Description:

TEKsystems is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer who will provide support for an ongoing DoD Cybersecurity research and development program in San Diego, CA. Candidates will be required to have a strong background in VMware virtualization technologies. The successful candidate will have knowledge of, and experience with virtualization, containerization, IAC, Agile principles, and Ansible automation, etc. Candidates should have the experience, ability and willingness to support installation activities including manual and automated installation and configuration of contemporary/mainstream Enterprise class hardware and software within classified military data centers. Experience working in an Agile development environment is preferred. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in performing analysis, being a problem solver, and a team player who is capable of working in a technically challenging environment. A fully adjudicated and active Secret clearance is required to support the role.

Primary Skills

-VMware Stack (ESX/NSX-T/VDI)

-VCF (VMWare Cloud Foundation)

-OCI (Open Container Initiative)

• Open Shift

• Kubernetes

• Docker

Scripting and IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

• Ansible

• PowerShell

• Bash

• Python

Daily Duties

• Direct engagement with sponsors and stakeholders, to facilitate product or system requirements gathering and analysis, and engineering solutions

• Conduct product or system design synthesis, translating requirements into C2 solutions, and eventually fielding those solutions at U.S. Navy sites worldwide

• Develop technical reports and diagrams detailing product or system attributes

• Accurately communicate relevant project technical information to sponsors and stakeholders

• Install and integrate software applications and hardware components using automation tools and code, or manually as required

• Designing, developing, testing ansible playbooks

• Software development activities and finding bugs or deficiencies with the current code

• Testing the software on test architecture in development environments to ensure stable production releases

• Access JIRA (a proprietary issue tracking product) and participate in agile processes

• Analyze code in bitbucket and communicate detailed reviews to systems/network teams

• Serve as the Lead for a small group of engineers, and participate in Agile ceremonies to ensure efforts are synchronized to deliver maximum value to all stakeholders

Skills:

Windows, VMware, linux red hat, Linux, systems engineering, IAC, ansible

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Windows Stack (Client and Server)

• Linux (RHEL)

• Git (Code and Configuration Management)

• Confluence (Documentation)

• JIRA (Tasking)

• Agile methodology

• IDE (VSCode)

• PKI Operations (certificate installation and renewal)

Navy officials, technical personnel, and program managers from multiple organizations. Must be able to provide leadership and mentoring to technical personnel and review/understand technical documentation

• Desired: Experience with Navy or DOD network operations and cyber environments, and technical experience with Shore and Afloat Navy and Marine Corps C4I network/computational environments

Other:

• Required: Candidate must have Security+ or other qualifying IAT Level II certification

• Desired: Preferred candidate would have CISSP, CASP, or other qualifying IAT Level III certification.

• Required: Candidate must be able to hold an Active Secret Clearance

• Desired: Preferred candidate will hold

Experience Level:

Intermediate Level

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.