Systems Engineer - Active Security Clearance

Job Description

CADRE is relied upon for delivering superior insight and leadership to solve the nation's most critical national security challenges in the most demanding environments.

This Systems Engineer position is located in Northern Virginia with flexible core hours and includes 10% or less domestic travel.

The Systems Engineer is responsible for developing, engineering, and deploying technical solutions within a dedicated network. This individual will work within a small, mission focused team of network and systems engineers to implement technical solutions to challenging collaboration and data protection problems.

Duties: This Systems Engineer performs the following core functions:

Develop / Test / Scale / Deploy / Maintain technology solutions

Build solutions with a focus on information security principals

Work extensively with Microsoft technologies and virtualization platforms

Monitor networks

Performs other duties as assigned at the direction of Project Management

Required Qualifications:

Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly

Bachelor's degree preferred, in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill

No degree + ten (10) years relevant experience

Associate's degree + eight (18) years relevant experience

Bachelor's degree + six (6) years relevant experience

Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems (or comparable documented work experience)

Ability to travel on an infrequent, but as needed basis, primarily domestic

Knowledge of and hands on experience with modern server operating systems and virtualization technologies

Knowledge of and hands on experience with Virtual Desktop technologies

Knowledge of and hands on experience with Cloud platforms

Knowledge of and hands on experience with collaboration and ticketing tools

Knowledge of high availability technologies and concepts

Knowledge and hands on experience with networking and network security technologies

Experience with managing engineering projects (i.e., design, build, deploy)

Knowledge and hands on experience with scripting languages such as, Bash, Powershell, Python, etc.

Knowledge of and hands on experience implementing IT and Cyber Security best practices

Ability to assess emerging technologies, determine their impact on corporate systems and incorporate them into technical plans

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations, determine course of action and act promptly and effectively when problems arise

Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communications skills

Desired Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI with poly with most recent BI/Poly dates within the last five years

Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Windows and RedHat/CentoS servers

Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Citrix VDI Desktops

Knowledge and hands on experience with Microsoft Azure, and Azure Stack Hub

Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Atlassian products such as JIRA and Confluence

Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Microsoft Exchange

Experience building, deploying, maintaining clusters, load balancers, multi-datacenter applications

Experience with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining sensitive networks

Experience with Enterprise database platforms such as MS SQL Server and Oracle databases

Experience with One Way Transfer Solutions and data flow management

Knowledge of SIEM and security analytical technologies (e.g. Splunk, pcap, Netflow, etc)

Experience with Active Directory and identity management

Experience with hyper-converged infrastructure such as Cisco HX, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct

Knowledge of DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools

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