Senior Systems 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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We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

Sigma Defense is looking for an Senior Systems Engineer who is willing to tackle hard problems with the support of the team and can use these problems as an opportunity to learn and grow. With time, the role will allow for tackling more complex technical issues and taking ownership of different components or areas.

The hired Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for designing, integrating, optimizing, and maintaining the infrastructure across multiple data centers. Our Engineers frequently collaborate and make efforts with Engineers from various sections within the company to assist in a range of customer environments across multiple data centers. Systems Engineers in this domain has strong technical acumen with a deep knowledge of the fundamentals of VMware ESX and related technologies. Out of several other roles, the standard job responsibilities are as follows:

Requirements

• Ability to design and deploy hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions such as Cisco HyperFlex to support VMware vSphere environments.
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic, adhere to deadlines, and the ability to work both independently and as a team.
• Experience with Cisco virtual and physical network, and security concepts and practices.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with architecting and implementing storage, virtualization, and hyper converged systems along with data protection and recovery strategies
• 10 + years of experience in an enterprise environment involving VMware maintenance, troubleshooting and performance analysis

Personnel Clearance Level:

• Candidate must possess at minimum an active DoD issued Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.

Mandatory Certifications:

• DOD 8570 IAT Level III (or obtain within 6 months of hire).
• VMware VCP or VCAP certification in the Data Center Virtualization track (Desired).

Essential Job Duties (not all-inclusive):

• Proactively identify and implement improvements, automation, monitoring, alerting, and more.
• Deploy, support and maintain Dev/Test/Production infrastructure and services in virtual, physical environments.
• Monitor the health and performance of all infrastructure and resolve issues using strong troubleshooting skills.
• Support a small Datacenter and a physical machine test lab by troubleshooting issues, deploying and configuring new hardware, servers, laptops and desktops (Windows and Linux).
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues on Windows and Lin