System Engineer

Fairfax, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 09-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

System Engineer
Security Clearance: IT-I Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)/ High Risk
Clearance: SECRET
IA Level: IAT II (SecCE)

Be available to support meetings at DLA Columbus OH and Fort Belvoir VA

Overview:
Responsible for effective provisioning operation installation/configuration and maintenance of systems hardware/software/related infrastructure with an emphasis on cloud computing technologies and solutions.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide technical support guidance and hands-on delivery in the planning implementation and ongoing operation.
Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
Ensures cloud hosting environments hosted resources operating systems software systems and related procedures adhere to organizational values and regulatory requirements.
Documents specifications project plans configurations test plans and results.
Depicts complex ideas issues and designs to varied audiences; communicates project objectives scope and status to project teams.

Required Qualifications (Must-Haves):

Five (5) years of overall professional experience in the engineering field.
Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.

Security/Certification Requirements:

Sensitivity Level: IT-I Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)/ High Risk
Clearance: SECRET
IA Level: IAT II
8570.01-M Baseline Certification:

One of the following Google Cloud Platform:

- - Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  - Google Professional Cloud Architect

Plus one of the following:
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Security Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
Red Hat Certified Engineer
Red Hat Certified System Administrator

Required Experience: Performing the Following tasks/Responsibilities:

Three (3) years of hands-on experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) IT hosting solutions.
Vast knowledge and experience with commercial cloud provider hosting solutions (i.e. Google Microsoft Azure AWS OCI) and associated relevant industry certifications.
Experienced with various cloud deployment solutions and offerings (IaaS PaaS SaaS)
Strong proficiency in the deployment security and administration of CCP solutions Windows and RHEL operating systems.
Experience with Oracle SQL and other enterprise database management systems.
Strong understanding of network architecture security and routing including virtual private clouds (VPC) load balancers and firewalls.
Proficient in scripting languages and automation tools for supporting CI/CD and automation of cloud OS and other routine system administration and configuration management tasks (e.g. Hashi Corp Configuration Language Python Bash PowerShell Ansible Puppet Chef Salt Google Cloud Deployment Manager)
Expertise in diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues related to CPU memory disk I/O and networking
Proficient in implementing and maintaining DoD security compliance including server hardening applying DISA STIGs patching and auditing
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. LXC Docker Rocket OpenShift)
Experienced in supporting and providing backup Disaster Recovery and high availability and failover solutions in CCP environments
Experience in cloud capacity planning and FinOps analyzing requirements and providing a rightsized solution to meet performance and business requirements
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Proficiency in problem-solving and troubleshooting complex issues with the ability to analyze problems identify root causes communicate to management and implement effective solutions promptly.

About Nationwide IT Services
NIS is an IT and Management consulting company and is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers leveraging technology people and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.

Our benefits package includes medical dental and vision insurance life and disability insurance 401(k) plan with employer match paid holidays PTO (sick/vacation) commuter benefits employee assistance program (EAP) and educational reimbursement along with Pet Insurance.

Nationwide IT Services Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity genetics disability or protected veteran status.

Required Experience:

Manager

System EngineerSecurity Clearance: IT-I Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)/ High RiskClearance: SECRETIA Level: IAT II (SecCE)Be available to support meetings at DLA Columbus OH and Fort Belvoir VAOverview:Responsible for effective provisioning operation installation/configuration and maintenance of ...

Five (5) years of overall professional experience in the engineering field.
Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.

Security/Certification Requirements:

Sensitivity Level: IT-I Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)/ High Risk
Clearance: SECRET
IA Level: IAT II
8570.01-M Baseline Certification:

One of the following Google Cloud Platform:

- - Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  - Google Professional Cloud Architect

Three (3) years of hands-on experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) IT hosting solutions.
Vast knowledge and experience with commercial cloud provider hosting solutions (i.e. Google Microsoft Azure AWS OCI) and associated relevant industry certifications.
Experienced with various cloud deployment solutions and offerings (IaaS PaaS SaaS)
Strong proficiency in the deployment security and administration of CCP solutions Windows and RHEL operating systems.
Experience with Oracle SQL and other enterprise database management systems.
Strong understanding of network architecture security and routing including virtual private clouds (VPC) load balancers and firewalls.
Proficient in scripting languages and automation tools for supporting CI/CD and automation of cloud OS and other routine system administration and configuration management tasks (e.g. Hashi Corp Configuration Language Python Bash PowerShell Ansible Puppet Chef Salt Google Cloud Deployment Manager)
Expertise in diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues related to CPU memory disk I/O and networking
Proficient in implementing and maintaining DoD security compliance including server hardening applying DISA STIGs patching and auditing
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. LXC Docker Rocket OpenShift)
Experienced in supporting and providing backup Disaster Recovery and high availability and failover solutions in CCP environments
Experience in cloud capacity planning and FinOps analyzing requirements and providing a rightsized solution to meet performance and business requirements
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Proficiency in problem-solving and troubleshooting complex issues with the ability to analyze problems identify root causes communicate to management and implement effective solutions promptly.