Full Time: Systems Engineering Senior

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Our Government Services team provides cleared resources with a global reach to federal civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), and intelligence community markets. We excel at delivering innovative, operationally ready, and cost-effective IT solutions that accelerate the interoperability and resiliency of mission-critical systems.

World Wide Technology (WWT) is seeking a Systems Engineer to lead the technical deployment, integration, performance optimization, and lifecycle sustainment of enterprise cybersecurity platforms within secure Department of Defense (DoD) environments. In this position, you will act as a pivotal systems integrator bridging bare-metal hardware, operating systems, virtualization layers, container platforms, network forensics, and high-throughput data telemetry pipelines.

You will design and administer robust, resilient operating platforms, maintain high availability across distributed clusters, implement infrastructure automation, and ensure seamless system interoperability between advanced cyber defense tools and multi-tenant mission architectures.

Platform Infrastructure & Systems Deployment: Architect, configure, rack/stack, install, and sustain bare-metal compute servers, storage arrays, and enterprise networking hardware supporting mission-critical cyber defense infrastructure.

Deploy, configure, scale, and maintain containerized workloads (Docker) and virtual machines (VMware ESXi, KVM, and cloud environments), ensuring multi-tenant resource isolation, resilience, and automated recovery.

Linux Administration & Hardening: Administer and troubleshoot enterprise Linux operating systems across diverse distributions (e.g., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu). Implement rigorous system hardening in strict accordance with DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

Develop, test, and maintain robust Python and Bash automation scripts to orchestrate system configurations, streamline health diagnostics, automate platform patching, and execute repetitive operational workflows.

Network Forensics & Sensor Infrastructure: Integrate, configure, tune, and sustain network traffic capture and packet inspection engines (such as Zeek, Suricata, and network taps/aggregators) across high-throughput mission network segments.

Data Pipelines & Telemetry Management: Support large-scale telemetry ingestion, index management, and cluster health for data search platforms such as the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), ensuring uninterrupted data flow from distributed endpoints and network sensors.

Cloud & API Systems Integration: Manage system-level API integrations across secure cloud components and third-party cyber tooling; build connectors and data routing scripts to ensure reliable telemetry delivery to analytic engines.

Performance Monitoring & Capacity Planning: Continuously monitor platform resource utilization, memory/CPU bottlenecks, I/O performance, and network throughput; Cross-Functional Systems Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cyber defense operators, SOC analysts, and engineering teams to translate threat detection workflows and ATT&CK-aligned requirements into high-performing, resilient platform specifications.

Author and update comprehensive systems architecture blueprints, standard operating procedures (SOPs), data-flow diagrams, and technical artifacts required for DoD Authority to Operate (ATO) packages and lifecycle sustainment.

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required.

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related engineering field.

Professional Experience: Minimum of 4+ years of hands‑on experience in systems engineering, platform infrastructure operations, or enterprise systems administration supporting Department of Defense (DoD), intelligence, or federal mission environments.

Infrastructure & Hardware Engineering: Proven experience configuring, cabling, deploying, and maintaining enterprise server hardware, storage devices, and networking equipment (switches, routers, firewalls, and VLAN configurations).

Demonstrated proficiency in administering, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Rocky, CentOS, Ubuntu).

Demonstrated hands‑on experience deploying, managing, and maintaining containerized environments (Docker) and hypervisor platforms (VMware ESXi, KVM, or cloud equivalents).

Practical ability to write and maintain automation scripts using Python and shell/Bash to interface with REST APIs and manage infrastructure tasks.

Data & Log Aggregation Platforms: CompTIA Security+, CySA+, CCNA Security, or equivalent).

Sensor & Network Tooling: Direct hands‑on experience maintaining network traffic inspection tools (Zeek, Suricata) and telemetry collection pipelines.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform) within secure, air‑gapped, or disconnected environments.

Security Frameworks & STIGs: Experience implementing DISA STIGs, SCAP compliance scans, and supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation lifecycles.

Detection & Threat Intelligence Alignment: Familiarity with threat intelligence models, attack correlation concepts, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework as applied to platform data ingestion.

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Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base pay.

We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program

Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at 20 days per year) & Holidays (10 per year), Parental Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement

Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

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