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