Systems Solution Engineer

RSA Tech; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rsa Tech Group is seeking a Systems Solution Engineer to design and implement modern systems for federal customers. This largely remote role collaborates with product managers and infrastructure teams to modernize legacy platforms, delivering lower cost, higher performance and greater business value.

You will work with distributed systems and open-source tech while guiding customers on adopting Business-as-Code.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of backend/systems engineering experience.
• Located in EST, preferably near Washington DC area.
• Strong systems engineering and distributed systems design skills.
• Hands-on system administration across Linux servers and containers.
• Experience with cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines is highly beneficial.
• Familiarity with open-source software and microservices.
• Excellent troubleshooting and incident response capabilities.
• Strong communication and ability to work in distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement modern systems for federal customers.
• Collaborate with product managers and infrastructure teams to modernize legacy systems.
• Work with distributed systems and open-source technologies.
• Support customers in adopting Business-as-Code.
• Attend in-person meetings in the Washington DC area 1-4 times monthly.

Skills

Backend/Systems engineering

Strong systems design

System administration

Troubleshooting

Cloud platforms knowledge

Open-source familiarity

Distributed systems experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

gRPC

HTTP

TLS

Kafka

Job description

Location: (EST time zone preferred) and near by Washington DC area.

Job type: Full-Time

Job Description:

The Systems Solution Engineer role is mostly remote position focused on designing and implementing systems for federal customers. In this role, you will work with engineering teams to leverage and modernize legacy systems to provide lower cost, improved performance, and higher business value. Day-to-day responsibilities include working with product managers and existing infrastructure to develop and implement modern solutions on the platform. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with distributed systems and open-source technologies while helping customers effectively adopt Business-as-Code.

This role will report 1-4 times a month for in person meetings in the Washington DC area.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of experience in Backend/Systems engineering
• Located in EST, preferably the Virginia/Washington DC area
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC, HTTP, TLS and Kafka.
• Candidates should possess strong Systems Engineering and Systems Design skills, with experience building and scaling distributed systems or cloud-native platforms.
• Possess hands-on System Administration skills, including managing servers, containers, networks, and related infrastructure in Linux or similar environments.
• Have advanced Troubleshooting skills to investigate complex system issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
• Have Technical Support capabilities, including responding to incidents, collaborating with development teams, and communicating clearly with technical stakeholders.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), infrastructure-as-code tools, monitoring/observability stacks, and CI/CD pipelines is highly beneficial.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in systems engineering and operations.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, distributed team environment, with strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with open-source software, microservices architectures, and event-driven or workflow orchestration systems is a plus.