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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # System Engineer NC (TS/SCI Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph Required) - **Company:** J&T Business Consulting - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $182,000.0 - $217,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software Suite, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, Behavior-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Ruby, Server Farms, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Saltstack, Grafana, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Spock, Gitlab, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Puppet, Kibana, Cucumber (Software), Software Version Control, Docker - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usc51f75d0ce30ec76d12a9c356c9ca0d2/eaa ## About the Role Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with a current Polygraph., Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited institution plus at least 10 years of systems engineering/technical experience, OR 14 years of relevant systems engineering experience without a degree. Linux Administration: Strong hands-on experience working in enterprise Linux environments (RHEL 8/9, Rocky Linux 8/9). CI/CD & Version Control: Experience utilizing GitLab and CI/CD automated deployment pipelines. Monitoring & Collaboration: Hands-on experience with Grafana monitoring, Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Desk. Desired Qualifications Scripting experience in Bash, Python, or Ruby for task automation. Working knowledge of containerized architectures utilizing Docker and Kubernetes. Familiarity with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) testing frameworks (Cucumber, Spock, Behave). Experience with automated configuration management tools (Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet). Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Kibana, Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), and AWS cloud services. Experience with OS hardening, STE/STN compliance standards, and IT Instances Authoritative Data Sources (ADS). ## Description Seeking an experienced System Engineer to provide operational support, testing, and sustainment for an enterprise web-based mission application in Fort Meade, MD. In this role, you will support a full-lifecycle media processing software suite delivering audio and video ingestion, storage, querying, playback, analysis, and automated transcription capabilities to national and tactical analysts. You will collaborate closely with DevOps, software engineering, and operations teams to monitor application telemetry, execute deployments, triage operational incidents, and ensure high system availability across deployments ranging from tactical laptops to large-scale server farms and cloud architectures., Support DevOps and software teams in testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting web application components and services. Collaborate with operations and development groups to formulate test plans and identify testing requirements. Triage reported operational anomalies, track defects, and log issues via ticketing systems. Monitor Tier 1 application health, performance metrics, and telemetry dashboards using Grafana and Kibana. Execute system and application installations, configurations, and version upgrades across virtual and cloud environments. Monitor and resolve customer support requests through Jira Service Desk, providing technical assistance and operational guidance to end users. Occasionally respond to mission-critical after-hours escalations as needed. 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