Mid-Level Systems Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is a rapidly growing government technology leader that puts service first, for its customers, its team and the communities it supports. We harness DevSecOps and Agile development processes to deliver exceptional results for digital transformations. Based in Tysons Corner, VA, our award-winning culture sets it apart through its team’s deep commitment to service and collaboration with its customers, each other and the community. Learn more at PARADYME

We are seeking a Systems Engineer - Mid Level in support of a critical Law Enforcement customer.  The person in this role is responsible for maintaining system administration, identity and authentication, information system security accreditation, data storage and backup, physical infrastructure maintenance, and automation development, as well as system security and environment ATOs. This position is located on customer site in Huntsville, AL.

Active Top-Secret Clearance is required to be considered.  Candidates not already in the Huntsville, AL area would have to relocate for ths opportnity.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for system administration, identity and authentication, information system security accreditation, data storage and backup, physical infrastructure maintenance, and automation development.
• Enhance system operations through the design, development, and sustainment of new and existing system functionality to support configuration management, automated building, automated testing, automated deployment, and automated monitoring and notification.
• Develop and manage cloud-based infrastructure either in AWS or Azure.
• Complete patching and security remediations.
• Build new baselines with the appropriate security and access controls to include DISA STIGS and required security controls; develop and maintain security documentation for ATOs of the environment.
• Manage and deploy, evaluating, testing, certification, patching, addressing interoperability issues for servers, VM, storage and backup.
• Create and maintain network infrastructure for both bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate LAN, WAN, vLAN, SDN, firewall and load balancer configurations, using both OEM and third-party tools that include virtual network tools (NSX) and services.
• Monitor and test application performance and correct any bottlenecks or network issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks. Provide real time alerts for network problem issues and implement proactive solutions for future problems to include re-design or tech refresh.
• Develop and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and increase automation of tasks.  Provide real time reporting of provisioned and non-provisioned resources such as bandwidth utilized to include performance metrics for availability, performance, and trends.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5+ years of IT experience with a minimum of 2 years as a systems engineer.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with managing Windows Experience and experience managing MS Active Directory (AD)
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with NIST 800x special publications (e.g. NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-37), FISMA and RMF guidelines.
• Hands-on experience with DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP, and NTP.
• Experience with managing cloud infrastructure AWS or Azure.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.
• Experience with system accreditation and authorization (A&A/ATO) process.
• Experience with GRC tools (RiskVision, Xacta and JCAM).
• Experience with VMWare vSphere 7.
• Experience with Cisco Networking.
• Experience with Dell Servers and Dell storage.
• Preferred Certifications:
• Microsoft Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
• VMware Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Physical Requirements: These are the essential physical requirements needed to successfully perform the job.

• Sedentary work.
  • Requires sitting up to 8 hours per day.
  • May require lifting up to 5 pounds unassisted.
  • Fine repetitive motor skills with hands, wrists, and fingers in coordination with eyes.
• Hearing, speaking, and vision: Adequate to perform job duties and communicate in person, via video, and telephone. Includes reading information from printed sources and computer screens.
• Other: Work may be performed in an office environment, which may involve frequent contact with staff and the public. Work may be stressful at times.

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact HR@paradyme.us