Sr. Systems Engineer

Hello There

My name is Himanshu and I serve as the Recruitment Manager at Nexiva INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Sr. Systems Engineer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at

Job Description

Position : Sr. Systems Engineer

Location : Washington DC Onsite - Need Local DMV (DC MD VA) Area profiles only

Duration : 6 Months

Position Requirements:

Join our Enterprise Hosting Services team at the forefront of secure innovative hybrid infrastructure for one of the nations most critical institutions. Were seeking a talented Platform Engineer to help architect deploy and manage our AWS and on-premises platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities modern containerized workloads and enterprise virtualization environments.

What Youll Do

Design implement and maintain hybrid infrastructure spanning AWS GovCloud and on-premises data centers ensuring compliance with federal security standards

Manage Kubernetes fleet operations across AWS EKS on-premises Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE) and VMware vSphere with Kubernetes (VKS)

Lead application modernization initiatives migrating and optimizing workloads across cloud and on-premises environments

Administer and optimize hyper-visor clusters (VMware vSphere ESXi) for enterprise workloads

Manage Splunk infrastructure for centralized logging monitoring and security analytics

Implement comprehensive audit logging monitoring and observability solutions across hybrid environments

Support security engineering initiatives including vulnerability management compliance automation and security hardening

Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions

Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines

Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management

Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements

Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability across both cloud and on-premises infrastructure

Contribute to architectural decisions and hybrid cloud strategy

AWS GovCloud and on-premises data center experience

Kubernetes fleet management experience (EKS Mirantis VKS)

VMware vSphere administration and cluster management

Splunk administration and enterprise log management

Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks

Experience with security engineering audit logging and monitoring tools

Application modernization and containerization experience

Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and services

GitLab and Jira experience

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect SysOps Administrator or DevOps Engineer)

VMware or Kubernetes certifications (CKA CKAD)

Experience in financial services and federal government environments