Windows System Engineer

Chantilly, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are seeking a Systems Engineer with strong Windows Server and Citrix administration experience to join a mission-critical program supporting a federal intelligence customer. This position is fully onsite and offers the opportunity to directly impact national security operations by ensuring the reliability security and performance of advanced geospatial and cloud-based systems.

We are looking for a self-starter who thrives in complex technical environments brings expertise in Windows system administration and has hands-on experience with Citrix in enterprise or government settings.

Key Responsibilities

- Take a leadership role in driving system changes enhancements and long-term improvements.

- Work closely with government and contractor stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve complex incidents (INCs).

- Proactively recommend and implement configuration changes to enhance performance scalability and reliability.

- Deploy security patches hotfixes and updates across test and production environments.

- Maintain and update critical system databases with new data and configuration details.

- Develop document and update operational and security SOPs troubleshooting guides and technical diagrams.

- Ensure stability of mission-critical systems through monitoring incident response and remediation activities.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in Information Systems IT Computer Science or related discipline.

- Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI post-hire.

- DoD 8570 Certification (Security or higher).

- Strong experience with Microsoft Windows Server and Windows administration.

- Hands-on experience with Citrix administration.

- Familiarity with cloud SOA and virtualization environments.

- Experience with AWS technologies (EC2 S3 Buckets Reserved Instances etc.).

- Knowledge of systems engineering and sustainment best practices.

- Proficiency with Git/GitLab or other version control systems.

- Strong documentation skills including VDDs diagrams SOPs.

- Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Preferred Qualifications

- Prior experience supporting geospatial products or programs.

- Citrix certifications.

- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Developer DevOps Engineer etc.).

- SAFe Agile certification.

$125000 - $170000 a year