Senior Infrastructure Engineer - TS/SCI Required

Date Posted:

2024-09-20

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MD231: 306 Sentinel Drive Suite100 AJ 306 Sentinel Drive Suite 100, Annapolis Junction, MD, 20701 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

This role is primarily On-Site, with flexibility at hiring manager discretion.

Join Applied Signal Technology (AST), a dynamic business within Collins Aerospace, in our mission to enhance national security and safeguard the global community.  We're on the lookout for a dedicated Senior Infrastructure Engineer driven by excellence to contribute to our team, crafting innovative solutions that protect the interests of the U.S. and its allies.  From high reliability telecommunication processing to airborne signals intelligence collection and signal processing to cyber operations, our diverse projects offer continuous challenges and opportunities for growth.  Embrace a passionate, collaborative work environment that prioritizes integrity, diversity, and work-life balance. Enjoy competitive compensation, extensive career development prospects, comprehensive health care coverage, generous leave policies, and more. Take your career to new heights while making the world a safer place with AST.

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Applied Signal Technology: WHO WE ARE

What You Will Do

• As an Infrastructure Engineer you will be an integral part of a team that makes decisions and generates ideas that will push products above and beyond

• You will guide and oversee the design, development, testing and delivery of advanced high-capacity systems that process modern communications 

• You will work with other experienced members in R&D on system development and deployments for the protection of our country

• You will work autonomously yet collaboratively in a team environment

• You will generate briefings and present material to team members, customers, and AST Management as necessary

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI Security Clearance is required prior to start date ​

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance 

Minimum of 5 years related work with the following skills:

• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible

• Experience with developing in python or similar scripting languages

• Experience with Linux, especially Red Hat based distributions

• Experience with System Administration

• Experience with enterprise grade networking equipment, such as Cisco, Palo Alto & Dell

• Experience with virtualization technology (KVM, Ovirt, VMWare, Hyper-V)

• Experience with container technology (Docker, Podman, etc)

• Experience and/or knowledge of network protocols, such as TCP/IP and UDP

• Experience with configuration management systems (puppet, ansible, salt)

• Experience designing and setting up networks and data centers

• Experience verifying and validating the software and system work as intended

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with User Interface development

• Experience with enterprise grade storage equipment

• Experience with object-oriented programming languages.

• Strong experience with Python or other scripting languages

• Experience with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerized systems.

• Experience with process improvement

• Experience with automated system deployments

• Experience working on Security best practices for virtualized environments

• Experience setting up Security scans for DoD security compliance

• Experience with infrastructure ATO procedures and processes

What We Offer​

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  ​

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  ​