System Engineer

System Engineer
Security Clearance: IT-I – Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)/ High Risk
Clearance: SECRET
IA Level: IAT II (Sec+CE)

Be available to support meetings at DLA Columbus, OH, and Fort Belvoir, VA

Overview:
Responsible for effective provisioning, operation, installation/configuration, and maintenance of systems, hardware/software/related infrastructure with an emphasis on cloud computing technologies and solutions.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical support, guidance, and hands-on delivery in the planning, implementation, and ongoing operation.
Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
Ensures cloud hosting environments, hosted resources, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values and regulatory requirements.
Documents specifications, project plans, configurations, test plans, and results.
Depicts complex ideas, issues, and designs to varied audiences; communicates project objectives, scope, and status to project teams.

Required Qualifications (Must-Haves):

• Five (5) years of overall professional experience in the engineering field.
• Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.

Security/Certification Requirements:

• Sensitivity Level: IT-I – Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)/ High Risk
• Clearance: SECRET
• IA Level: IAT II
• 8570.01-M Baseline Certification:

One of the following Google Cloud Platform:

• • • Google Associate Cloud Engineer
    • Google Professional Cloud Architect

Plus, one of the following:
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
Red Hat Certified Engineer
Red Hat Certified System Administrator

Required Experience: Performing the Following tasks/Responsibilities:

• Three (3) years of hands-on experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) IT hosting solutions.
• Vast knowledge and experience with commercial cloud provider hosting solutions (i.e., Google, Microsoft Azure, AWS, OCI) and associated relevant industry certifications.
• Experienced with various cloud deployment solutions and offerings (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Strong proficiency in the deployment, security, and administration of CCP solutions, Windows, and RHEL operating systems.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL, and other enterprise database management systems.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, security, and routing, including virtual private clouds (VPC), load balancers, and firewalls.
• Proficient in scripting languages and automation tools for supporting CI/CD and automation of cloud, OS, and other routine system administration and configuration management tasks (e.g. Hashi Corp Configuration Language, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Google Cloud Deployment Manager)
• Expertise in diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues related to CPU, memory, disk I/O, and networking
• Proficient in implementing and maintaining DoD security compliance, including server hardening, applying DISA STIGs, patching, and auditing
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., LXC, Docker, Rocket, OpenShift)
• Experienced in supporting and providing backup, Disaster Recovery, and high availability and failover solutions in CCP environments
• Experience in cloud capacity planning and FinOps, analyzing requirements, and providing a rightsized solution to meet performance and business requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Proficiency in problem-solving and troubleshooting complex issues, with the ability to analyze problems, identify root causes, communicate to management, and implement effective solutions promptly.

About Nationwide IT Services
NIS is an IT and Management consulting company and is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers, leveraging technology, people, and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with employer match, paid holidays, PTO (sick/vacation), commuter benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), and educational reimbursement, along with Pet Insurance.

Nationwide IT Services, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status.