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Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company · 1 day ago

System Engineer

Columbia, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$127K/yr - $145K/yr

8+ years exp

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Corporation company, is seeking a talented and experienced Systems Engineer to join their dynamic team. The role involves performing hardware and software integration, cybersecurity, and systems engineering to deliver cutting-edge solutions in support of the federal government and private enterprises.

Information TechnologyInternetSecurity

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of complex Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules to automate the deployment of Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) kits. This includes automation of kit infrastructure, configuration, and application deployment across diverse environments

Collaborate with software development teams across the company to create highly parameterized Ansible that aligns the software product stack, transforming project requirements into robust automation solutions

Configure and automate physical hardware and network appliances, such as routers and firewalls, using Ansible

Implement security controls, including STIG hardening and SELinux, within the automation pipeline to ensure “secure by default” deployments

Implement CI/CD GitHub Action pipelines to perform extensive automatic testing

Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure technology standards, security controls, and engineering practices are well understood and consistently applied

Partner with internal teams to deliver technical demonstrations and showcase SealingTech capabilities to customers

Identify and define high-level functional and technical requirements by working with the user community and leveraging knowledge of existing DoD enterprise architectures

Qualification

AnsibleLinux administrationPythonCybersecurity conceptsCI/CD pipelinesVirtualizationNetwork protocolsGit/GitHubBashAnalytical skillsAgile workflowsCommunication skills

Required

U.S. Citizenship

8+ years of experience as an Automation Engineer and/or Systems Engineer

Expert proficiency in Ansible; including and not limited to: Writing, testing, and maintaining Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules, with a deep understanding of Jinja2, Collections, and configuration management

Leveraging Ansible Galaxy for reusable components and Ansible Vault for managing sensitive data

Utilizing Ansible for the configuration and automating physical hardware and network appliances (e.g., routers, firewalls)

Strong analytical and debugging abilities to resolve complex issues within automation workflows

Deep hands-on experience with Fedora-based Linux distributions (RHEL, Rocky, Oracle) including administration of drivers, firmware, file systems, networking, and security

Proficiency in Python and Bash for custom modules and advanced automation

Experience with virtualization and container platforms (e.g., VMware, Kubernetes, Docker/Podman)

Strong understanding of core cybersecurity concepts, technologies, and methodologies and understanding of infrastructure security, hardening processes, techniques, and industry best practices

Experience with network protocols, architecture design, and defense-in-depth practices

Understanding of best practices for security patching, authentication, and log retention

Experience operating within security frameworks to support compliance and auditing requirements

Experience with Git/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), and Agile (project management) workflows (Jira)

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document and maintain engineering processes and procedures

Must have an active driver's license and clean driving record

Preferred

Experience supporting Defensive Cyber Operations within Service Cyber Command elements or other U.S. Government organizations

Experience with defensive cyber tools such as Security Onion, Splunk, Elastic, Zeek, pfSense, and related platforms

Security certification such as CySA+ or CISSP

Secret security clearance or ability to get it is preferred

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Company

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company

SealingTech, a Parsons Company, rapidly delivers innovative, agile cybersecurity solutions that modernize, protect, and defend the networks and systems of the federal government and private enterprise.

Founded in 2012

Columbia, Maryland, USA

51-200 employees