Systems Engineer

J5 Consulting

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of relevant experience in system solutions with a focus on technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
  • Proven ability to prepare various levels of documentation, including program and security documentation.
  • Experience as an Agile Scrum Master driving project management processes.
  • Expertise in translating complex database requirements into comprehensive designs across multiple platforms.
  • Knowledge of AWS and MS Azure cloud technologies is essential.
  • Familiarity with tools like Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, and orchestration tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
  • Proficient in Linux administration and scripting, particularly in Bash and Python.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the systematic conversion of customer needs into total systems solutions.
  • Prepare and maintain crucial documentation like user and security manuals.
  • Act as an Agile Scrum Master, facilitating sprints and project progress.
  • Translate and design database architecture supporting various interface requirements.
  • Manage and implement cloud solutions using AWS and MS Azure services.
  • Utilize CI/CD tools and orchestration for efficient deployment and scaling.
  • Provide Linux administration support and develop scripts for automation.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work closely with former CIA officers and contribute to national security efforts.
  • Engagement in a crucial role that enhances alumni relations and communications.
  • Work within a secure and innovative environment utilizing cutting-edge technologies.
  • Local travel requirements are minimal, allowing for a balanced work-life setup.
Full Job Description
Introduction
The Sponsor serves as the principal conduit between CIA and former CIA officers (alumni) to facilitate continued contributions to mission, mitigate counterintelligence risks, honor service, and streamline communications. The Sponsor seeks to enhance and refine the Alumni Relations TS and Unclassified Ecosystem to further meet ongoing and developing requirements. This ecosystem, once fully operational, will meet mission requirements for alumni engagement, provide a secure bidirectional communication to enable the Sponsor to disseminate important guidance, reduce alumni security concerns, and enable the alumni to comply with reporting requirements.

Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience:
  • Demonstrated experience ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
  • Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as program-level, user-level, and security documentation.
  • Demonstrated experience performing as an Agile Scrum Master.
  • Demonstrated experience translating database requirements into end-to-end design for databases that may involve multiple interfaces to other database systems.
  • Demonstrated experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and MS Azure cloud technologies.
  • Demonstrated experience with Jenkins, Github, Docker, and orchestration tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
  • Demonstrated experience with Linux administration and scripting languages including Bash and Python.
  • Demonstrated experience with full ELK stack such as ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Filebeat.


Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience:
  • Demonstrated experience analyzing customer requirements and providing technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies.
  • Demonstrated experience designing software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manage their implementation.
  • Demonstrated experience working with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and customizing software for client use in a cloud environment with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.
  • Demonstrated experience providing technical support during software installation or configuration.


US Citizenship:
  • This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed.

Security Clearance:
  • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.
  • Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Travel:
  • This position is expected to be onsite. The position will be located within the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA). Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.


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