What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Engineer (TS/SCI required) position at Innovative Data Solutions LLC?
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to support an IC customer in Springfield, VA. The Senior Systems Engineer designs and defines system architecture for new or existing computer systems. This includes the coordination of system development to include design, modeling, security, integration, and formal testing.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Performs systems design, development, and integration in a Windows and Unix environment.
- Performs continual maintenance and provides highly complex solutions for security, backup and redundancy problems.
- Provide engineering support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client server and network devices.
- Provide engineering support for the systems administrator for systems issues that have been escalated and communicate status to agency management
- Isolate, troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software problems involving the applications, the operating system, the hardware, the communications infrastructure, or any combination therefore
- Responsible for infrastructure including design, installing, configuring, testing and maintaining integrity of operating systems and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
Required Skills:
- Linux system administrator
- Scripting / Coding (Bash, Python, etc
- Kubernetes
- Ansible
- Helm charts
- Automation techniques
Desired Skills:
A deep expertise in one of the following areas and working knowledge of one or more of the other following:
- Operational support
- Virtualization technologies (VMware, virtual networking, vROPS, XenServer/XCP-ng)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux, YUM, Satellite, Capsule technologies
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Ceph storage platform
- GitLab
Education/Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and years of experience.
- Must have Security certification or DoD 8570 Level II equivalent within 90 days of hire
- TS/SCI Clearance required and eligibility to obtain CI Poly
Benefits and Perks
Compensation
- Industry competitive salary well above market average
- 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
- Referral bonuses up to $5,000
100% company-paid benefits
- Cigna OAP $0 deductible Medical plan for employee family
- Vision and Dental plan for employee family
- Short Term Disability for employee
- Long Term Disability for employee
- Life Insurance for employee
Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
- 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
- 10 Company Holidays per year
- 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
- Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules
Career Growth
- Company sponsored training and certifications
- No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
- Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses
Company Overview
Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.
Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We’re a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.
IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.
Salary : $165,000