Position Title: Systems Engineer (SOR 2)
Position Type: Onsite
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI
Waypoint's customer is seeking an Infrastructure Systems Engineer to support a secure enterprise environment within a high-visibility classified IT program. This role involves engineering and maintaining Microsoft-based systems, virtualized environments, VDI infrastructure, and critical network services in a hybrid cloud and on-prem datacenter ecosystem.
This position requires a strong technical foundation in server administration, virtualization technologies, RMF compliance, and cyber-hardening standards such as STIGs. You will work alongside cross-functional IT and cybersecurity teams to ensure high availability, performance, and security of enterprise systems supporting national defense missions.
Responsibilities - Engineer, install, and optimize Microsoft server operating systems in a secure enterprise environment.
- Provision, manage, and maintain virtualized environments and virtual machines (VMs).
- Support and configure VDI infrastructure, ensuring user accessibility and system efficiency.
- Administer core network services, including DNS and DHCP.
- Develop, apply, and troubleshoot Group Policies (GPOs) to enforce system configurations.
- Perform daily system monitoring, including log reviews, scheduled job verifications (e.g., backups), and system health checks.
- Collaborate with IT teams on implementation, change coordination, and security control management.
- Support Microsoft SQL Server administration and optimization.
- Apply and review Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and support documentation.
- Create and maintain RMF-compliant security documentation and policy procedures.
- Design and implement cybersecurity controls to protect systems from threats and vulnerabilities.
Qualifications - Must possess a current DoD 8570.1-M/8140 IAT or IAM Level III certification (e.g., CASP+, CISSP, CCSP)
- Background in infrastructure/datacenter engineering across physical and virtual platforms
- Experience supporting one or more OS platforms: Windows, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, or AIX
- Proficiency in virtualization and cloud technologies, such as: VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite, Hybrid cloud integrations with DoD or GovCloud environments
- Familiarity with engineering disciplines such as: Storage Engineering (HPE SAN), Network Engineering (Cisco LAN/WAN, SDN), Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
Desired - Professional-level Linux, VMware, Networking, Storage, or Cloud platforms.
- ITIL v4 Foundations certification
- Experience working in classified or DoD environments and applying RMF/NIST guidelines.
