Systems Engineer

Description

The company is a technology firm that works only with the US federal government, with more than 13,000 people serving clients in defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health.

This role keeps physical and virtual servers running well, patched, hardened against STIG standards, and ready to recover, with the work centred on the server and virtualization platforms.

The team offers hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training to help you learn and grow.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day operations, administration, and maintenance for every assigned physical and virtual server.
• Deploy patches, apply STIG hardening, and fix vulnerabilities, tracking open items in a POA&M.
• Set up, tune, and test backup and recovery for databases.
• Allocate storage, run backups, and test restores.
• Keep server environments secure and performing well by resolving vulnerabilities and applying compliance frameworks.

Requirements

• Working familiarity with VMware, Hyper-V, or other virtualization technologies.
• Experience with vulnerability management platforms and patch deployment tools.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks that keep systems secure and resilient.
• Some exposure to database administration, including performance tuning, storage allocation, and restore testing.
• Background in cybersecurity practices, backup operations, and disaster recovery planning.

Conditions

An active Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required, depending on the position.

The base pay range is $81,000 - $162,400 USD in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, where local law requires the range to be posted.

Final pay depends on factors such as office location, role, skill set, and experience.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no fixed deadline.

The company gives equal opportunity to all applicants regardless of background.

Benefits

• A wide range of benefits is offered, and details are available from the company.