Senior Principal System Engineer

Summary: We are seeking an experienced Engineer/Scientist/Technical Analyst in Huntsville, AL to join our team in support of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Missile Defense Data Center (MDDC).

This position is in the Test Tools Functional area of the MDDC.

Responsibilities:

Provides expert engineering solutions for highly complex technical matters. Provides technical support to team members who are diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging complex problems. Provides systems design services on all aspects of planning, engineering, integration, development, and testing. Maintains a strong knowledge of missile defense requirements and provides expertise on missile defense systems. Designs, develops, and implements complex hardware, software, and database applications or advanced techniques in investigating solutions to system requirements and problems. Develops, plans, coordinates, and integrates systems-related requirements to support operational needs. Makes recommendations based on findings. Develops and coordinates contract deliverables and reports. Prepares management plans and reports. Leads team members in the completion of contract deliverables, task order review, briefings, and presentations.

• Responsible for Systems Administrative functions as they relate to Windows Servers, Linux installations.
• System administration of SCCM for software installation and patching processes.
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of Group Policy Objects (GPO).
• Responsible for maintenance and support of a multi-tiered Windows Active Directory environment.
• Assist other system administrators and cyber engineers with STIG evaluation and implementation.
• Assist in grooming and planning meetings to ensure customer requirements are understood and can be fulfilled by the development team.
• Assists in the design, development, testing, verifying, sustaining, and fully documenting (full software lifecycle) developed software.
• Work with Government, contractor staff, and end-users to identify and implement hardware requirements.
• Assist in the maintenance of build and deployment pipelines.
• Participate in daily scrums.
• Assist members of assurance and cyber security programs to ensure testing is properly supported and risks are addressed.
• Collaborate with IT team members as needed for infrastructure management and application deployment.
• Evaluate and identify new technologies for implementation and support new technology implementation efforts across multiple development teams with similar codebases.
• Responsible for maintaining software development standards compliance and ensuring only approved packages are deployed.
• Troubleshoot production problems related to software applications.
• Participate in the development of software user manuals and technical reports.
• Mitigate and investigate security risks identified by automated scanning tools and external assessments.

Must be a US Citizen.

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Familiar with performing Software Engineering in a remote work setting, working from an agile backlog, and able to collaborate across a team of developers.
• Knowledge of CMM/CMMI/Agile methodologies.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to provide examples of being proactive and taking initiative in carrying out daily responsibilities.
• Must possess and maintain an active CompTIA Security + CE certification.

Specific Skills Desired:

• Prior experience working in a classified environment is beneficial.
• Experience with Windows Active Directory, Windows Server administration, GPOs, SCCM, Microsoft Azure, and AWS.
• Prior Linux experience is a plus.
• Prior experience supporting a team with production releases at the end of each sprint.
• Familiarity with GitLab for code repo, pipelines, and/or backlog management.
• Prior experience using Fortify, Sonarqube to ensure code quality and security.
• Prior experience supporting deliverable/release objectives: product documentation, STIG analysis, and deployment orchestration.
• Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and Entity Framework in a code-first development approach.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree (from an accredited institution in a related field).
• 25 years of experience.