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Company

Computerworld · 5 hours ago

Systems Engineer II

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

6+ years exp

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Senior Management

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Security Clearance Required

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Responsibilities

Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)

Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations

Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability

Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning

Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues

Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure

Select and implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company’s security team

Communicate with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Provides engineering analysis to assist government in program Systems Development Life Cycle gate reviews.

Provides cost analyses and executes business case analyses to help the customer make decisions on hardware/software, infrastructure and data center support.

Qualification

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Distributed systemsCloud native computingAWS servicesLinuxWindowsSoftware automationVirtualizationInfrastructure knowledgeCentral authenticationNetworking protocolsMicrosoft SQL ServerAWS CLIAgile methodologiesModel-driven infrastructureSystems managementExceptional communication skills

Required

Bachelor’s degree or higher and 6 years of experience

Candidate must be a US Citizen

Candidate must possess DHS Suitability background investigation or be eligible to qualify for DHS Entry of Duty background investigation followed by DHS Public Trust Clearance

Exceptional communication skills – ability to communicate well with leadership and technical teams

Expert understanding of solutioning (i.e., research, analysis and best practices)

Expert understanding of distributed systems and both hybrid and cloud native computing

Proficient in AWS services: CLI, Cloud Formation, Cloud Watch, EC2, EBS, IAM, S3, Secrets, Security groups, VPC

Proficient in Operating Systems: Linux and Windows

Proficient with software automation such as Ansible, Chef or Puppet

Advanced understanding of virtualization both using virtual machines and microservices with containers

Advanced understanding of infrastructure: AD, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, routing, switching, etc.

Experience with central authentication (LDAP/AD) and security

Knowledge of protocols such as GRE, HTTPS, IP, IPSec, SSH, TCP, UDP, TLS, etc.

Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and database administration.

Knowledge of the AWS CLI

Familiarity with Agile development, deployment concepts, methodologies and tools

Familiarity with model and template-driven infrastructure deployment and configuration

Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards, capacity and performance management and tuning, and storage and network management

Excellent influencing and reasoning skills; good at conflict resolution and consensus building