Associate Field Engineer

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ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Field Engineer- Entry Level to join our team in the Reston or Chantilly, VA location. This is an onsite position.

The successful candidate will travel worldwide to deploy, configure, upgrade, troubleshoot, and maintain systems, train technical support personnel to perform maintenance on those systems, and remotely support system troubleshooting and maintenance when not traveling.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Traveling worldwide to install and configure new systems as well as upgrade, maintain, and recap existing systems, including all system and network infrastructure and peripherals

• Training in-country technical support personnel to perform Tier 0-1 troubleshooting and maintenance on deployed systems, both in-country and remotely

• Communicating with in-country personnel remotely, while not traveling, to troubleshoot and resolve Tier 2-4 issues and documenting issues and resolutions appropriately

• Working with network management personnel on integration issues to maximize system performance

• Evaluating system performance and recommending improvements

• Supporting and improving the processes and procedures needed to provide real-time technical support for deployed systems and teams

• Working with engineering teammates to resolve reported problems

• Interfacing with third party vendors for monitoring, troubleshooting, tracking, and resolving issues

• Working with quality assurance/testing personnel to define acceptance criteria for each release cycle and testing systems as needed

• Preparing and presenting briefings to the Sponsor as required

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability and willingness to travel overseas 25% - 50% of the time

• Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9+ and Bash

• Network administration experience, including DNS, routing, and firewall configuration

• Experience with general systems administration enabling tools such as Jira, Git, and Gradle/Maven

Preferred Qualifications:

• Infrastructure administration experience, including technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Consul, Vault, Nomad or similar technologies

• Cloud administration and remote management experience

• Prior experience installing and maintaining complex systems deployed worldwide

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have an active/current Top Secret security clearance.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to be in a stationary position more than 50% of the time 

• Must be able to communicate, converse, and exchange information with peers and senior personnel 

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a computer 

• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations 

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

ManTech International Corporation, as well as its subsidiaries proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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