Systems Engineer

Chantilly, VA
Full Time
Experienced

J5 Consulting is a Maryland based company established in 2006 to provide computing and consulting services for government and commercial entities. Our services improve Information System networking performance and compliance and protect electronic assets from loss and compromise. We welcome your application to receive consideration for the following position.

This position is available immediately. 

Job Overview:

The  Customer’s office is responsible for building and operating a hybrid-cloud mission infrastructure and services, hosting COTS, GOTS, and custom applications. The system generally does not make use of the  Customer’s enterprise IT services as such, the  Customer’s office is responsible for the architecture, engineering, implementation, and operation of the infrastructure components (computer, network, and storage) as well as enterprise services such as VDI, Active Directory, and audit and logging. The Customer requires support specializing in network engineering and digital forensics.

This position will:
  • Assist with continuous monitoring of IT systems that are required to sustain  Customer accreditation of these systems.
  • Coordinate engineering projects including performing technical risk assessment, de-conflict implementations, and resolve technical questions or conflicts.
  • Deploy and maintain network systems.
  • Diagnose network issues and follow troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels. 
  • Gather performance and utilization metrics from infrastructure components and proactively inform the  Customer when defined thresholds are met.
  • Guide networking engineering efforts in the hardware, software, and virtual infrastructure domain.
  • Maintain up to date network topology drawings.
  • Perform moderately complex network designs and upgrades using existing technology with limited guidance. 
  • Perform Tier-3 engineering and support for virtualization infrastructure, consisting of virtual servers, virtual desktops, and automation solutions.
  • Plan network configurations for integration into the network, using knowledge of the performance characteristics of the systems being added to the network and the specifications for network interfaces to ensure effective integration and optimal network performance.
  • Prepare technical proposals for presentation to engineering review boards to make changes or add new technologies to the network
  • Provide system documentation to system security managers to support A&A efforts.
  • Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network to assess impact on network performance.
  • Shepherd and perform engineering efforts in the areas of Windows and Linux servers, workstations, storage, and virtualization.
  • support network life cycle stages such as design, configure, test, deploy, and maintain.
  • Utilize network analysis tools to identify performance problems in the network.
  • Shall diagnose and resolve technical problems with overseas populations.
  • Direct or perform the installation of IT infrastructure as well as the installation and configuration of operating systems and applications.
  • Inspect and test all equipment prior to deployment to respective overseas locations.
  • Make recommendations on the best deployment strategy, considering the  Customer’s business priorities for any application or tool
  • Provide end-to-end support of field network and forensic capabilities.
  • Provide real-time and 24/7 on-call support to worldwide users
  • Provide Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other integrated documentation to support the success of field users and the program. 
  • Provide technical support to various  Customer developed and COTS forensic application developers ensuring the integrity of data flow and enhance business efficiency and insights.
  • Research and recommend systems, equipment and technologies to improve and enhance existing systems.
  • Use application deployment guides and information from application developers to determine the most efficient and performant IT infrastructure components to deploy a particular application.

Contractor shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:

  • Demonstrated experience analyzing existing systems and identifying necessary corrective actions and improvements.
  • Demonstrated experience building, maintaining and troubleshooting gold image hard drives.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating and performing security testing.
  • Demonstrated experience creating network topology diagrams
  • Demonstrated experience designing, configuring and troubleshooting Routing and Switching systems (Cisco expertise required).
  • Demonstrated experience implementing L2 and L3 VPN across an MPLS network.
  • Demonstrated experience installing, maintaining, and configuring Aspera Enterprise Server and Aspera P2P.
  • Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of automation solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and vRealize Suite.
  • Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of virtual networks and servers and virtual workstations.
  • Demonstrated experience performing configuration and management of VMware vCenter and VMware NSX-T.
  • Demonstrated experience performing Hypervisor deployments
  • Demonstrated experience using forensic software including Cellebrite, XRY, WinHex, FTK, and Autopsy.
  • Demonstrated experience with Gateway Redundancy Protocols to include HSRP and VRRP.
  • Demonstrated experience with network IP address management.
  • Demonstrated experience with network security such as firewalls and ACL’s.
  • Demonstrated experience with Routing Protocols to include OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP.
  • Demonstrated experience with vulnerability scanning tools
  • Demonstrated experience working in Local Area Network (LAN) environments and Wide Area Network (WAN) environments.
  • Demonstrated experience working with TCP IP protocol suite, IP subnets and masking, and routing protocols.
  • Demonstrated hands on experience engineering the design, build, and configuration of Linux servers and virtual infrastructure
  • Demonstrated hands on experience performing administration, troubleshooting, patching, and support of Linux servers and virtual infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated hands on experience performing engineering, implementation, and troubleshooting of VMWare virtualization infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated hands on experience performing risk analysis for proposed IT infrastructure changes.
  • Demonstrated hands on experience performing system monitoring and analysis, including root cause analysis of system faults and outages.
  • Demonstrated experience working with vendors on system troubleshooting.

Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include:

  • Demonstrated experience explaining protocols, technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated experience with Software Defined Networking technologies, such as Cisco ACI and VMware NSX-T.
  • Demonstrated experience with load balancing technologies, such as F5 BIG-IP and Citrix Netscaler.

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US Citizenship:

  • This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed.

Security Clearance:

  • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.
  • Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Travel:

The primary place of performance is at a Customer location in WMA.

  • Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.

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This position is available immediately.

J5 Consulting offers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

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