System Engineer Virginia

at  2HB Incorporated

WORK REQUIREMENTS

• The Candidate shall support all elements of the USG’s system, comprised of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products and software, along with several customized tools and applications.
• The Candidate shall provide the USG a modern and stable platform which meets security requirements and enables users to search, discover, prioritize, analyze, collaborate and manage information.
• The Candidate shall support enhancement efforts and develop new capabilities for Sponsor’s use to meet mission needs. The Candidate shall integrate a large and changing number of datasets from a variety of cloud-based and other systems.
• The Candidate shall maintain system uptime, stability, and accreditation requirements.
• The Candidate shall work closely with Sponsor staff and contractor personnel, as well as external vendors and stakeholders (including development of technical equipment specifications and vendor quotations): communicating and collaborating effectively across organizational boundaries.
• The Contractor shall identify issues or dependencies to Sponsor staff and work to resolve them as prioritized by the Government Task Manager with input from USG’s Front Office.
• The Candidate shall maximize the security of the system by protecting USG data and ensuring security best practices, including those defined by the USG, are followed System Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
• The Candidate shall support all elements of the USG’s system, comprised of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products and software, including Oracle EXADATA and other databases, Cisco switches and security appliances, secure networked high availability storage area networks (SANs), encryption devices, as well as Windows and LINUX servers.
• The Candidate shall provide O&M support for the USG’s system to ensure the system remains operational, including user and account administration and auditing, monitoring system health, security and performance; installing, scanning, patching and updating software and hardware; administering gateway and VPN access to enterprise systems; managing hardware keys; and upgrading hardware.

DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE WITH ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION (A&A) PROCESSES TO ACCREDIT SECURITY-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS.

• Demonstrated experience as a data transfer officer with security-controlled systems.
• Demonstrated experience as an Oracle LINUX Systems Administrator.
• Demonstrated experience in Oracle EXADATA administration.
• Demonstrated experience with LINUX systems engineering and administration.
• Demonstrated experience with Windows systems engineering and administration, including MSSQL databases, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), VM clusters, Hyper-V, Data Protection Manager, and PowerShell scripting.
• Demonstrated experience with Cisco switches and security appliances including ASAs, StealthWatch and Tetration.
• Demonstrated experience managing NetApp storage area networks (SANs).
• Certification(s)
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Database Administrator

HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE

Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include:

• Demonstrated experience with Sponsor’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes.
• Demonstrated experience as a data transfer officer with Sponsor’s security-controlled systems.
• Demonstrated experience with IT Program Management and support.

Please refer the Job description for details