Sr. Systems Engineer II (6808)

Responsibilities

• Assess and improve the health, performance, security, reliability, and maintainability of infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms.
• Build, configure, and maintain Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker, VMware, and Linux environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployments using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across containers, compute, storage, networking, operating systems, and application-hosting environments.
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and overall platform observability.
• Identify technical risks, recurring failures, and technical debt and develop remediation plans.
• Apply security hardening, vulnerability remediation, least privilege, security baselines, secure configurations, and DevSecOps practices.
• Test, validate, and implement production changes through approved change-management processes.
• Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, networking, storage, database, and application teams.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, standard operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and recovery documentation.
• Support knowledge transfer, platform improvements, and occasional after-hours or on-call activities.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• 6+ years of experience in systems, platform, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or systems administration.
• 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes or container experience.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Rancher or OpenShift.
• Experience supporting on-premises, mission-critical infrastructure.
• Hands-on VMware and Linux administration experience.
• Infrastructure automation or infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, or similar tools.
• Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment.
• Strong production troubleshooting experience across compute, storage, networking, operating system, and application layers.
• Experience with system hardening, vulnerability remediation, security baselines, and secure configurations.
• Ability to document technical environments and communicate technical risks and recommendations.
• Ability to work primarily onsite in the Washington, D.C. area and support occasional on-call or nonstandard hours.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Parental leave and dependent care benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Professional development opportunities, including company-paid training and/or certifications.
• Employee assistance and wellness programs.
• Performance-based bonuses, referral bonuses, and other additional incentives may be available.
• The role is primarily onsite in the Washington, D.C. area, with occasional on-call or nonstandard hours.
• The position is designated as essential personnel and may require work during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations.