Systems Engineer

ECS is seeking a Systems Engineer to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

Job Description :

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We focus on people, values, and purpose.

Every day, our 4000 employees provide their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

We are a rapidly growing company that considers our employees and teams to be our most important assets. Our team environment provides opportunities for growth to individuals who are motivated to excel.

We are situated in Merrifield, VA - well positioned for most commutes within the Northern Virginia area. We also offer opportunities for telework and have some of the most interesting and advanced IT business in the DC area.

Our growing program works with the most forward leaning technologies and extraordinary customers who are thought and action leaders in within the AI / ML domain.

We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package to the right person for this key position.

ECS is seeking a mid-level Systems Engineer to work in a hybrid onsite / remote capacity at ECS Corporate offices located in Fairfax, VA.

The Systems Engineer will work as part of a team responsible for designing, developing, installing, documenting, managing, and maintaining DoD Mission Partner Enclaves' physical and virtual network infrastructure.

The Systems Engineer will work in a demanding, high-energy environment that requires innovative solutions to hardware, software, network, and operational challenges, and will report directly to the Enterprise Systems Engineering Team Lead.

Responsibilities :

This position is primarily responsible for the administration and coordination of activities that are inherent with a dynamic and innovative initiative.

Support will be provided as needed, to management, network and cloud project team members, and activities. Duties include (but are not limited to) :

• Install, configure, maintain, update, manage, and refine information systems.
• Ensure system components maintain compliance with DoD requirements (e.g. STIGs).
• Examine enclave vulnerabilities and determine actions to mitigate them.
• Coordinate and / or provide support for all enclave applications and operations.
• Support out-of-band patching and upgrades; this may require non-standard working hours.
• Recommend, schedule, and / or implement repairs within the enclave environment.
• Develop and maintain images for virtual desktops and servers.
• Evaluate system performance and make appropriate recommendations.
• Schedule and perform backups on all enclave systems.
• Conduct functional, interoperability, and security testing.
• Analyze system performance for potential security problems.
• Participate in technical incident response and security assessment activities.
• Support the development of cyber security policies, procedures, and standards.
• Provide knowledge transfer to team members and clients as needed.
• Write / edit and execute technical documents including, but not limited to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Concepts of Operation (CONOPS), network diagrams, and other documents, as required.
• Travel to data centers as needed for maintenance.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Required Skills :

• US citizenship required per contract.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science; Information Systems Management; or similar Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline.
• DoD IAT Level II certification (1 of the following) : CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, CND, SSCP
• Local resource with the willingness to work in a hybrid onsite / remote capacity in Fairfax, VA ECS HQ
• Ability to work at the customer site, if needed, and travel to / from program-supported data centers in Northern Virginia.
• 5+ years of experience administering and troubleshooting with and deploying solutions in Linux and Windows environment systems and applications.
• Experience and proficiency working with AWS Cloud services and technologies including EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, VPC, and IAM or Azure Cloud services including VM, Storage account, RDS, AKS, VNet, and Entra ID.
• Experience troubleshooting complex network environments to include TCP / IP and VLANs.
• Experience in briefing, reporting, and providing technical status updates to leadership both in person and via virtual meetings.
• Ability to pick up existing and new technologies quickly and document recommendations for government approval.
• Support customer driven and standard maintenance windows.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills and career growth oriented.
• A motivated, self-starter that enthusiastically embraces identifying imaginative solutions to complex operational challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to expertly balance multiple, competing priorities and execute accordingly.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with firm deadlines and critical, quick turnaround, ad-hoc tasks.
• A team player with proven ability to positively interact with peers and executive management.

Desired Skills :

• Current Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience with architecting enterprise solutions.
• Experience with web / application server administration (Apache HTTP, NGINX, Tomcat).
• Knowledgeable in storage technologies and procedures / concepts.
• Experience with patch management solutions.
• Familiarity with system automation (Ansible, etc.).
• Experience with virtualization (VMWare).
• Hands-on experience with Atlassian's Jira and Confluence.
30+ days ago