Systems Engineer

GES is seeking a Systems Engineer with strong expertise in operating systems and server hardware to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team at Ft. Meade, MD.

JOB SUMMARY:

Work across DOD agencies to migrate IT services into common hosting environment. You will play a key role in performing the discovery, design, and plan migration tasks in support of building a world-class Single Service Provider for the Department of Defense. GES needs the best talent in the industry to accommodate the size, scope, and complexity of this effort. A successful candidate will be technically well-rounded, producing quality work with special attention to the right details.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:

• Must possess an active SECRET security clearance or above, (US Citizenship required)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Document existing infrastructure configuration, requirements, and overall architecture. Work with various stakeholder to produce high level and detailed designs for existing infrastructure. Identify areas for improvement.
• Develop plan to migrate current infrastructure into singular architecture and develop hardware procurement plan needed for migration.
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, test, and deploy numerous types of server-based applications based on Windows, Linux operating systems deployed on various virtualization platforms and cloud environments.
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and migration workflows.
• Conduct data captures to obtain computing performance and system configuration information.
• Define migration plans that accelerate execution and minimize impact to the user community.
• Establish migration plans for complex n-tier applications and services.
• Gather needed data to forecast long-term capacity and performance requirements.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Science , Technology, Engineering and Math (preferred) with 8-12 years' experience or Master's degree in Science , Technology, Engineering, or Math with 6-10 years of experience (additional years of directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree).
• Require active DoD IAT Level II (i.e., Security+) certification or equivalent prior to start
• Experience documenting logical or physical designs using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, Powerpoint , Gliffy , Cameo, MagicDraw ) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of I/T applications and infrastructure
• Experience with requirements management and analysis
• Experienced and comfortable with conducting technical troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Experience creating or executing a migration plan to move services, applications, or data between environments or to a commercial cloud provider. Alternatively, experience planning or executing a technology refresh or lifecycle refresh of an existing I/T system
• Experience conducting site surveys or analyzing data obtained from site surveys
• Must have broad exposure to common I/T infrastructure with at least one area of depth in networking, storage, Identity and Access Management, operating systems, server virtualization, enterprise productivity applications, voice, desktops, or mobile devices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This shall include drafting SOPs and technical documentation
• Must be able to present designs and plans to technical leadership personnel and boards for approvals

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with cloud technologies (i.e. VCF, AWS, Azure, Oracle, or Google)
• Familiarity with networking technologies
• Experience with one or more I/T discovery tools (e.g. Solarwinds , Device42, ServiceNow, or similar)
• Completion of one or more compute certification which shall meet or exceed an MCSA, VCTA, RHCSA, Server+ or comparable vender certification.
• Knowledge of one or more virtualization technologies such as VMWare vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V
• Experience in managing enterprise storage solutions (i.e. Dell PowerStore /Unity, HPE Alletra /3PAR, NetApp AFF Series).
• Experience in managing enterprise backup solutions (i.e. CommVault, PowerProtect , Veeam).
• Experienced in deploying and maintaining Windows Server and/or Red Hat systems.
• Experienced with Active Directory and Group Policy management and design.
• Experienced with patching technologies (i.e. VMware LCM/VUM, MECM/SCCM, Satellite/Ansible).
• Experience working as part of a team to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues.