Systems Engineer - SME

Job Title

Systems Engineer - SME

Location

Huntsville, AL 35808 US (Primary)

Category

Information Technology

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

TS

Job Description

TMC Technologies is in search of an expert-level Systems Engineer to support the FBI's Enterprise Cybersecurity Section for cyber incident response, threat detection, and event monitoring. The candidate must be a US citizen and possess a minimum of an active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility to start due to federal contract requirements.


The Systems Engineer will have the following responsibilities:

- Supervise, coordinate and/or design, develop and perform additions and changes to network hardware, infrastructure server environments, and operating systems, and attached devices, including investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing of new network hardware and software.
- Provide direct support in the day-to-day operations on network hardware and operating systems including the evaluation of system utilization, monitoring response time and primary support for detection and correction of operational problems.
- Troubleshoot at the physical level of the network, working with network measurement hardware and software, as well as physical checking and testing of hardware devices at the logical level working with communication protocols.
- Participate in planning design, technical review and implementation for new network infrastructure hardware and network operating systems for voice and data communication networks.
- Perform systems management and integration functions. Exhibiting proficiency with virtualization technologies and network administration.
- Maintain network infrastructure standards including network communication protocols such as TCP/IP.
- Provide technical consultation, training and support to IT staff as designated by the government.
- Diagnose and resolve complex communication problems.
- Perform systems management and integration functions.
- Responsible for design, deployment, evaluating, testing, certification, patching, addressing interoperability issues, not only of the base storage & backup system, but for all features, components, and application dependencies.
- Ensures systems are current with approved patches and assists with certification and system accreditation tasks, composes SOPs, and Quick Reference guides for users.
- Provides top-level technical expertise responsible for design and development of a client/server environment.
- Develops strategy of client/server system and the design infrastructure necessary to support that strategy.
- Advises on selection of technological purchases with regards to processing, data storage, data access, and applications development.
- Sets standards for the client/server relational database structure for the organization.
- Advises of feasibility of potential future projects to management.

Job Requirements

US Citizenship and active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required
Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience required
Deep experience with Microsoft Windows Active Directory required
Understanding of NIST 800 series publications and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance requried

Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
- VMware Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- VMWare vSphere 7 experience
- Cisco Networking
- Dell Server, and SAN Storage hardware experience
- Familiarity with system accreditation and authorization and the FBI's ATO processes
- experience evaluating, documenting, and managing NIST 800-53 control implementations
- experience with GRC tools (RiskVision, Xacta and JCAM)


We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.