Location: Chantilly VA, Alexandria VA

Clearance: Top Secret with ability to sit for CI Poly

Required Certification: DOD 8140 (Security+)

Job Description:

The OST Spatial Solutions team has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer with Citrix/NetScaler and Windows system administration experience to work on cloud-based systems supporting mission critical operations. The team is involved in the operation and sustainment of multiple operational cloud deployed geospatial solutions including dozens of virtual desktops. A successful candidate will be a self-starter and have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of cloud-based systems and the administration of Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure within the cloud.

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities will involve managing the virtual desktop infrastructure across multiple environments and systems while supporting a program level team; working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to complex user INCs (Incident Reports); proactively recommend configuration changes to help improve system performance; Deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments; author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs.

Core Qualifications:

• Requires a BS in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or closely related discipline and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 6 years of experience in lieu of degree
  • Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to sit for CI Poly post hire
  • DOD 8140 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)
  • Experience with Microsoft Windows Server
  • Windows administration experience
    • Experience completing configuration remediation tasks based on security scans
  • Citrix/NetScaler administration experience
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the systems development life cycle
    • Proficient in software integration projects in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) or virtualized environment.
    • Understanding of network administration topics such as subnetting, virtual private clouds, firewalls, and data flows
    • Experience with AWS architectures and technologies
    • Familiar with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
    • Familiar with Git/GitLab or other source code control tools
    • Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)
    • Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)
    • Additional tasks as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience providing systems engineering support for geospatial products
• Citrix certification(s)
• Desktop Virtualization experience
• F5 Administration
• Active Directory Group Policy experience
• PowerShell development
• SAFe Agile Certification
• AWS certification (e.g. Solutions Architect, Developer, DevOps Engineer)