Senior Systems Engineer

LOCATION: Fort Meade, MD

100% onsite

START DATE: May 2026

CLEARANCE: Top Secret

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Soliel, LLC is an accomplished and innovative Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) delivering IT engineering and critical mission support services to the public sectors. Soliel offers reach-back to experts in each field, a culture that supports employee growth and development, and a stable environment that affords cross-collaboration. We are currently seeking multiple Senior Systems Engineers to our DoW customer. The objective of the Software Systems Design and Development task area is to design, develop, integrate, sustain, and synchronize systems to meet the needs of the nation's Warfighters, national level leaders, and mission and coalition partner organizations.

Key Responsibilities:

Support and enhance enterprise services and applications in secure environments

Engineer, administer and maintain VMWare virtual environments, storage, and all associated hardware used for these environments

Administer and maintain Windows Server systems across distributed environments

Troubleshoot and resolve system performance, reliability, and integration issues

Implement and maintain secure configurations, including PKI integration and data protection controls

Collaborate with networking and cybersecurity teams to ensure system availability and security compliance

Develop and maintain automation for system deployment, configuration, and operations

Create and maintain technical documentation (SOPs, system diagrams, implementation guidance)

Support RMF/ATO activities, STIG compliance, and vulnerability remediation

Contribute to system upgrades, tech refresh, and operational sustainment efforts

Requirements

Required Technical Skills & Experience:

8+ years of experience in Windows Server systems administration/engineering

5+ years of experience in VMWare (minimum v6.5)

5+ years of experience in storage (iSCSI, fiber channel)

Experience supporting enterprise applications or services in secure environments

Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, application, and infrastructure layers

Familiarity with automation and configuration management (e.g., Ansible or equivalent)

Familiarity with PKI, certificate-based authentication, and secure system configurations

Experience with STIGs, RMF, and vulnerability management tools (e.g., NessACAS)

Ability to create clear technical documentation

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Experience in working a task from end to end (research, development, documentation, and implementation), with minimum assistance

Knowledge of routing, switching, vlans, and basic troubleshooting

Experience in using Visio to create network and system diagrams

Desired Qualifications:

Experience supporting high-throughput or data-intensive systems

Familiarity with distributed or highly available system architectures

Experience with virtualization or cloud environments

Exposure to Zero Trust or modern security architectures

Experience configuring and maintaining F5 BIG-IP solutions, including Access Policy Manager (APM) or Secure Web Gateway (SWG) for proxy or access services

Prior experience supporting DoW or federal programs

COMPENSATION:

Excellent compensation commensurate with experience in related field(s) and performance

Major medical, dental, and vision

401k matching

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off (PTO)

EEO/ AA/ NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT: Soliel, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action/ Non-Discriminatory Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veterans. To learn more, please visit

Salary Description

$165k-175k