As a SME Systems Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties/skills:
Required Skills- Document "as-is" architectures and develop detailed "to-be" designs
- Lead cloud and on prem implementations, migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives
- Ensure system availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance
- Integrate systems and platforms with DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines
- Troubleshoot complex, cross-domain issues
- Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, software, DevOps, and data teams
- Produce technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks
- Serve as an escalation point and technical authority
- Communicate effectively with executives and cross organizational partners
Desired Technical Skills- Enterprise networking, firewalls, load balancers, DNS
- SAN/NAS/Object storage
- Kubernetes, Docker
- Linux (RHEL/CentOS) administration, hardening, automation
- PKI and identity management
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Hybrid and on prem integration, cloud networking/security/cost optimization
- Relational & NoSQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Redis)
- APIs, web services, middleware, SDLC fundamentals
- Event messaging (SQS, SNS, RabbitMQ)
- IaC, automation, and scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, PowerShell, CloudFormation)
- CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
- Security best practices and system hardening
- Monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch)
- Ability to produce "as-is" and "to-be" architectures plus implementation/migration plansPreferred Skills
- Zero Trust architectures
- AI/ML or data platform exposure
- Big data platforms (Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
- Experience supporting mission-critical systems
- ITIL or agile delivery experience
- Cloud, security, or architecture certifications (AWS SA/DevOps, Azure Admin, CKA/CKAD, ITIL)Ideal Candidate
- Hands-on technical SME with broad full-stack systems expertise
- Strong systems thinker who moves easily between architecture strategy and practical implementation
- Effective communicator and collaborator across technical and nontechnical teams
- Proven ability to design, build, and own complex systems in production
A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
