Senior Systems Engineer

ABSC is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to work on-site in Northern, VA.

Duties:

• Expand or modify system to serve new purposes or improve workflow.
• Analyze and study complex system requirements.
• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manages their implementation.
• Manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
• Estimate software development costs and schedule. Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques. Supervise software configuration management.
• Analyze functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities.
• Develops block diagrams and logic flow charts.
• Tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product.
• Prepare required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation.
• Enhance software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency.
• Provide technical direction to programmers to ensure program deadlines are met.
• Apply business process improvement practices to re-engineer methodologies and principles and business process modernization projects.
• Apply, as appropriate, activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis, internal control and risk analysis and modern business methods and performance measurement techniques.
• Assist in establishing standards for information systems procedures.
• Develop and apply organization-wide information models for use in designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems.

Required Qualifications:

• An Active TS/SCI w/ FSP Clearance is required.
• Strong background in Microsoft Systems Engineering and providing support to those systems.
• Strong recent experience in Windows platform operating systems (Windows 10/Server 2016-2019)
• Strong knowledge of Windows Active Directory suite to include (DNS, DFS, ADCS, GPOs)
• Strong knowledge of virtualization products with a focus on VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vRealize Operations.
• Strong knowledge of storage devices with a focus on Netapp with NAS protocols.
• Proficiency in scripting languages with a focus on PowerShell.
• Demonstrated strong performance as a Systems Engineer / Architect, developing or implementing information systems with a broad experience base across the entire project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated capacity to understand and communicate technical ideas, concepts, and thoughts across multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to independently determine and develop approach to solutions.

Preferred:

• Technical Certifications: MCSE, VMware VCP-DCV, Netapp NCDA
• Knowledge of AWS and/or Cloudworks
• Working knowledge of Hyper-V.
• Working knowledge CSFC technologies and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of secure mobile platform management solutions.
• Working knowledge of Thales HSM’s.
• Working knowledge of PKI with a focus on CertAgent and Redhat Certificate Authorities.
• Working knowledge of Aspera file transfer systems.
• Current experience in the Sponsor’s classified and unclassified distributed work environment architectures and systems.

Who we are:

ABSC is a technology and services company that combines the agility of a small business with proven processes refined over more than two decades in business. We specialize in supporting public sector clients in the Intelligence, Defense, Health, and Safety areas. Our team stands ready to deliver the next generation of programs, personnel, and solutions to help advance our federal government customers’ driving innovation, agility, and security across all mission areas.

Some of our benefits include:

• 4 weeks of PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
• Retirement Planning – 401k Fully Vested with Match
• Tuition Assistance Program – Annual contributions to help you pay down your loans
• Annual Health and Wellness Allowance – buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
• Career Development – 5,250 Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
• Volunteer Time Off – Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
• Charitable Match – ABSC matches up to $250 of an employee’s donation to a qualifying charity
• Paid Parental Leave –Employees receive 3 weeks of paid parental leave at 100% pay
• Referral Program – We pay for internal and external referrals!
• LOV Awards – Earn bonus awards throughout the year from o