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Sr. Systems Engineer

Company:
Compass Pointe Consulting
Location:
Columbia, MD
Pay:
$150000 - $160000 per year
Posted:
June 25, 2025
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Description:

Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties:

You will lead the technical project engineering team to ensure the technical specification, design, implementation, integration, and acceptance of a system at the customer site.

You will take ownership of Engineering related deliverables and their technical compliance and quality (design drawings, design reviews, system layouts, system configuration, …).

You will be THE technical contact person for our customers (FAA and Airports) pre- and post-sales.

You will configure and commission commercially available IT and network components in a security-critical environment.

You will clarify the technical feasibility, co-design the system architecture, and optimize the system under cost-benefit aspects.

You will collaborate and coordinate with internal and external suppliers, e.g., from the areas of documentation, test department, and software/product development across the client.

You will conduct acceptance tests with the customers, the project team, and other important stakeholders.

You will be the safety engineer in a projects, responsible for requirements, analysis, and deliverables and bring the safety mindset to the project team.

You bring a learning mindset, investigate, and apply innovative technologies or methodologies to improve project outcomes, efficiency, or sustainability.

You will adhere to industry standards, regulations, and best practices.

Experience in the following technologies:

Video technologies and protocols.

Proficient in RHEL operating system. Knowledgeable in Windows operating system.

Comprehensive experience with networks (Layer2 + Layer3) and ideally protocol knowledge (UDP, TCP, Multicast)

System security management and intrusion detection tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE)

Log aggregation and reporting (ELK/Opensearch, Splunk)

Network analysis tools (Wireshark)

Containers (Docker)

System monitoring tools (Zabbix, SNMP)

Virtualization (ESXi, KVM, Red Hat Virtualization)

Data replication and storage (DBRD, NAS/SAN)

SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)

Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python).

Certifications such as Red Hat Certified System Administrator etc. are an advantage.

Qualifications

Enjoy working with customers.

At least 8 years of experience in similar role.

BS or MS in Information Technology, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience with IT systems and engineering.

Proven experience in leading and mentoring system engineering project teams.

Broad IT (hardware and software) technology background.

Experience in Safety Engineering.

Prior domain knowledge preferable.

We offer Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short-Term Disability, Accident, Term Life, Whole Life, and 401k for all W2 Consultants. A benefit overview will be provided as requested.

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