Systems Engineer ? Research Infrastructure & Lab Platforms - Government CustomerLocal candidates only - On-site Chantilly VA - 5 days per week - Required active TS/SCI Security Clearance. Candidates without Active clearances will be declinedBuild the Engine Powering Next-Gen Engineering ResearchBehind every breakthrough in engineering research is a bulletproof infrastructure platform. In this role, you won\'t just keep lights green; you will design, automate, and evolve high-density virtualization platforms, isolated test environments, and containerized research pipelines on modern enterprise hardware.You will act as the technical backbone for our research engineers, bridging bare-metal systems, hypervisors, and container orchestration to give researchers rapid, secure access to the compute environments they need. If you thrive on tearing down system bottlenecks, automating repetitive administration, and working hands-on across both Linux and Windows environments, we want to talk to you.What You?ll Do Design & Maintain Lab Infrastructure: Architect, deploy, and support hybrid Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian) and Windows compute environments across bare metal, hypervisors, and containers. Orchestrate Virtualization & Compute Platforms: Manage enterprise hypervisors (Proxmox, VMware ESXi, KVM, or Hyper-V) and build lightweight micro-environments using Docker, Podman, and LXC. Automate & Modernize: Develop maintainable Bash, Python, and PowerShell scripts to eliminate manual configurations, patch systems, and accelerate deployment workflows. Maintain Identity & Core Services: Administer and troubleshoot directory services (Active Directory, Collaborate Directly with Researchers: Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to disambiguate requirements, troubleshoot complex system interactions, and rapidly deliver tailored lab compute environments.Required Qualifications 8+ years of hands-on experience in Systems Engineering, Systems Administration, or DevOps role supporting enterprise or engineering lab environments. Dual-OS Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise administering, securing, and troubles
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- Dice Id: RTX1d8578
- Position Id: 115473592
- Posted 1 hour ago
