Systems Engineer

LOCATION: Full-time, onsite in Chantilly, VA
REQUIRED: TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
SKILL LEVEL: Subject Matter Expert and Expert

Are you a detail-oriented Systems Engineer passionate about building, maintaining, and optimizing robust IT infrastructures? We're seeking skilled professionals to join our team, ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of our critical systems. If you thrive on troubleshooting complex issues, implementing innovative solutions, and contributing to a seamless operational environment, join our team.

With a competitive salary range and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities. Join us and let's shape the future together!

Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management.

Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
"Ardent Principles" signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.

Key Responsibilities

In this challenging yet rewarding role, you are an integral part of what brings our company's mission to life. You are primarily responsible for and/ or have demonstrated experience in, with or:

• Program management and system integration managing successful IT complex programs; facilitating and participating in meetings and information sessions; coordinating IT program schedules; creating/distributing minutes and action items; tracing action items for successful completion.
• Preparing program plans and reports, to include budget spend plans.
• Analyzing functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities and translating to IT requirements.
• Preparing technical proposals for presentation to engineering review boards for approval.
• Evaluating cloud strategy and services, and selecting appropriate cloud services to design and deploy an capability based on given requirements.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining various network environments, including modern/current cloud environments.
• Building current technology servers and workstations: providing technical configuration, setup, installation services, hardware and coordination, and maintaining to current workstation and server operating system and software updates/patching versions.
• Providing the best possible cyber defense capability to protect the company's IT assets from all manner of cyber threats, attacks, and exploitation.
• Planning, designing, testing, implementing, monitoring and maintaining an organization's computer and network security architecture, infrastructure, policies, and procedures; experience designing, implementing, and achieving approval to operate for IT systems.
• Leading Scrum Teams in using Agile methodology and leveraging scrum practices to deliver high quality products and services to customers.
• Organizing and communicating both verbally and written to include editing documents for varied audiences and senior level executives.

Highly Desired Qualifications

Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include working with; using; familiarity with:

• Reviewing network requirements to assess enterprise options, impact, network performance, and providing advice on the most practical and cost-beneficial approach.
• Coordinating, reviewing, and integrating the deliverables of information and technology architects into cohesive solutions, roadmaps, and integrated deliveries and architectures.
• Organizing and structuring solutions of complex challenges, including the ability to plan projects, meet objectives, assess risks and develop mitigation strategies, manage schedules, and the development of contingency plans.
• Briefing customers, stakeholders, and management (at various levels) on enterprise program capabilities and statuses.
• Working with cloud services and infrastructure.

What We Offer You

• Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
• Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
• 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
• 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
• 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
• 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
• Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.

SCHEDULE:

This is a full-time position with consultants expected to be available and working onsite in Chantilly, VA during core hours.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join us and be part of a team dedicated to driving positive change through technology. Apply now with our easy 3-minute, mobile-friendly initial application process. Your future starts here!

About Ardent Principles, Inc

At Ardent Principles, we're more than just a technology company - we're a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Our mission is to empower organizations with transformative IT solutions and program management services, while our values of integrity, excellence, and teamwork guide everything we do. We foster a culture of open communication, where every voice is heard, and every idea is valued. Join us and be part of a company where your contributions truly make a difference.