Sr. Systems Engineer

Sr. Systems EngineerLocation: Washington, DC -onsite - Local DMV Area profiles onlyPosition RequirementsJoin our Enterprise Hosting Services team at the forefront of secure, innovative hybrid infrastructure for one of the nation's most critical institutions. We're seeking a talented Platform Engineer to help architect, deploy, and manage our AWS and on-premises platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities, modern containerized workloads, and enterprise virtualization environments.What You'll DoDesign, implement, and maintain hybrid infrastructure spanning AWS GovCloud and on-premises data centers, ensuring compliance with federal security standardsManage Kubernetes fleet operations across AWS EKS, on-premises Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), and VMware vSphere with Kubernetes (VKS)Lead application modernization initiatives, migrating and optimizing workloads across cloud and on-premises environmentsAdminister and optimize hyper-visor clusters (VMware vSphere, ESXi) for enterprise workloadsManage Splunk infrastructure for centralized logging, monitoring, and security analyticsImplement comprehensive audit logging, monitoring, and observability solutions across hybrid environmentsSupport security engineering initiatives including vulnerability management, compliance automation, and security hardeningSupport emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutionsBuild and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelinesCollaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project managementEnsure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirementsAutomate operational tasks and improve platform reliability across both cloud and on-premises infrastructureContribute to architectural decisions and hybrid cloud strategyAWS GovCloud and on-premises data center experienceKubernetes fleet management experience (EKS, Mirantis, VKS)VMware vSphere administration and cluster managementSplunk administration and enterprise log managementKnowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworksExperience with security engineering, audit logging, and monitoring toolsApplication modernization and containerization experienceExperience with AI/ML infrastructure and servicesGitLab and Jira experienceAWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer)VMware or Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)Experience in financial services or federal government environments