Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

J5 Consulting is a Maryland based company established in 2006 to provide computing and consulting services for government and commercial entities. Our services improve Information System networking performance and compliance and protect electronic assets from loss and compromise. We welcome your application to receive consideration for the following position.

This position is available immediately .

Job Overview :

The  Customer’s office is responsible for building and operating a hybrid-cloud mission infrastructure and services, hosting COTS, GOTS, and custom applications. The system generally does not make use of the  Customer’s enterprise IT services as such, the  Customer’s office is responsible for the architecture, engineering, implementation, and operation of the infrastructure components (computer, network, and storage) as well as enterprise services such as VDI, Active Directory, and audit and logging. The Customer requires support specializing in network engineering and digital forensics.

This position will :

• Assist with continuous monitoring of IT systems that are required to sustain  Customer accreditation of these systems.
• Coordinate engineering projects including performing technical risk assessment, de-conflict implementations, and resolve technical questions or conflicts.
• Deploy and maintain network systems.
• Diagnose network issues and follow troubleshooting procedures for restoring the network to optimal performance levels.
• Gather performance and utilization metrics from infrastructure components and proactively inform the  Customer when defined thresholds are met.
• Guide networking engineering efforts in the hardware, software, and virtual infrastructure domain.
• Maintain up to date network topology drawings.
• Perform moderately complex network designs and upgrades using existing technology with limited guidance.
• Perform Tier-3 engineering and support for virtualization infrastructure, consisting of virtual servers, virtual desktops, and automation solutions.
• Plan network configurations for integration into the network, using knowledge of the performance characteristics of the systems being added to the network and the specifications for network interfaces to ensure effective integration and optimal network performance.
• Prepare technical proposals for presentation to engineering review boards to make changes or add new technologies to the network
• Provide system documentation to system security managers to support A&A efforts.
• Review user requests for upgrades or additions to the network to assess impact on network performance.
• Shepherd and perform engineering efforts in the areas of Windows and Linux servers, workstations, storage, and virtualization.
• support network life cycle stages such as design, configure, test, deploy, and maintain.
• Utilize network analysis tools to identify performance problems in the network.
• Shall diagnose and resolve technical problems with overseas populations.
• Direct or perform the installation of IT infrastructure as well as the installation and configuration of operating systems and applications.
• Inspect and test all equipment prior to deployment to respective overseas locations.
• Make recommendations on the best deployment strategy, considering the  Customer’s business priorities for any application or tool
• Provide end-to-end support of field network and forensic capabilities.
• Provide real-time and 24 / 7 on-call support to worldwide users
• Provide Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other integrated documentation to support the success of field users and the program.
• Provide technical support to various  Customer developed and COTS forensic application developers ensuring the integrity of data flow and enhance business efficiency and insights.
• Research and recommend systems, equipment and technologies to improve and enhance existing systems.
• Use application deployment guides and information from application developers to determine the most efficient and performant IT infrastructure components to deploy a particular application.

Contractor shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience :

Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include :

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US Citizenship :

Security Clearance :

Travel :

The primary place of performance is at a Customer location in WMA.

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This position is available immediately.

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