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# Systems Engineering Manager in Herndon

- **Company:** Energy Jobline
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $149,603.0 - $254,317.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Data Transmissions, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Ansible, Security Information and Event Management, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Unstructured Data, Software Security, Git, Cloudformation, Data Lakes, Information Technology, Apache Nifi, Terraform, Splunk, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/systems-engineering-manager-herndon-32029235

## About the Role

nWe are actively seeking a Systems Engineer Manager to lead the Platform Engineering team with a minimum of 11 years' experience. Information Technology or Engineer Bachelor's or Master's Degrees are . Specific skills should include the following:\n
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 * A technical thought leader with the ability to evaluate options and present solutions to Government Product Owners
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 * Hands on AWS infrastructure and automation (via terraform, cloud formation, and Ansible)
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 * Hands on experience with JIRA, Confluence, GIT, and Jenkins
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 * Security Development and Operations (SecDevOps) solutioning
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 * Familiarity with Splunk or similar SIEM solutions
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 * Familiarity with Enterprise Cross-domain solutions
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 * Experience integrating diverse data streams into a data lake
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 * Experience with ETL and ensuring unstructured data is structured at time of load
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 * Experience with data transfer tools (Ex: NiFi, Cribl, etc)
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 * Establishes data standards and acts as custodian of IT and service delivery data sets and streams
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 * Knowledge of complex environments involving shared networks and multiple security enclaves
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 * Ability to manage and own platform issues, acting as an Operations Manager during degradations and outages