Position Title: Systems Engineer Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO Relocation Assistance: None available at this time Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position Clearance Type: DoD Secret Shift: Day shift (Mon-Fri) Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time #cjpost Description of Duties: The Systems Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will: * Design, implement, troubleshoot, and sustain Windows based physical and virtual machines, and Active Directory for the Integrated Mission Distributed Event Enclave. * Administer WSUS and SCCM servers for updating and patching of the domain. * Perform hardening and remediation of operating systems and STIG compliance to reduce cybersecurity risks. * Deployment and configuration of vCenter, Power Shell, and Ansible. * Administer Container Platforms such as OpenShift, as-well-as maintain repositories/Registries. * Experience managing a Linux workstation based environment. * Maintain and manage Secure Host Baselines for both Windows and LINUX. * Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations. * Develop and maintain system administration procedures and baseline configuration documentation. * Be responsible for ensuring system software installs, maintenance, break/fix activities, and cyber security mitigations are performed in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements. * Focus on creating, upgrading, managing and sustaining physical and virtual workstations and servers. The successful candidate will: * Be a strong innovator in process improvement and system design. * Be able to quickly learn challenging concepts, decompose difficult service problems and provide resolution. * Be able to create and follow standard processes and clearly document results. * Effectively function as self-starter and identify risks, issues, and opportunities to the System Engineer. * Have excellent presentation, oral and written skills to facilitate effective and efficient interchanges with senior customer management and customers. * Have a "can-do" attitude, be able to work in a very high paced and dynamic environment, and embrace change. Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies. Basic Requirements: Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 16 years of general experience; Associate's degree and 14 years of general experience; Bachelor's degree and 12 years of general experience; Master's degree and 10 years of general experience. * Must have 7 years of directly related experience to Windows systems administration and Active Directory * Must have 3 years of experience in management or leadership roles. * Must have experience with WSUS * Must have experience with SCCM, developing and executing powershell scripts * Must have experience managing PXE servers * Must have experience managing Windows Active Directory and Group Policy Objects * Must have experience with IdM * Must have experience with managing CA certificate server * Must have experience with Windows server 2019/22 and Windows 10/11 * Must have experience with 2FA to include RSA and PKI * Must have experience working with virtual environments using VMware * Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (CCNA-Security CySA+ (formerly CSA+), GICSP, GSEC, Security+, CND, or SSCP) * Must have a current DoD Secret security clearance Desired Requirements: * Have experience with STIG patching/hardening * Have experience 802.1x and DNS * Have experience administering a Red Hat Linux environment * Have experience with Openshift Containerization * Have experience writing and executing Ansible playbooks * Have experience conducting log analysis to assess root cause analysis * Have experience resolving hardware & software conflicts, performing server maintenance and break/fix activities * Have comprehensive knowledge of Virtualization environments i.e. VMWare/OpenShift * Have experience with RHEL 8 and 9 * Have DoD experience with classified data networks This position is expected to pay $123,000 - $148,000 annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position. This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed. Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things that you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K match), employee stock purchase plan, health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave.