Senior Systems Engineer (System Administrator) - Belay Technologies

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021! 

Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Systems Administrator) to join our intel team. The ideal candidate shall serve on the operations support team in DTS, responsible for dataflow implementation from legacy to modern systems and monitoring implemented dataflows. 

The System Engineer - Applies systems engineering principles throughout the systems life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Production, Utilization, Support, and Retirement. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Communicates with other program personnel, government  

overseers, and senior executives. Responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 process areas defined by ISO/IEC15288: Technical Process Area - Stakeholder Requirements Definition, Requirements Analysis, Architectural Design, Implementation, Integration, Verification, Transition, Validation, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal; Project Process Area - Project Planning, Project Assessment and Control, Decision Management, Risk Management, Configuration Management, Information Management, and Measurement; Enterprise (Organizational Project-Enabling) Process Area - Project Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Management, Lifecycle Model Management, Human Resource Management, and Quality Management; Agreement Process Area - Acquisition and Supply.

Candidates should have the following qualifications:  

• TS/SCI Clearance with full-scope polygraph
• A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note  2) from an accredited college or university plus ten (10) years of systems engineering experience.  OR 
• A High School Diploma or GED plus fourteen (14) years of general systems engineering experience  (any process area). 
•  OR A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2)  from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.
• OR A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an  accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience. 
• *Note 1 – Examples of Qualified engineering fields include: Aeronautics, Biomedical, Chemical,  Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Nuclear, Software, Systems, and Engineering  Management.

Candidates are required to have the following skills:

• Linux System Administrator
• Running Security Scans
• Monitoring system performance and troubleshooting issues with Elastic products such as Grafana and Kibana
• Experience with Atlassian products such as Confluence for documentation and Jira for workflow management and ticketing
• Provisioning virtual machine resources
• TPAM for account management
• Experience using STINGRAY for planned and unplanned outage coordination
• Triage, track, collaborate on and facilitate Help Desk tickets

 The Senior System Engineer shall possess the following capabilities: 

• Perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of a work product in  Technical Process Areas associated with the ISO/IEC 15288. 
• Perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of multiple work products  in Project and/or Technical Process Areas associated with any of the ISO/IEC 15288 processes. 
• Assist in performing systems engineering activities in the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or  Enterprise Process Areas. 
• Perform analysis of technical alternatives for a project and make preliminary recommendations. 
• Develop and deliver a work product in any of the ISO/IEC 15288 Process Areas. 
• Perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products of either the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas. 
• Independently analyze, and recommend alternatives for elements of project’s technical design. 
• Perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products in each of the  ISO/IEC 15288 Project and Technical Process Areas. 
• Supervise or coordinate the work of other contractor engineers or technicians on a project. 
• Analyze and propose appropriate engineering standards and processes for a project. 
• Assist in conducting an evaluation to determine its suitability for project implementation. 
• Assist in developing a new or innovative approach to a technical or engineering issue.

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

• Technical degree from an accredited college
• Strong desire and willingness to learn
• Ability to take initiative and drive through sound best practices and technical acumen
• Ability to collaborate and coordinate with coworkers of varying skills, labor categories and competencies

Perks and Benefits: 

• 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program 
• 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one 
• $5,000 annual training/tuition 
• Student Loan Repayment Program 
• 100% company-funded HSA 
• Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance) 
• Dental coverage including orthodontia 
• Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded 
• Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes 
• Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more! 

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.