Systems Engineer, Senior | TS/SCI

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Company: BlackSpoke

Location: Springfield, VA 22153

Description:

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nations safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.Be part of an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the nation's most critical intelligence organizations. Your work directly impacts national security and global issues, you will have the chance to contribute to missions that are of paramount importance to the United States and its allies, know that that the environments and programs you support are making a difference on a global scale. Our customers operate at the forefront of technology, dealing with some of the most advanced defense, geospatial, and intelligence systems in the world.

HOW A SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

The Senior Systems Engineer designs and defines system architecture for new or existing computer systems. This includes the coordination of system development to include design, modeling, security, integration, and formal testing.

  • Contributes to completion of specific engineering programs and projects
  • Develops solutions to a variety of complex engineering problems
  • Perform complex systems design, development, and integration from the start of a systems life cycle to the end
  • Oversees complex infrastructure including installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software, and system management tools
  • Performs complex systems modeling, simulation, and analysis
  • Prepares and maintains documentation for processes and procedures related to engineering projects
  • Maintains current knowledge of rapidly changing technology
  • May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals
  • May serve as a team or task lead

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 8+ years of related systems engineering experience
  • Active TS/SCI clearance required and eligibility to obtain a CI poly
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or other business-related field

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Linux system administrator
  • Scripting / Coding (Bash, Python, etc)
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • Helm charts
  • Automation

DESIRED SKILLS

A deep expertise in one of the following areas and working knowledge of one or more of the other following:

  • Operational support
  • Virtualization technologies (VMware, virtual networking, vROPS, XenServer/XCP-ng)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux, YUM, Satellite, Capsule technologies
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Ceph storage platform
  • GitLab

What you will get:

  • Joining a team of technology experts and partners in the same mission
  • A high-growth environment with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as the company grows
  • Owner and Leadership team that come from technical backgrounds so they understand the day-to-day challenges of the technical consulting world and can offer real-life solutions and guidance
  • Highly competitive benefits package that shows we want to hire the very best


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