Systems Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Locations: Chantilly, Virginia

Categories: Infrastructure & Engineering

Travel: Occasional

Ability to obtain clearance: TS/SCI

Currently possess clearance: TS/SCI

Remote: No

Req ID: 3087

Job Description

As a Systems Engineer, you will use cutting-edge cloud and data technologies to streamline services to our clients. Join our team of Cloud professionals and accomplish what others only dream of. What you'll be doing includes:

• Support and engineer specialized systems to perform operational and system administrative tasks, identify and remediate system risks, and implement proactive solutions that address evolving technological infrastructure needs.
• Execute systems engineering tasks as necessary to support the Sponsor's information technology enterprise.
• Provide technical support and assist in the resolution of escalated technical issues.
• Plan and manage hardware and software modifications and upgrades.
• Support the activities and future growth of the Sponsor's virtual environment through vendor discussions, Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs), system patching and upgrades, Assessment & Accreditation (A&A) efforts, backup solutions, and Disaster Recovery (DR) implementation in furtherance of an adoption of a cloud environment.

Location and travel details: This opportunity is on-site in Chantilly, VA.

Security clearance and citizenship requirements: Must currently hold an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance and willing to obtain a CI Poly.

Profile of success: Experience with two or more of the following: Bash Unix Shell, Python, Anaconda, Shell or other Shell scripting languages. Demonstrated experience facilitating and coordinating between program stakeholders. Demonstrated experience managing infrastructure engineering and operations and maintenance projects. Demonstrated experience monitoring applications using Splunk and Check_MK and SolarWinds. Demonstrated experience performing complex systems development such as design, implementation, and administration for VMWare based virtualization systems including Hypervisor deployments and Configuration and management of storage pools, virtual networks, and virtual machines on-prem and cloud environments. Demonstrated experience planning and implementing IT standards, guidelines, and governance. Demonstrated experience using content management systems such as Confluence, or ServiceNow. Demonstrated experience building and maintaining Azure cloud environments. Demonstrated experience working with Ansible or other configuration and automation management capabilities. Demonstrated experience monitoring networks with Nagios or Check_MK, and SolarWinds, and Splunk. Demonstrated experience briefing technical projects to peers and senior management. Demonstrated experience creating, building and maintaining containers. Demonstrated experience deploying and maintaining Amazon Web Services. Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining NiFi clusters. Desirable skills include: Demonstrated experience providing consulting and advisory services for senior IT stakeholders. Demonstrated experience implementing and maintaining ElasticSearch environments. Demonstrated experience building, maintaining and operating terraform for cloud agnostic instances. Demonstrated experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6/7. Demonstrated experience maintaining project documentation in Sponsors security system.

About AIS

AIS is dedicated to our people. AIS employees can spend their entire career at AIS doing challenging, rewarding work and reach their desired level of achievement and responsibility. We offer the opportunity to move up, without the obligation to move out of a position where one excels. We are committed to our employee's success; however, they define it. It's our dedication to our employees that inspired our leadership to invest in our future and become partially employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). Our employees are our greatest strength, and we do all that we can to serve them. We invest in technology as early adopters, allowing us to create transformative and innovative solutions for our customers while exposing our team to cutting edge technology. We hire outstanding individuals who are committed to curiosity, passionate about emerging technology, and who are excited to find innovative solutions for the biggest tech challenges facing international brands and government agencies today.

We are looking for: Smart people with a passion for technology Strong technical capabilities with a consultancy mindset Close involvement with local technical communities A willingness to think outside of the box to provide innovative solutions to clients Ability to solve challenging technical business problems Self-directed professionals

Our core values include: Client Success, Continued Learning and Technical Excellence, Strong Client Relationships, Citizenship and Community.

EEO Statement: Applied Information Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis covered by law. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need.