Systems Engineer SME (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

Location: On-site in Herndon, Virginia, United States. Core hours are 10:00–15:00.

Company

hirify.global delivers mission solutions and technical services across data analytics, software development, engineering, targeting and analysis, operations, training, and cyber operations.

What you will do

• Support and troubleshoot web applications, including deploying Tomcat applications in AWS and analyzing application and server logs.
• Deploy, patch, secure, maintain, and monitor AWS-hosted applications, networks, servers, cloud systems, and applications.
• Upgrade and maintain Linux operating systems and application software, including RHEL, CentOS, and Scientific Linux.
• Manage system certificates, privileged accounts, database passwords, PKI authentication, Vormetric, and KMS encryption technologies.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures, administrative instructions, outage reports, task updates, customer reports, and security certification artifacts.
• Support system and data security requirements and maintain web services.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required.
• An active/current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.
• 15 years of demonstrated related work experience are preferred.
• Experience supporting applications hosted in AWS, including deployments, patches, security checks, and maintenance.
• Experience upgrading and maintaining Linux systems and application software.
• Experience with software installation and patching, system monitoring, web services, and security requirements.
• Experience implementing and maintaining encryption technologies, including PKI authentication, Vormetric, and KMS.
• BA/BS degree or better is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience building AWS infrastructure or migrating private on-premises solutions to cloud hosting environments.
• Relational database knowledge, including Oracle and MySQL.
• Working knowledge of CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Experience with Shell, Perl, or Python scripting.
• SysOps or DevOps experience.
• Experience analyzing cloud performance and optimizing distributed cloud systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site employment.
• Work supports high-value customer missions through trusted industry partnerships.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided, including protections for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.