Sr. Systems Engineer LINUX/ Red Hat - Columbia, United States - Compass Pointe Consulting

Description

Sr. Systems Engineers are passionate about mission critical systems deployment, management, and monitoring. If you have side projects, investigate technologies at home, and enjoy reading about and discussing leading edge technology, then you sound like a great fit. Our product line covers many diverse areas such as distributed service-oriented architectures, low-latency telecommunications processing, and high availability. Each of these areas in a mission critical environment contains their own unique and difficult problems to solve. As such, a strong technical foundation coupled with the desire to learn, grow, and solve hard problems would make for a strong addition to our team.

Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties:

• Takes ownership of Engineering related deliverables and their technical compliance required by the program.
  
• Designs, develops, implements, and validates IT system solutions for networking, computing, and our propriety communications equipment including conceptional, functional, and physical views.
  
• Defines scope, objectives, and deliverables, and delegates project tasking to other system engineers on the project team.
  
• Collaborates with customers, vendors, and internal teams (e.g., program management, hardware & software development, test engineering, field engineering, production) for total project success.
  
• Investigates and applies innovative technologies or methodologies to improve project outcomes, efficiency, or sustainability.
  
• Performs risk assessments to identify potential project obstacles and devises mitigation strategies for successful project outcomes.
  
• Provides systems and integration engineering for software and hardware systems, subsystems, modules, and application tools.
  
• Creates, reviews, and approves technical documentation (e.g., design drawings, design reviews, system layouts, system configuration, build plans/instructions, rollout strategies).
  
• Ensures adherence to industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
  
• Manages expectations and resolves project-related issues.
  
• Experience in the following technologies:
  
• Proficient in RHEL operating system. Knowledgeable in Windows operating system.
  
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python).
  
• Log aggregation and reporting (ELK/Opensearch, Splunk)
  
• Network analysis tools (Wireshark)
  
• Containers (Docker)
  
• System monitoring tools (Zabbix, SNMP)
  
• Virtualization (ESXi, KVM, Red Hat Virtualization)
  
• Data replication and storage (DBRD, NAS/SAN)
  
• SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
  
• System security management and intrusion detection tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE)
  
• Telecommunications protocols (SIP/RTP, ED-137)
  
• Experience in routing and networking technologies
  

Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Information Technology, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience with IT systems and engineering.
  
• 8-10 years' experience in Systems Engineering integrating, deploying, and supporting integrated hardware and software solutions in the area of networking and communications.
  
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring system engineering project teams.
  
• Demonstrates the ability to implement and apply best-practice system engineering concepts and appropriate risk management to solutions.
  
• Able to learn, select, and integrate new technologies into system solutions.
  

Special Notations or Conditions of Employment:

• Must be willing to travel up to 20% depending on project requirements.
  • Customer sites for system installations, testing, on-site troubleshooting as required
    
  • Internationally to receive equipment or technology training at company headquarters in Vienna, Austria, whenever applicable and possible
    
• Finger printing and job-related background check will be required
  
• Must be authorized to work in United States and obtain clearances to work on Government sites