Systems Engineer Senior

Job Title: Systems Engineer Senior Location: Boston, MA preferred (remote considered, occasional travel to Boston)
Clearance Level: Secret Clearance
Required Experience: 8+ years

No.of Positions: 2

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer Senior DCBOS-Cntrto support the design, validation, performance, and optimization of cloud-based systems within AWS environments. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring system functionality, performance, and configuration integrity through engineering analysis, verification activities, and continuous improvement efforts in a secure, mission-driven environment.

This role requires deep expertise in cloud systems engineering, including validation, performance analysis, and system optimization across complex cloud infrastructures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support AWS cloud-based systems, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.

• Perform verification and validation (V&V) activities to ensure cloud systems meet functional and technical requirements.

• Conduct timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, and system performance evaluations.

• Support requirements allocation, validation, and traceability across cloud infrastructure and applications.

• Define and manage interfaces between cloud services, applications, and external systems.

• Monitor and troubleshoot system functionality, performance, and configuration issues across AWS environments.

• Optimize compute, storage, and networking resources to improve system efficiency and reliability.

• Develop and maintain system documentation, including architecture diagrams, configurations, and operational procedures.

• Utilize trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improving system performance, tools, and processes.

• Implement automation solutions to enhance system provisioning, monitoring, and operational efficiency.

• Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track system health, performance, and utilization.

• Ensure cloud systems comply with security policies, federal standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including cloud architects, developers, testers, and system administrators.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related roles.

• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) services (EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, IAM, etc.).

• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, virtualization, networking, and storage concepts.

• Experience with system verification, validation, and performance analysis.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot system functionality, performance, and configuration issues.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to work in a team-oriented, security-focused environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with automation tools and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform).

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch or similar platforms.

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native architectures.

• Understanding of cybersecurity best practices in cloud environments.

• Experience working in federal or regulated environments.

Certifications:

• IAT Level II (Required)

• One or more cloud certifications (AWS preferred), such as:

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate