications
• Experience with virtualization technologies: VMware, AWS, etc.
• Experience with configuration management tools: WSUS, MCM, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.

* A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans