Senior Systems Engineer

Bachelor’s degree with eight plus (8+) years of prior relevant experience. May consider additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
U.S Citizenship required
The ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret level security clearance after hire date
Eight plus (8+) years of systems engineering background
Strong written and verbal customer communication skills
Experience directly interfacing with customer stakeholders on systems development and sustainment activities
Capacity to build, sustain, and optimize Windows Server OS VMs in VMWare environment
Capacity to develop and sustain Configuration Management Artifacts for supported systems that include but are not limited to system design documentation (SDD) and network diagrams
Ability to work a flexible schedule to support occasional after hours/weekend projects or critical support functions (almost all after hours work is performed via telecommute)
Familiarity with NetApp or similar enterprise SAN systems in support of virtual servers in VMWare environment

Interface with government system owner/customer stakeholders frequently and directly, for planning, implementation and sustainment of systems hosting mission critical business applications
Design, develop, and implement infrastructure systems supporting customer business applications
Sustain system availability by implementing and managing industry standard tools for infrastructure and application availability monitoring
Design and test disaster recovery plans for supported systems and applications
Install, maintain and support virtualization environments supporting Windows VMs (VMWare)
Secure systems for security audits, then initiate and support the audit review process with Enterprise IT Security
Triage system outages and issues and engage resources as needed
Research and analyze new and existing technologies and tools to provide more efficient architecture, development techniques and processes