Senior Systems Engineer | TS/SCI Clearance Required

Clearance Required: TS/SCI Title: Senior Systems Engineer Location: Columbia, MD Salary Range: $165-180k/yr Minimum Years of Experience: 8+ IAT Certification Level: IAT3 - CASP or CISSP Vendor Certification Required: Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco, Netapp, Pure Storage, HP, Dell, Linux+, RedHat, or similar Description: Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for effective design, implementation, operation, and maintenance and troubleshooting of the IT infrastructure. This includes server and storage administration, virtualization, performance tuning, and backup and restore. The senior system engineer leads in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure and ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values.Analyze, diagnose and determine root cause of issues, test, communicate, and either resolve or escalate for resolution appropriately.Evaluate and/or recommend purchases of servers, peripheral equipment, and software.Conduct business needs assessments; analyzes costs; develops project plans for application projects; orders necessary equipment; install and/or coordinates installation and reconfigurations; then configure and test procedures and application(s).Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Develops test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements. Considered a recognized authority within the company. Works on unusually complex technical problems and implements solutions which are highly innovative. Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. 8+ years of experience operating in an engineering and operations environment with hands-on experience in design and implementation of IT solutions. We offer a competitive benefits and compensation package and FUN place to work! Benefits include, but not limited to: Health and Wellness Benefits Medical Insurance (three CareFirst healthcare plans to choose from, Dental and Vision Insurance, 75% covered for employee/ 50% per dependant Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions $1500 individual/ $3000 family Personal Insurance Benefits Company-paid Life Insurance and AD&D coverage Company-paid Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance Paid Leave Employees receive 20 days of vacation/10 holidays built into hourly rate/ 5 days of Administrative time (currently used for snow, jury, bereavement) Retirement Pre-tax 401k program including 6% company match 100% fully vested from eligibility date *Eligible after 90 days of employment