$210,000 – $235,000/yr

Senior Systems Engineer

United StatesUnited States·Chantilly/herndonsenior
Systems EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud
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Requirements Summary

15+ years’ work experience plus a Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.

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Systems EngineerInfrastructure & Cloud

Requirements

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  • 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.
  • 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.

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We are strictly looking for direct, full-time W2 employees. We do not engage with third-party staffing agencies, C2C, or 1099 independent contractors for this role.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Chantilly/herndon, United States
On-site at the office
Who can apply
US

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Posted
September 9, 2026
First seen
September 9, 2026
Last seen
September 9, 2026

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Senior Systems Engineer $210k–$235k