"Alerted.org

Clearance Required: Interim Secret to start, must be able to obtain TS/SCI

Position Type: Full-Time

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Systems Engineer to join our dynamic cybersecurity operations team within a secure Department of Defense (DoD) environment.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Diagnose, Design, Document, and Implement evolving networks/architectures for hybrid on-prem-cloud-based operating models, ensuring interoperability, defensibility, high availability, scalability, and performance.

+ Collaborate with USSOUTHCOM Enterprise architects to understand the system requirements of hybrid on-prem-cloud-based Mission Partner Specific services and applications and develop infrastructure platform designs accordingly.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate hybrid on-prem-cloud-based services with the existing infrastructure (at USSOUTHCOM and other Combatant Commands), ensuring seamless connectivity, interoperability, defensibility, and data flow.

+ Develop, implement, and maintain relevant documentation, guidelines, checklists, and policies to promote continuous interoperability, ensure and improve defensibility & cybersecurity compliance, and reduce the possibility of "human error".

+ Provision, manage, and operate hybrid on-prem-cloud-based public IP addresses, Bastions, Network Security Groups, Application Security Groups, Route tables

+ Provision, manage, and operate hybrid on-prem-cloud-based networking and system components and services using IaC (ARM templates, Azure Bicep, Terraform, Azure CLI, PowerShell, etc.) for Empower platforms, developers, and teams. Examples of services include hybrid on-prem-cloud-based Firewall, Gateways, Connections, VPNs, ExpressRoutes, Virtual Networks, SDN, and more.

Basic Qualifications:

+ Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.

+ Required Experience: 10+ years of experience deploying, managing, supporting, and securing complex & diverse on-prem networks, environments, and workloads.

+ Experience in the design and operation of medium to large scale enterprise infrastructure, databases and application systems.

+ Certification Requirement: CompTIA Security+, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate or other Azure cloud based certification.

+ Certification Nice to Have: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or other cloud-based certifications.

+ 1-3 years in an hybrid on-prem-cloud-based infrastructure engineering role.

+ Strong understanding of core networking and connectivity topics surround internet-based applications (DNS, load balancers, VPN, VLAN, etc.).

Desired Skills and Characteristics:

+ Self-Starter, capable of focused and dedicated work as the End-to-End (E2E) SME for USSOUTHCOM’s “Mission Partner” System Environments & Associated Requirements.

+ Enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach, mentor, and/or collaborate with teammates (in uniform, GOVT Civ, GDIT, and Subcontractors); and accross a diverse set of technical & functional vendors/partners.

+ Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a keen attention to detail, and confidence in presentation.

Preferred Skills, and Desired/Ideal Certifications:

+ 10+ years’ IT experience

+ Relevant Certifications: [Note: not “All” are mandatory … this is desired]:

+ VMWare Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)

+ Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

+ Certified AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

+ AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

US Citizenship Required: Yes