Systems Test Engineer

Sigma Defense Systems is a leading technology company serving the Department of Defense (DoD), providing tactical communications systems and services for digital modernization since 2006. Through our acquisitions of SOLUTE in January 2022 and Sub U Systems in May 2022, we have expanded our software and communications hardware solutions to better support JADC2, C5ISR, SATCOM, and DEVSECOPS for customers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Through a combination of hardware, software, and industry expertise, we provide a complete portfolio of solutions and services that accelerates information collection and sharing for faster decision making and better mission outcomes.

Why would you work for us? Quite simply, the work we do is meaningful and stimulating. We promote initiative and independent thought; we encourage direct client engagement to ensure we are delivering what the customer wants; and our engineers and scientists are working on cutting-edge projects that move the state-of-the-art closer to the people who need them. If you're looking for technical challenges and an opportunity to take a leadership role in an environment that encourages you to excel, then WE are your destination.

We are a company of innovative professionals thriving in a highly motivating work environment that fosters creativity and independent thinking. If you are a motivated individual with a desire to support our service men and women, now is a great time to join Sigma Defense!

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Sigma Defense Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

**This position is contingent upon award of contract** - We are targeting hires between July - August 2023.

Requirements

• Preferred candidate will have experience with instrumentation and control systems, including designing, analyzing, testing and or implementation.
• DevSecOps experience is preferred.

Personnel Clearance Level:

• Candidate must possess an active DoD Secret Clearance, or higher.

Computer Software/Programs Experience:

• Must have strong experience with Ansible, Linux, Python, and OpenShift.

Certifications:

• Security+

Essential Job Duties (not all-inclusive):

• Explore and implement (where feasible) "containerization" of existing ACS services to deploy and manage them as Docker containers within OpenShift.
• Develop Ansible scripts for installation and configuration of the software as part of the ACS system and develop fixes and improvements
• Integrate Red Hat-produced Ansible scripts with existing ACS scripts to enable a seamless installation process.
• Explore and implement (where feasible) "containerization" of existing ACS services to deploy and manage them as Docker containers within OpenShift.
• Incorporate major product updates from Red Hat, both to meet customer needs as well as to avoid deploying end-oflife / unsupported software.
• Support the integration of custom ELK dashboards and the system management framework.
• Integrate updates to the Apache NiFi product.
• Support the government team in the development of a framework and/or guidelines for customers to deploy database instances as Docker containers in OpenShift (eg, Postgres, Mongo,
• Shall manage access to and usage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources for ACS development use. This support includes internal development resources as well common development and integration environments meant to be utilized and shared with ACS customers.
• Expertise using AWS(or other cloud environment) as a platform for ACS installations and helping to troubleshoot and resolve deployment and runtime issues with ACS and support making the ACS platform agnostic. This expertise shall include, but not be limited to, various COTS and GOTS such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Services, IBM SmartCloud and Red Hat Open Shift/Kubernetes.
• Maintaining software developer backlogs in JIRA. Ensuring JIRA tasks are lin