Our client is hiring a Sr. Systems Engineer on a long-term contract basis.
Work Location:
Bethesda, MD – Hybrid, some meetings in person, needs to be somewhat local.
Summary:
Contract Duration: 1 year.
Potential Right to hire – salary expectation 110-125k.
- Leads workgroups and/or functions as a technical expert. Resolves and makes decisions on more complex, non-routine service requests with limited to moderate risk.
- Performs research, analysis, design, creation and implementation of applications to meet current and future user requirements.
- Directs Service Providers to modify and maintain existing applications to address changes in business processes.
- Ensures Service Providers achieve contracted service delivery outcomes.
- Collaborate and prioritize working with Security.
- Monitors multiple projects by Service Provider to successful completion, maintaining scope within the time.
Required Skills:
Must Have Skills:
- Security Certified Professional, VMWare.
- Managing operation support environment.
- Automation experience.
Required:
- 8+ years’ experience in information technology application development and support.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification Preferred Graduate degree.
- 8+ years’ domain expertise relevant to supported business function; Industry and competitive landscape knowledge.
- Experience in creating business presentations and communications documentation.
- Experience in guiding and advising others.
- Experience in working with varied architectural concepts, principles, and tools relevant to infrastructure, information, applications, organizational structure, etc.
- Knowledge of emerging technologies (new to the Company Environment as well as those that are new to the information systems industry).
- Technology certifications.
- Technology leadership experience in a sourced environment.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES:
- 8+ years’ Information Technology infrastructure engineering experience that includes 3+ years supporting business services running in the public cloud.
- Undergraduate degree in computer sciences or related field or equivalent education, certifications, and experience.
- 4+ years’ experience in two or more of the following:
- Public Clouds: Amazon Web Services (AWS) / EC2, Microsoft Azure and SaaS.
- Private Cloud Infrastructure: OpenStack, VMware / vRealize / VMware Integrated OpenStack, Endpoint Technologies, Network Security Technologies (such as Next Gen Firewalls, SASE), Cloud Security (for SaaS, IaaS, PaaS offerings).
- 2+ years direct team management or team lead role implementing T1 controls.
- 3+ years in automation.
- Experience in creating business presentations and communications documentation.
- Experience in guiding and advising.
- Experience in working with varied architectural concepts, principles, and tools relevant to infrastructure, information, applications, organizational structure, etc.
- Knowledge of emerging technologies (new to the Company Environment as well as those that are new to the information systems industry).
- Technology certifications.
- Create a configuration benchmark to approve and implement new system components on Company Assets.
- Stand-up test lab environment for development and maintenance of baseline configurations.
- Experience with Central vCenter & ESXi Licensing.
- vCenter out of band management plugins.
- Replacement field technology where standard compliance is required.
- Oversee experience in a sourced environment.
Pay rate: $45 – $55 per hour.