Job description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED In this role, the Systems Engineer works directly alongside customer stakeholders, program leads, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to bridge high-level operational concepts with hands-on system administration and infrastructure maintenance. The engineer participates across the full systems engineering lifecycle—supporting requirements elicitation, architectural alignment (e.g., DoDAF, SOA), configuration control, interface definition, and verification/validation efforts. The annual base salary range for this role is $168,000-$198,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Customer & Stakeholder Collaboration: Work directly with operational leads and customer representatives across multiple physical locations to support capability deployment and daily operations. System Administration & Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance, system monitoring, and troubleshooting on multi-site Linux systems to ensure continuous uptime and operational readiness. Automation & Process Optimization: Design, build, and maintain automation scripts using Bash and Python to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual maintenance overhead. Security & Compliance Management: Apply Agency STE/STN security compliance controls, perform configuration audits, and align systems with established policies and directives. Network & Container Support: Assist with basic Cisco network switch configurations and manage containerized application environments. Technical Documentation: Develop, update, and maintain comprehensive, accessible technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and system architecture diagrams. Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, Finance/Economics, or a related discipline, PLUS 7 + years of specialized data analytics or financial intelligence experience OR High School Diploma / GED , PLUS 12 + years of hands-on intelligence analysis, financial tracking, and data discovery experience in lieu of a degree. Hands-on experience administering Windows Server operating systems. Familiarity with NetApp storage systems and enterprise storage administration. Experience managing virtualized environments using VMware vSphere and vCenter. Operational familiarity with the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence) for issue tracking and team collaboration.

Requirements

Must-haves

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED
Customer & Stakeholder Collaboration: Work directly with operational leads and customer representatives across multiple physical locations to support capability deployment and daily operations.
System Administration & Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance, system monitoring, and troubleshooting on multi-site Linux systems to ensure continuous uptime and operational readiness.
Automation & Process Optimization: Design, build, and maintain automation scripts using Bash and Python to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual maintenance overhead.
Security & Compliance Management: Apply Agency STE/STN security compliance controls, perform configuration audits, and align systems with established policies and directives.
Network & Container Support: Assist with basic Cisco network switch configurations and manage containerized application environments.
Technical Documentation: Develop, update, and maintain comprehensive, accessible technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and system architecture diagrams.
Hands-on experience administering Windows Server operating systems.
Familiarity with NetApp storage systems and enterprise storage administration.
Experience managing virtualized environments using VMware vSphere and vCenter.
Operational familiarity with the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence) for issue tracking and team collaboration.

Nice-to-haves

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Platform: agile-ats
Effort: medium