Description

As a Systems Engineer, you will work with the client PMO on a myriad of activities.  Ideal candidate overall must have a well-rounded skillset, mixing DevOps, cloud, agile development methodologies and systems engineering experience.  Candidate should be knowledgeable about IaaS and PaaS and SaaS systems.

Duties Include

• Providing technical leadership and guidance for an enterprise-wide application consisting of several sub applications

• Collaborating with government customers to grow an existing enterprise wide application that is internal and external to the agency

• Developing and analyzing requirements and breaking down requirements into manageable tasks.

• Developing implementation schedules, and advising on alternative approaches

• Developing system engineering and life cycle support documentation (e.g., architecture diagrams, network flow diagrams, Security Concept of Operations)

• Providing oral and written communication to client personnel, teammates and other contractor.

Required Skills

DEVOPS ENGINEERING

• Agile and DevSecOps project background

• Experience with source control systems; workload automation & scheduling tools; and application build & deployment automation concepts & tools

• Keen understanding of DevOps tools and programs such as Puppet, Chef, Jira, Jira Service Desk, GitLab, Selenium, SonarQube, Check Mar. 

• Containerization knowledge to include Kubernetes, Docker or AWS.

• Deep practical knowledge on deploying DevOps tools into AWS.

• CLOUD ENGINEERING

• Knowledge of AWS and services including EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, etc.

• Understanding of Cloud and Cloud API technologies

• Experience using cloud Services in an Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) or Platform as Service (PAAS) environment.

NETWORK/SECURITY ENGINEERING

• Knowledge on Identity and Access Management

• Solid security, infrastructure and network Operations knowledge

• Cyber Security and threat modeling knowledge

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

• Systems Engineering Knowledge to include ability to perform trade studies, Alternative Analysis, technical requirements capture to translate into technical design.

• Document and design various processes; update existing processes

• Business metrics gathering and data analysis

• Ability to elicit requirements and enable them to be actionable.

SOFT SKILLS

• Good Presentation skills

• Good communication skills, both verbal and written, ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audience.

• Ability to prioritize and work multiple requests coming down the pipeline

• Ability to develop technical briefings and white papers to present to technical and non-technical audience

• Ability to maintain professionalism and a positive attitude when encountering changes in the workplace

• Ability to exercise good judgement