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Washington, DC
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Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
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Job Description
Sr. Systems Engineer
THE OPPORTUNITY
High Prairie Services is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer to support an ongoing federal contract in Washington, DC.
In this role, the Sr. Systems Engineer will provide senior-level expertise on enterprise systems architecture while managing, securing, and maintaining the systems and network infrastructure the customer depends on. The position combines architecture and standards governance with hands-on systems administration, including classified IT systems, Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory, enterprise servers and network hardware, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The engineer will work closely with IT staff, Information Assurance, stakeholders, and development contractors to ensure high availability, security, and compliance.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Systems Architecture & Engineering
• Own and execute assigned systems engineering efforts end to end, from requirements analysis and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and sustainment, in accordance with National Security Systems (NSS) policies and technical standards.
• Provide senior-level expertise on decisions and priorities for the enterprise's overall systems architecture.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise architectures that integrate multiple platforms, operating systems, and applications in secure NSS environments.
• Establish and implement standards and guidelines for technology solutions, and review, advise on, and design standard software and hardware builds, weighing risks, costs versus benefits, and business impact.
• Develop and document the framework for integrating and implementing changes to technical standards.
• Assist in developing and manage architecture governance process, including engineering oversight and tracking of compliance status.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, and apply advancements that improve system performance, security, and maintainability.
Systems Administration & Infrastructure
• Manage and monitor installed systems and infrastructure to ensure the highest levels of availability, and support their optimization, integration, backup, recovery, and upgrading.
• Install, configure, test, harden, patch, and maintain servers, operating systems, applications, and enterprise security and systems management platforms throughout their lifecycle, in accordance with established schedules and best practices.
• Support and maintain the customer's Microsoft Exchange environment, Active Directory, document management system, and associated sub-systems.
• Manage enterprise-class hardware, including servers, switches, firewalls, database libraries, Ethernet/FE switches, and storage arrays, along with server-hosted resources such as file shares and applications.
• Design and implement system integrations and automation across enterprise tools and platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational resiliency in production.
• Participate in planning, design, technical review, and implementation of new Virtual Desktop Infrastructure hardware and network operating systems for voice and data communication networks.
Operations Support
• Provide direct support for day-to-day operations of network hardware and operating systems, including evaluating system utilization, monitoring response time, and serving as primary support for detecting and correcting operational problems.
• Coordinate and/or perform additions and changes to operating systems and attached devices, including investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex system, application, and integration issues, and design and implement corrective and preventive solutions.
• Assist with the documentation, deployment, and administration of redundant classified IT systems.
Security & Compliance
• Engineer and maintain standardized software and hardware baselines that comply with DISA STIGs, DIA/NSS security baselines, and approved architectural standards.
• Build and harden servers to standard build guidelines, and work with Information Assurance to remediate findings from IT security scans.
• Monitor systems for configuration drift, vulnerabilities, and security findings; engineer remediation strategies and coordinate implementation within mandated timelines.
• Identify, qualify, and apply system patches and updates, and perform security audits, reporting findings and taking corrective action.
• Apply systems engineering best practices and formal change-management processes to changes in infrastructure or configurations, and attend Authorized Outage, Firewall Change Request, and Root Cause Change Control Boards as required.
Documentation, Collaboration & Problem Solving
• Serve as a senior technical point of contact for assigned systems and initiatives, collaborating with project teams, ISSOs, ISSMs, and stakeholders to resolve technical and compliance challenges.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including requirements, implementation plans, system designs, configuration baselines, dependencies, SOPs, and diagrams.
• Analyze IT issues, evaluate alternatives, and make logical recommendations; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
• Provide technical guidance, consultation, training, and support to project teams and IT staff.
• Coordinate engineering reviews and support technical meetings with stakeholders, users, and development contractors.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
• Minimum 10 years of experience in an IT technical role.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in a Systems Administrator/Engineer role.
o Experience supporting enterprise-level architecture for IT data systems.
o Experience managing a project to deploy, configure, operate, and maintain an enterprise-grade application platform.
Document system design and system configuration.
Deploy the system in required phases before production release to validate features and functions:
User acceptance testing (UAT)
User pilot
Production release/cutover
o Experience applying security hardening to a production data system.
o Experience developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and workflows for the various types of IT system solutions maintained in the environment.
• Experience deploying, configuring, operating, and maintaining various IT system solutions, including:
o Directory services: Microsoft Active Directory
o Messaging: Microsoft Exchange Server
o Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware
o Infrastructure management: Microsoft System Center, SolarWinds, BigFix, SCOM, SCCM (MECM)
o Backup: Veeam, NetBackup, Microsoft Data Protection Manager
o Storage: NetApp, DellEMC
THE OPPORTUNITY
High Prairie Services is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer to support an ongoing federal contract in Washington, DC.
In this role, the Sr. Systems Engineer will provide senior-level expertise on enterprise systems architecture while managing, securing, and maintaining the systems and network infrastructure the customer depends on. The position combines architecture and standards governance with hands-on systems administration, including classified IT systems, Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory, enterprise servers and network hardware, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The engineer will work closely with IT staff, Information Assurance, stakeholders, and development contractors to ensure high availability, security, and compliance.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Systems Architecture & Engineering
• Own and execute assigned systems engineering efforts end to end, from requirements analysis and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and sustainment, in accordance with National Security Systems (NSS) policies and technical standards.
• Provide senior-level expertise on decisions and priorities for the enterprise's overall systems architecture.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise architectures that integrate multiple platforms, operating systems, and applications in secure NSS environments.
• Establish and implement standards and guidelines for technology solutions, and review, advise on, and design standard software and hardware builds, weighing risks, costs versus benefits, and business impact.
• Develop and document the framework for integrating and implementing changes to technical standards.
• Assist in developing and manage architecture governance process, including engineering oversight and tracking of compliance status.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, and apply advancements that improve system performance, security, and maintainability.
Systems Administration & Infrastructure
• Manage and monitor installed systems and infrastructure to ensure the highest levels of availability, and support their optimization, integration, backup, recovery, and upgrading.
• Install, configure, test, harden, patch, and maintain servers, operating systems, applications, and enterprise security and systems management platforms throughout their lifecycle, in accordance with established schedules and best practices.
• Support and maintain the customer's Microsoft Exchange environment, Active Directory, document management system, and associated sub-systems.
• Manage enterprise-class hardware, including servers, switches, firewalls, database libraries, Ethernet/FE switches, and storage arrays, along with server-hosted resources such as file shares and applications.
• Design and implement system integrations and automation across enterprise tools and platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational resiliency in production.
• Participate in planning, design, technical review, and implementation of new Virtual Desktop Infrastructure hardware and network operating systems for voice and data communication networks.
Operations Support
• Provide direct support for day-to-day operations of network hardware and operating systems, including evaluating system utilization, monitoring response time, and serving as primary support for detecting and correcting operational problems.
• Coordinate and/or perform additions and changes to operating systems and attached devices, including investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex system, application, and integration issues, and design and implement corrective and preventive solutions.
• Assist with the documentation, deployment, and administration of redundant classified IT systems.
Security & Compliance
• Engineer and maintain standardized software and hardware baselines that comply with DISA STIGs, DIA/NSS security baselines, and approved architectural standards.
• Build and harden servers to standard build guidelines, and work with Information Assurance to remediate findings from IT security scans.
• Monitor systems for configuration drift, vulnerabilities, and security findings; engineer remediation strategies and coordinate implementation within mandated timelines.
• Identify, qualify, and apply system patches and updates, and perform security audits, reporting findings and taking corrective action.
• Apply systems engineering best practices and formal change-management processes to changes in infrastructure or configurations, and attend Authorized Outage, Firewall Change Request, and Root Cause Change Control Boards as required.
Documentation, Collaboration & Problem Solving
• Serve as a senior technical point of contact for assigned systems and initiatives, collaborating with project teams, ISSOs, ISSMs, and stakeholders to resolve technical and compliance challenges.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including requirements, implementation plans, system designs, configuration baselines, dependencies, SOPs, and diagrams.
• Analyze IT issues, evaluate alternatives, and make logical recommendations; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
• Provide technical guidance, consultation, training, and support to project teams and IT staff.
• Coordinate engineering reviews and support technical meetings with stakeholders, users, and development contractors.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
• Minimum 10 years of experience in an IT technical role.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in a Systems Administrator/Engineer role.
o Experience supporting enterprise-level architecture for IT data systems.
o Experience managing a project to deploy, configure, operate, and maintain an enterprise-grade application platform.
Document system design and system configuration.
Deploy the system in required phases before production release to validate features and functions:
User acceptance testing (UAT)
User pilot
Production release/cutover
o Experience applying security hardening to a production data system.
o Experience developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and workflows for the various types of IT system solutions maintained in the environment.
• Experience deploying, configuring, operating, and maintaining various IT system solutions, including:
o Directory services: Microsoft Active Directory
o Messaging: Microsoft Exchange Server
o Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware
o Infrastructure management: Microsoft System Center, SolarWinds, BigFix, SCOM, SCCM (MECM)
o Backup: Veeam, NetBackup, Microsoft Data Protection Manager
o Storage: NetApp, DellEMC
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