System Engineer

Job Title System Engineer Clearance Top Secret Location Chantilly VA, St Louis MO, Alexandria VA Certifications DOD 8570 (Security+) Work Type full time Salary $90,000 - $115,000 Job Description The Metronome team has an opening for an experienced Senior System Engineer with Linux system administration experience to support cloud and on‑premise systems with a mission operations team. The team is involved in the operation and sustainment of a mission‑critical geospatial solution supporting DoW end users. A successful candidate will have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of mission‑critical cloud and on‑premise systems. Responsibilities Primary responsibilities will involve taking a leadership role in system changes and improvements; working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot issues; proactively recommending configuration changes to help improve system performance; regularly working with government and contractor POCs to keep systems security compliant; and authoring and updating operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs. Core Qualifications Requires BS degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or a Master's with 6+ years of prior relevant experience; or additional years of experience in lieu of degree Must meet DOD 8570 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher) Must have Linux administration experience provisioning end users Experience managing and configuring RHEL environments Experience building, optimizing, and maintaining multi‑node environments that run parallel workloads Experience with Linux clusters, specifically Slurm and MPI, to support High‑Performance Computing (HPC) systems Strong understanding of NGA Networking Proficient reviewing STIG/IAVA scans and remediating vulnerabilities Experience performing virtual machine backups/snapshots Experience working with Security to support ISCP exercises Experience scripting for administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and automation Knowledge of systems, architectural, SW development and SW sustainment practices #J-18808-Ljbffr