Systems Engineer Platform active TS/SCI clearance

Job description

Overview

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield.

We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness.

Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.


We are hiring for a Systems Engineer - Platform - active TS/SCI clearance for our Systems Engineering and Architecture Services (SEAS) Team to support our government customer based in Springfield, VA.


The Systems Engineer - Platform provides a combination of software and systems engineering knowledge, skills, abilities, standards, and best practices to the Systems Engineering and Architecture Services (SEAS) team.



Responsibilities


+ The Systems Engineer (SE) implements modern and next generation (NexGen) IT solutions that leverage a wide variety of vendors and cloud-native technologies.

The SE executes tasks the support the development, maturity, and efficiency of an information technology system, including:

+ Architecting scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions consistent with industry’s best practices and leading the migration of legacy systems to modern cloud environments.



+ Engineering and implementing secure, scalable, and automated container and orchestration solutions to support microservices and cloud-native applications.



+ Implementing infrastructure-as-code and automation pipelines to support repeatable and reliable container deployments.



+ Capturing, analyzing, and decomposing Government, stakeholder, technical, and/or product requirements to develop formal recommendations for proposed solutions.



+ Defining and designing baseline/standard service offerings and developing supporting documentation including integration guides, migration plans, and risk assessment/mitigation plans for new or updated technologies.



+ Providing technical leadership on container platform adoption, modernization, and migration efforts, and providing reach back SME support when unforeseen obstacles and complex issues arise.



+ Developing and implementing industry best practices through standards, guidelines, processes, and procedures.



+ Creating presentations, reviewing proposals/change requests, and providing recommendations for topics to CIO decision boards, including the architecture review board, technical review board, and program control board as needed.




Qualifications


+ Minimum Qualifications:

+ Shall have 5 or more years of proven hands-on experience engineering and implementing cloud solutions (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Microsoft Azure) with demonstrated proficiency in the following cloud areas, strategy development, networking, security, disaster recovery & business continuity planning, and automation and orchestration.



+ Shall have 5 or more years of proven hands-on experience engineering and implementing enterprise-level container orchestration platform solutions such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and/or Google GKE, with demonstrate proficiency in the following container areas; cluster management, deployment and automation, monitoring and logging, security, troubleshooting and performance optimization.



+ Excellent analytical, technical, communication, planning, presentation and organizational skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and non-technical audiences both verbally and technically, including internal teams, senior leaders, vendors, partners, customers, and stakeholders.



+ Proven hands-on experience engineering and implementing cloud solutions (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Microsoft Azure) with demonstrated proficiency in the following cloud areas, strategy development, networking, security, disaster recovery & business continuity planning, and automation and orchestration.



+ Proven hands-on experience engineering and implementing enterprise-level container orchestration platform solutions such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and/or Google GKE, with demonstrate proficiency in the following container areas; cluster management, deployment and automation, monitoring and logging, security, troubleshooting and performance optimization.



+ Desired Qualifications:

+ Understanding and knowledge of systems development life cycle methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevSecOps).



+ Familiarity with the concept, implementation, and operations association with DevSecOps in a hybrid IT organization, including collaborating with Engineering, Operations and Maintenance, Cybersecurity, and Project Management teams to support complex systems.



+ Kubernetes technical certification such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator or Certified Kubernetes Developer, along with cloud-native credentials such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Associate.



+ Knowledge of various cloud technologies and experience providing infrastructure support in a hybrid cloud environment.



+ Shall meet the minimum credential requirements for a Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) position as defined for the IT (Cyberspace) discipline: Research & Development (R&D) Specialist (661) – Intermediate Level

+ Education:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering from an accredited University; OR

+ Certification: CompTIA Security
+ + Security Clearance Requirements: This position will require an active DoD TS/SCI clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.



+ Skills & Technology Used:

+ Excellent analytical, technical, communication, planning, presentation and organizational skills.



We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace that values and supports the contributions of each individual.

This commitment along with our common Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences, encourage innovation and expand our success in the global marketplace.

Vectrus is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.


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