Systems Engineer

ECS is seeking a Systems Engineer to work in our Tampa, FL office.  Please Note: This position is contingent upon [contract award OR additional funding].

Job Description:

ECS is seeking a System Engineer to work in our Tampa, FL location. This position is supporting our cloud based PAI environment called Argos and allows for remote work with required visits on-site for government meetings.

*Contingent upon contract award*

We are a rapidly growing company that considers our employees to be our most important asset. People truly are number one at ECS. We are situated in Fairfax, VA however; our company supports critical missions across the globe. This particular customer is in the Tampa Bay area and a majority of the time this mission will be supported remotely, with occasional visits to the customer location. We offer highly competitive compensation and benefits to the right person for this key position.

ECS is looking for a passionate, driven System Engineer to drive existing capabilities in areas focused on infrastructure as code, AWS cloud, Virtual Desktop environment, and Zero-Trust security to deliver transformational and scalable cloud solutions supporting our Argos program a mission critical PAI platform.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a System Engineer to join our team in supporting a large program with the following roles and responsibilities:

• Work in a highly agile environment, to implement best in class solutions by leveraging a variety of automation, instance and/or container, orchestration, security, and native/non-native cloud services for large DoD program(s).
• Leverage best practices to deploy and monitor the environment, facilitate management oversight, and put in place detection, incident-response, and mitigation practices to minimize and rapidly resolve discovered anomalies.
• Possess an understanding of AWS, Elastic, Network Infrastructure, Security Capabilities, Storage Solutions, Database Services/Tooling, and Identity & Access Management.
• Participate in status meetings on progress, priorities, issues, performance, and future growth.
• Essential Responsibilities:
• Leverage DevSecOps best practices to design, implement, and deploy cloud software automation solutions.
• Be familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies and best practices in order to engage with leadership and government clientele on project development.
• Be able to leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, and Terraform.
• Leverage scripting languages such as Bash, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, JSON, YAML, etc. to interface a variety of tooling together into a comprehensive package wherever applicable.
• Have familiarity with implementing STiGs and other security requirement guides to harden both Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Be able to create and maintain custom Amazon AMIs that incorporate DoD STIG requirements. 
• Utilize existing backup solution to ensure critical infrastructure is protected.
• Migrate existing on-premises software applications to cloud leveraging a structured method and best practices.
• Be able to integrate and troubleshoot hardware solutions in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Have familiarity with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, and/or Elastic Stack in order to engage with project monitoring and incident response activities.
• Experience configuring and deployment of virtual desktops within hybrid environments.
• Integrate multiple software products across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Closely coordinate and communicate with ECS team as well as sponsors for effort.
• Ability to brief and engage directly with sponsors and their supporting staff regarding technical support work and architecture design of cloud environments.

Required Skills:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or similar preferred.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) certification (at least Associate level).
• Windows Server family. Active Directory, O365, Linux familiarity.
• Current DoD 8750 IAT Level 1 certification.

Desired Skills:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification.
• Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. ECS promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3800 employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.