SYSTEMS ENGINEER

General Dynamics Information Technology
Washington, DC, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Compensation
$164,382.0 - $180,716.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Backup Devices Biometrics BitLocker Drive Encryption Cyber Security Computer Networks Data Centers Data Transmissions Distributed Systems VMware ESX Servers Hyper-V Hypervisor Internet Information Services (IIS)
+23 more
Networking Hardware Intrusion Detection and Prevention Microsoft Office Microsoft SQL Server Windows Servers Performance Tuning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Virtualization Service Pack Software Requirements Analysis Software Systems VMware VSphere Wide Area Networks Backup and Restore Xen Servers Scripting Storage Technologies Information Technology Data Management Network Server Wsus Vulnerability Analysis Vmware

Job description

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats., * Develops and applies advanced engineering and design methods, theories and research techniques in the investigation and solution of complex and advanced system requirements, hardware/software interfaces and applications and solutions.

  • Operate and sustain the on-going daily operational use of VMware infrastructure including updating, testing and deploying the vSphere and vCenter product releases. This includes identifying and reporting concerns or issues encountered during installation, testing and deployment of new software releases.

  • Manage and administer physical and virtual servers, primarily Windows and Linux servers

  • Support and management of server virtualization, server provisioning, physical server maintenance, security compliance and daily operations

  • Manage VMware vSphere, with emphasis on automation, and enterprise storage and backup system administration, installation and on-going maintenance experience.

  • Maintain server lifecycle - provisioning, maintenance, and decommissioning of the hardware

  • Maintain the virtualized server environment via configuration, implementation, management and support activities

  • Monitor the virtual server infrastructure environment’s health status, service performance, and utilization

  • Implement and maintain continuous compliance to information security policies and technical standards, reporting and remediation of non-compliances

  • Maintain the security baseline compliance via configuration, implementation, and remediation activities

  • Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance

  • Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems

  • Perform systems administration of desktop and server systems connected to local and wide area networks. Desktop system management responsibilities involving account monitoring, security, Operating System (OS) installation, and other local area system administration related functions

  • Provides installation and operational support of voice and data communications hardware and software systems.

  • Performs configuration of operating system and security patches for host and distributed systems and implements incident response procedures during incidents of a network or host security breach.

  • Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologies

  • Oversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures

  • Reviews customer requirements and makes recommendations for changes to existing technical architecture.

  • Complies with prescribed customer, industry and agency standards.

  • Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc. support, administer and maintenance of enterprise data center systems comprised of both physical and virtual servers, storage, backups, monitoring and automation

  • Participates in special projects as required

Requirements

  • Required Education and Experience: BA/BS + 8 years

  • Certifications: DoD Manual 8570.01-M at the Information Assurance Technical (lAT) Level II role

  • Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with polygraph

  • Working technical competency in one or more of the following supported platforms: Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, MS Hyper-V/VMWare/ESx/Xen Hypervisors, intrusion detection/prevention systems, forensic analysis/vulnerability assessment, Group Policy management and configuration, Scripting, BMC Footprints, WSUS, Lumension, Bitlocker, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft IIS, Windows Server 2012r2/2016, Win 10, Red Hat 6.5, Microsoft Office

  • Hands on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts

  • Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations

  • Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments

  • Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments

  • Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies

  • Senior level experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers

  • Location: On Customer Site

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

  • may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification

Benefits & conditions

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $180,716. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

About the company

Transform technology into opportunity a Systems Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter., We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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