IT Systems Engineer

IT Systems Engineer

Salary: Up to $110/hr

Location: Littleton, CO (fully onsite)

Industry: Government/Defense

Employment Type: Long-term contract with potential for permanent employment

Clearance: Active Top-Secret with CI Poly

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Must have CompTIA Security+ certification or Higher DoD 8572 qualified certificate.
• Direct work experience with Operating Systems life cycle management and configuration management (i.e., Installation/Upgrades/Patching, System Imaging, Account Management, Print Services, integration with Domain Services, Hardware Modernization, Performance Monitoring, etc.).
• Experience using and administrating Microsoft Windows Servers Red Had Enterprise Linux.
• Experience with vulnerability remediation and security management (i.e., system hardening, log management, configuration management (i.e., Nessus, McAfee, WSUS, SCCM, Ivanti, Shavlik, Blade Logic, Splunk, ACAS, SCAP, HBSS, etc.)).
• Experience using VMWare or Hyper-V tools for virtualization.
• Knowledge of Scripting and Automation (i.e., Ansible, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, etc.).
• Knowledge of container creation and management (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.).

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of restoration/storage services (i.e., NetApp/EMC hardware, software, tape management, disaster recovery practices).
• Knowledge of switching and routing protocols like spanning-tree, OSPF, and BGP.
• Knowledge of Contractor Off the Shelf (COTS) software installations and support.
• Knowledge of patching, Firmware, and OS upgrades.
• Knowledge of SAN environments with multiple OS s (Linux, Unix, and Windows).
• Knowledge of Linux authentication with Active Directory.
• Knowledge of OpenStack, Openshift, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of restoration/storage services (i.e., NetApp/EMC hardware, software, tape management, disaster recovery practices).
• Knowledge of Network Access Control (NAC) for 802.1X with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
• Knowledge of DNS-DHCP-IPAM (DDI) with Infoblox and Active Directory.
• Experience with network management platforms like SolarWinds.

Responsibilities:

• Primary POC for initial stand up and maintenance of all program IT related items.
• Works directly with the program to define business requirements, design and develop software/hardware/infrastructure and implement the solutions.
• Maintain security compliance for all IT assets across Linux, Windows and Network domains.
• Perform diagnostics and troubleshoot network issues.
• Design, installation, configuration, and maintenance of Secure Communications LAN, WAN and voice systems.
• Determine root causes of network issues and recommend strategies to prevent recurrences.

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