Systems Engineer - SME

Herndon, Virginia

Employer: Crimson Phoenix
Industry: Contract
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
As a Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for working constructively with the security, operations, and development teams to ensure mission continuity in support of the mission!

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What You Will Be Doing :
  • Participating in requirements gathering, the design process, product reviews, and deployment activities.
  • Applying Agile/Scrum project management model for a given development effort.
  • Troubleshooting systems, hardware, and software when issues occur.
  • Documenting standard operating procedures needed to perform maintenance and deployment, and resolving more frequently encountered issues.
  • Reducing commonly encountered problems in development or deployment via Bash, Python, or Powershell scripts.
  • Ensuring system compliance with enterprise technical architecture and security directives.
  • Assisting in keeping management apprised of project or program status.
  • Assisting project and program teams in preparing for program management reviews.


Required Skills:

Must Have :
  • MUST HAVE a Current and Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph, as the customer is NOT sponsoring clearances.
  • At least 16 years' experience plus a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree preferred.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated aptitude for communicating effectively.
  • Demonstrated ability to orchestrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) via CloudFormation templates and stacks.
  • Demonstrated ability in using the GitHub code repository.
  • Administrative/Engineering experience with Apache, Tomcat, and Nginx web servers, including experience troubleshooting TLS issues.
  • Knowledge of database configuration/management using PostgreSQL or MySQL.


Desired Skills:

Nice to Have :
  • In-depth knowledge of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and security-related concepts, with experience in the administration and configuration of PKI software on Linux and Windows.
  • Familiarity with configuring Hardware Security Modules ( HSMs ).
  • Experience in security review of applications and infrastructure and how to implement security hardening of hardware and software.
  • Experience with cloud-based design, implementation, and configuration.
  • Experience with scripting languages like Perl, Bash, Powershell , and Python.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Experience with build automation technologies like Maven and Jenkins.
  • Experience with building/using APIs and services using REST and SOAP.
Created: 2024-06-18
Reference: 12198
Country: United States
State: Virginia
City: Herndon

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