Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to plan, direct, and, if necessary, conduct regular, special, and integrated system test programs on virtualization equipment. Prepare and conduct special reports and presentations that contain actionable information, which is pertinent to individual site operations. Plan, prepare and conduct on the job training, as required. Coordinate with other field engineers. Support the unit with other duties as assigned within the scope of work. Protype new solutions to IT challenges and optimize existing systems in light of new technologies that come to market.
This position requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville AL.
Required Qualifications:
- Four (4) year college degree in computer engineering. In lieu of education, ten (10) years of experience designing and implementing IT systems in a production environment.
- Five (5) years' experience designing and implementing IT systems in a production environment.
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) with a CI polygraph.
- Ability to work onsite in Huntsville, AL
Preferred Qualification:
- Developing tools based on raw engineering work products and parsing of database structured data.
- Leading system/server development projects involving multiple developers, as well as experience in generating requirements documentation.
- Develop processes to validate performance metrics of systems. Use available COTS/GOTS software as applicable.
- Systems/Equipment Installation and Implementation to include installation, configuration, implementation, and validation of installation of components.
- Author and utilize scripting languages, mainly but not limited to PowerShell, to automate tedious, repetitive, and/or error prone tasks related to installation, configuration and management of IT systems and services.
- Designing of systems via hypervisors and virtualization sub-systems.
- Support a variety of networking, storage, virtualization, and other components that may span across multi-generational deployments.
- Evaluate effectiveness of existing technologies.
- Develop cloud (examples: Azure, AWS) infrastructure systems.
- Develop on premise cloud (examples: Azure, AWS, OpenStack) infrastructure systems.
- Add, configure, and manage Roles and Features on Microsoft Server (current Version).
- Configure and monitor systems/servers utilizing Failover Cluster Manager tools.
- Configure and monitor systems/servers utilizing Remote Server Administrative Tools (RSAT), Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc.
- Microsoft (current Version) Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
- Microsoft’s System Center monitoring components/methods
- Mass storage arrays and servers
- Dell OpenManage essentials
- Windows Server Update Services
- Containers
- Group Policy Management
- SQL Server
- Azure Stack
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
Skills Required
- Four-year college degree in computer engineering, or ten years of experience designing and implementing IT systems in a production environment in lieu of education
- Five years of experience designing and implementing IT systems in a production environment
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- Eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access with a CI polygraph
- Ability to work onsite in Huntsville, Alabama
- Experience developing tools from engineering work products and parsing structured database data
- Experience leading system or server development projects involving multiple developers and generating requirements documentation
- Experience developing processes to validate system performance metrics using COTS or GOTS software
- Experience with system and equipment installation, configuration, implementation, and validation
- Experience authoring scripting languages, primarily PowerShell, to automate IT system installation, configuration, and management
- Experience designing systems using hypervisors and virtualization subsystems
- Experience supporting networking, storage, virtualization, and multi-generational infrastructure components
- Experience evaluating existing technologies and developing Azure or AWS cloud infrastructure
- Experience developing on-premises cloud infrastructure using Azure, AWS, or OpenStack
- Experience managing roles and features on current-version Microsoft Server
- Experience configuring and monitoring systems using Failover Cluster Manager, RSAT, Windows Admin Center, and Azure Arc
- Knowledge of Storage Spaces Direct, System Center, mass storage arrays, Dell OpenManage Essentials, WSUS, containers, Group Policy Management, SQL Server, and Azure Stack
What We Do
AnaVation is a trusted partner that delivers high-value, cost-effective solutions to solve our customers’ most complex technical and analytical problems. AnaVation believes that the future of securing, collecting, processing, and analyzing cyber data will require the development of advanced ANAlytical technologies derived via the innoVATION of current and future technologies. AnaVation believes in the “Idea of the Possible” — that it is possible for our experts, partnering with our customers in the right environment, to create innovative technical solutions that expand our customers’ capabilities. We want to do two things for our customers. We want to resolve existing challenges and we want to prepare them for the future. Our technical expertise and innovative engineering culture enable us to do those things.
