Systems Engineer - J5 Consulting

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. 
Announcement closes 11/17/24.

Job Overview:

The Customer is responsible for sensitive cross-cutting projects to further national security objectives. The Contractor will support the hardware, software, networks and systems underpinning the operations, maintenance, development, upgrade and security of a Customer’s system in a team environment to enable the Customer’s critical mission. This effort focuses on  This effort focuses on the operations and maintenance of the system's infrastructure.  Priorities and tasking will be managed by the GTM with input from Customer's Front Office.

• Support all elements of the Customer’s system, comprised of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products and software, along with several customized tools and applications.
• Provide the Customer a modern and stable platform which meets security requirements and enables users to search, discover, prioritize, analyze, collaborate and manage information.
• Support enhancement efforts and develop new capabilities for Customer’s use to meet mission needs.
• Integrate a large and changing number of datasets from a variety of cloud-based and other systems.
• Maintain system uptime, stability, and accreditation requirements.
• Work closely with Customer staff and contractor personnel, as well as external vendors and stakeholders, (including development of technical equipment secifications and vendor quotations); communicating and collaborating effectively across organizational boundaries.
• Identify issues or dependencies to Customer staff and work to resolve them as prioritized by the Government Task Manager (GTM) with input from Customer's Front Office. 
• Maximize the security of the system by protecting Customer data and ensuring security best practices, including those defined by the Customer, are followed.

• Support all elements of the Customer’s system, comprised of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products and software, including Oracle EXADATA and other databases, Cisco switches and security appliances, secure networked high availability storage area networks (SANs), encryption devices, as well as Windows and LINUX servers.
• Provide O&M support for the Customer’s system to ensure the system remains operational, including user and account administration and auditing, monitoring system health, security and performance; installing, scanning, patching and updating software and hardware; administering gateway and VPN access to enterprise systems; managing hardware keys; and upgrading hardware.
• Ensure compliance with Customer Assessment & Authorization (A&A) requirements.

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

• Demonstrated experience with security-controlled systems, CipherTrust enterprise hardware security modules, software, and data architecture.
• Demonstrated experience with Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes to accredit security-controlled systems.
• Demonstrated experience as a data transfer officer with security-controlled systems.
• Demonstrated experience as an Oracle LINUX Systems Administrator.
• Demonstrated experience in Oracle EXADATA administration.
• Demonstrated experience with LINUX systems engineering and administration.
• Demonstrated experience with Windows systems engineering and administration, including MSSQL databases, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), VM clusters, Hyper-V, Data Protection Manager, and PowerShell scripting.
• Demonstrated experience with Cisco switches and security appliances including ASAs, StealthWatch and Tetration.
• Demonstrated experience managing NetApp storage area networks (SANs).
• Demonstrated experience with certificate management for users, servers and service accounts.
• Demonstrated experience cross-skilling and backfilling for teammates.
• Demonstrated experience handling sensitive data, exercising discretion and sound judgment, and achieving mission outcomes.
• Certification(s)
  • Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Database Administrator

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

• Demonstrated experience with Customer’s security-controlled systems, software, and data architecture.
• Demonstrated experience with Customer’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes.
• Demonstrated experience as a data transfer officer with Customer’s security-controlled systems.
• Demonstrated experience with IT Program Management and support.

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US Citizenship:

• This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed.

Security Clearance:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Travel:

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

• Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.

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This position is available immediately.

J5 Consulting offers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

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