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PingWind · 4 hours ago

Senior Systems Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

PingWind is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs Testing Services for VistA. The successful candidate will be responsible for the design, implementation, integration, and maintenance of complex IT systems to support organizational objectives.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyLogistics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop, design, and implement enterprise-level systems, networks, and infrastructure solutions

Evaluate system requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Ensure scalability, security, and performance of system designs

Install, configure, and integrate operating systems, applications, and system tools

Coordinate system upgrades, migrations, and deployments with minimal downtime

Automate processes and workflows to improve efficiency and reduce risk

Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity

Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across environments

Ensure systems comply with security standards, policies, and best practices

Work with cross-functional teams including software engineers, network engineers, cybersecurity, and project managers

Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to junior engineers and staff

Create and maintain system documentation

Conduct testing: 1.Unit Testing – of individual units of source code to determine if they are fit for use. 2.Integration Testing – of modules which are combined and tested as a group. The Contractor shall perform integration testing to ensure code maintenance activities do not affect the following dependent interfacing systems. 3.Regression Testing – against all previous test cases and results to ensure that new code, functionality, or new releases have not introduced errors to existing functionality. 4.Functional Testing – that tests the front and back-end functionality of the code to ensure that all the data entry, user interface, encryption, and application calculations are working correctly. 5.Security Testing – conduct software code vulnerability scans and testing that ensures the software is free of any potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses, risks, or threats. The Contractor shall provide certified scan reports validating the required code quality. 6.Database Testing – to include shadowing, mirroring, journaling, lock table assessment, performance for global read/writes, load testing, daylight savings time freeze, backup/restore, and system and database failure/recovery

Qualification

VistA hardwareSoftwareContainerizationKubernetesCI/CD PipelinesTest PlansTest Status UpdatesTest ResultsClient managementCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsCross-functional teamwork