Senior Systems Engineer

Dark Wolf Solutions

$210K — $235K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's Degree in a technical field.
  • Proficiency in designing cloud-native architectures with AWS and other cloud providers.
  • Skilled in writing efficient SQL queries and using JupyterHub for user facilitation.
  • Experience with agile software development methodologies.
  • Knowledge of data security and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop software systems based on requirement analysis.
  • Evaluate operational feasibility and recommend system improvements.
  • Maintain system and solution code along with security documentation.
  • Facilitate engineering discussions across teams for implementation strategies.
  • Manage large operational cloud environments and implement best practices.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with advanced cloud technologies.
  • Engage in a collaborative and agile development environment.
  • Access to continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Dark Wolf is seeking a highly motivated and self-directed professional to fill the role of Systems Engineer to support our team in Northern Virginia. The Systems Engineer will design, develop, and implementation of software systems/services solutions based on requirements analysis; perform operational feasibility evaluations and recommend improvements; develop and maintain system and solution code, architecture, and security documentation.

Required Qualifications:
  • 15+ years' work experience plus a Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience with designing cloud-native architectures using cloud services such as AWS, Google, IBM, and Oracle.
  • Experience and expertise in writing efficient and performant SQL queries. Originate JupyterHub
    Notebooks for user consumption, in addition to providing user facilitation in both originating and correct SQL queries to maximize system performance, while ensuring user requirements are exceeded.
  • Experience designing and operating cloud-native architectures using cloud services and big data systems.
  • Experience facilitating engineering discussions across teams representing multiple stakeholders to
    develop and execute implementation strategies that meet mission needs.
  • Experience with agile software development and testing.
  • Experience with data security, regulatory and compliance requirements, and security accreditation
    package development.
  • Experience with data security and governance using centralized security controls like LDAP, encryption, and auditing.
  • Experience with specialized technologies that are optimized for the particular use of the data, such as relational databases, NoSQL database, or object storage
  • Experience using centralized security controls like LDAP, encrypting data, and auditing access to data.
  • Experience and understanding of IT Service Management and common SLA measurements.
  • Experience working with container orchestration technologies such as AWS ECS, AWS Fargate, and
    Kubernetes or other enhanced capabilities available.
  • Experience in managing large operational cloud environments spanning multiple tenants using Multi-Account management, AWS Well Architected Best Practices, and AWS Organization Units/Service Control Policies (OU/SCP).
  • Experience in total systems perspectives, including a technical understanding of systems and applications relationships, dependencies, and requirements of hardware and software components.
  • Experience consulting with customers to determine present and future user needs.
  • Experience providing frequent contact with customers, traceability within program documents, and the overall computing environment and architecture.

Desired Qualifications:
  • AWS Certification(s), or other Cloud technologies
    Agile certification
  • Databases: Postgres, MariaDB, ELK, Minio, AWS S3, Neo4j, MongoDB, noSQL
  • Languages: Python, SQL
  • Operating Systems: Centos7, RockyLinux8
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Docker-Compose, Docker-Swarm
  • Development Tools: Gitlab, Jupyterhub/Notebooks
  • Environments: large collaboration, Agile development environments
  • Data types: Unstructured, structured, or semi-structured data, including: CSV, JSON, JSONL, AVRO, Protocol Buffers, Parquet, etc.

Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph

Target Salary Range: $210,000.00 - $235,000.00 (Commensurate with specialized architecture expertise and technical skillset)

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