Systems Engineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Systems Engineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Summary:

• Job Title: Systems Engineer, Level 1 (Mission Operations Support, Linux/NiFi)
  
• Openings: 1
  
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) required.
  
• Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in a secure government facility, on a shift schedule
  
• Job Type: Full-time
  
• Benefits: Our client provides full benefits.
  
• Program Name: SIGINT mission support program covering collection systems engineering, target development, analysis, and reporting
  
• Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, Fort George G. Meade, MD
  
• Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance and clearance transfer
  

BizFirst is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Systems Engineer. This position supports the following program: a signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission support program that provides collection systems engineering, target development, analysis, reporting, and mission software development for an Intelligence Community customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, on a shift schedule, and the role is open now for an immediate start.

Our client is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligence missions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers work side by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploy complex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware for specialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30 years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside many of the largest national security integrators and has a long-established presence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Keep mission-essential systems running for an intelligence mission team. In this help desk and systems support role, you will maintain computers and networks, keep front-end systems (including survey systems) configured and performing, and optimize systems that carry advanced data and voice technologies over IP. You will troubleshoot issues using standard operating procedures (SOPs), update documentation as systems change, and support data flows and secure network policies. The role runs on a shift schedule and suits a Linux-savvy systems engineer who likes being the person mission users count on.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain computers and networks so front-end mission systems keep performing.
  
• Configure and maintain front-end systems, including survey systems.
  
• Optimize and maintain systems that support advanced data and voice technologies over IP.
  
• Provide mission-essential help desk support and troubleshoot system and network issues.
  
• Follow SOPs and update documentation to reflect system changes and fixes.
  
• Support data flows, including Apache NiFi workflows, and apply secure network policies.
  
• Write shell, Bash, or Python scripts to automate routine support tasks.
  
• Work a shift schedule to provide consistent mission coverage.
  

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
  
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, or Engineering Management and seven (7) years of systems engineering experience. Twelve (12) years of systems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
  
• Experience optimizing and maintaining systems that support advanced data and voice technologies over IP.
  
• Troubleshooting experience and the ability to follow SOPs and update documentation accordingly.
  
• Experience configuring and maintaining front-end systems, including survey systems.
  
• Experience with data flows and secure network policies.
  
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line and scripting (Bash, shell, and/or Python).
  
• Experience with Apache NiFi.
  
• Basic knowledge of network protocols.
  
• Ability to support a shift schedule and work onsite at Fort Meade, MD.
  

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting 24/7 mission operations or a network operations center.
  
• CompTIA Security+ or another DoD 8140-aligned certification.
  
• Experience supporting SIGINT collection or processing systems.
  

Benefits (provided by our client):

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health Savings Account
  
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
  
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
  
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% of salary
  
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days (24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
  
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEE membership and licenses
  
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
  
• Referral matching bonus program