Systems Engineer

Job Description

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

ECS is seeking a 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 a DoD Mission Partner Enclave's 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 Project Manager.

Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the administration and coordination of activities inherent with a dynamic and innovative initiative. Support will be provided to management, Network and Cloud Team members, and associated 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.
• Support standard, and ad-hoc, customer-driven maintenance windows.
• 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 local data centers, as needed, to perform maintenance; travel to the customer site (Florida), when required, to support onsite customer meetings and events.

Required Skills

• U.S. Citizen.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance, with the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science; Information Systems Management; or similar Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline.
• Active DoD 8140 IAT Level II / III certification (e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+, CSSP).
• Ability to work in a hybrid onsite/remote capacity in Fairfax, VA, with up to 2 business days onsite, at the manager's discretion.
• 5+ years of experience administering, troubleshooting, and deploying solutions in Windows and Linux environments (systems and applications).
• Experience and proficiency working with AWS Cloud services and technologies (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, VPC, and IAM) or Azure Cloud services (VM, Storage Account, RDS, AKS, VNet, and Entra ID).
• Experience troubleshooting complex network environments, to include TCP/IP and VLANs.
• Experience briefing, reporting, and providing technical status updates to leadership in person, virtually, and in writing.
• Experience with various technologies to apply DISA STIG requirements.
• Advanced knowledge and use of the full Microsoft Office Suite.
• High degree of intellectual curiosity, with the ability to learn, apply, and communicate new concepts and technologies in a wide variety of disciplines for government consideration and approval.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities; proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
• Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).

Desired Skills

Preference shown to candidates with:

• Current Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience working with DoD organizations and/or performers.
• 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 and/or knowledge of Atlassian's Jira and Confluence.

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ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3500+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.