Lead Systems Engineer

Visionist, Inc.

$170K — $240K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is mandatory.
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or 16 years of relevant experience.
  • 12 years of experience in system engineering.
  • Strong Linux system administration skills, particularly with RHEL9.
  • Proficiency in system automation and scripting tools like Ansible and Terraform.
  • Experience with containerization technologies, especially Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPCs, and IAM.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor two system administrators in their daily activities.
  • Collaborate effectively with a larger engineering team of over 25 software developers.
  • Provide technical guidance on system architecture and configuration.
  • Ensure the health and availability of systems across various environments including EC2 and bare-metal.
  • Oversee maintenance, security, and accreditation activities for systems.
  • Develop strategies for automation, monitoring, and disaster recovery across environments.
  • Maintain CI/CD processes using GitLab and documentation for continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • 100% employee-owned company, providing a stake in its success.
  • Competitive retirement contributions: 5% 401K match and 10% ESOP.
  • Generous PTO policy, including four weeks paid time off and flexible work hours.
  • Paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 for maternity returnees.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits with waiving options for additional cash.
  • Annual lifestyle bonus for wellness and tech expenses.
  • Opportunities for merit increases and performance bonuses.
Full Job Description
Description

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.

Your contributions are...
- Lead, mentor, and direct the daily activities of two system administrators
- Collaborate with and support a broader engineering team of 25+ software developers
- Provide technical guidance on overall system architecture, design, and configuration in coordination with software engineering teams
- Maintain the health and availability of system platforms across EC2, MASH, bare-metal, production, and development environments
- Oversee system maintenance, security, and SSP accreditation activities
- Develop and maintain automation, monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery strategies across development, staging, and production environments
- Maintain CI/CD and deployment automation processes using GitLab
- Maintain current system documentation and conduct technical reviews and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement
- Maintain base Linux kickstart images using RHEL9

Requirements for your new career...
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (4 additional years of experience may substitute degree)
- 12 years of experience in system engineering
- Strong Linux system administration experience, including RHEL9
- Experience with system automation and scripting tools including Ansible/Semaphore, Terraform, Packer, Bash, and Python
- Experience with containerization technologies including Podman and Kubernetes
- Experience with Amazon AWS, including EC2, S3, VPCs, and IAM
- Experience with metrics and observability tools including Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus
- Knowledge of SSP compliance and processes, including STE/STN
- Familiarity with database administration using Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, or graph databases such as DGraph

Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career
- We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
- Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
- 4 weeks paid time off that is never "use or lose", 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
- 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
- Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
- Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 - use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
- Annual merit increases & performance-based bonuses
- Term life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability

Salary range: $170,000-$240,000
Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc.

Not a good fit? Check out our other opportunities: https://jobs.jobvite.com/visionist

Next steps: Apply online and one of our recruiters will reach out to you. We have a streamlined process of phone screen with a recruiter, interview with a Visionist team at our HQ in Columbia, MD, and that is all!

Interested in learning more about Visionist and the work we do? Check out our website! https://www.visionistinc.com/what-we-do

U.S citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain / maintain a government security clearance.

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