Systems Engineer

VTG.

  • McLean, VA
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    This position will play a key role in analyzing existing environments, developing detailed engineering designs, executing modernization and transformation initiatives, and resolving complex cross-stack technical challenges. The Systems Engineer will serve as a technical authority for complex system issues, working across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMcLean, VA

    Description

    Overview

    The Systems Engineer will serve as a technical authority for complex system issues, working across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications. This position will play a key role in analyzing existing environments, developing detailed engineering designs, executing modernization and transformation initiatives, and resolving complex cross-stack technical challenges.

    What will you do?

    • Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications.
    • Analyze and document current-state ("as-is") infrastructure, platform, and application architectures.
    • Develop detailed engineering designs for modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives in collaboration with System and Cloud Architects.
    • Lead and execute cloud and system implementations, migrations, and upgrades.
    • Ensure systems meet established requirements for availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance.
    • Integrate infrastructure and platform environments with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines.
    • Troubleshoot and resolve complex, cross-stack issues spanning infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
    • Serve as a technical authority for complex system issues and provide guidance throughout investigation and resolution.
    • Collaborate across multiple engineering teams, technical organizations, and stakeholders to identify, address, and escalate complete system issues.
    • Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, architecture and engineering diagrams, standards, and associated technical documents.
    • Brief leadership on system architecture, engineering challenges, risks, and technical issues.
    • Translate complex technical issues into clear business and operational impacts for leadership and stakeholders.

    Do you have what it takes?

    • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
    • Typically requires BS degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience
    • Demonstrated hands-on systems engineering experience across networking, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications.
    • Demonstrated experience analyzing and documenting as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures.
    • Demonstrated experience creating detailed engineering designs supporting modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives.
    • Experience working collaboratively with System Architects and Cloud Architects.
    • Demonstrated experience leading and executing cloud and system implementations, migrations, and upgrades.
    • Experience engineering systems to meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements.
    • Demonstrated experience integrating infrastructure and platforms with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines.
    • Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex technical issues spanning infrastructure, platform, and application layers.
    • Demonstrated experience collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders to resolve and escalate complex system issues.
    • Demonstrated experience developing technical documentation, engineering diagrams, standards, and supporting documentation.
    • Strong communication skills with the ability to brief leadership and translate complex technical issues into business impact.

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