ECS is seeking a Systems Engineer to work in our Arlington, VA office.
ECS Federal has an immediate opening for a Systems Engineer for a Department of Defense (DoD) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment located in a contractor facility. The ideal candidate will have a sound technical background; a willingness to learn; experience with complex DoD systems; and a strong understanding of how to address DoD STIGs.
Candidates must be adaptable; take ownership of tasks and deadlines; work well without supervision; commit to high quality results; and provide common sense technical solutions. They should have a track record of self-improvement and continuous learning. Well-developed written, verbal, and interpersonal skills are essential.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Deploy and maintain a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment
- Collaborate with the project manager to maintain the project schedule
- Ensure continuity of operations for all components and applications
- Be responsible for repairs, upgrades, patches, and vulnerability mitigations
- Install, configure, and monitor DoD tools like ESS and ACAS
- Implement DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
- Control changes IAW the configuration management plan
- Monitor and analyze logs and vulnerabilities IAW DoD policy
- Create and update virtual desktop and server images
- Analyze system performance and take appropriate corrective actions
- Backup components IAW the contingency plan
- Deploy and utilize SolarWinds applications
- Manage and resolve customer tickets
- Evaluate and test products IAW mission requirements
- Play an active role in incident response and security assessments
- Support Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities
- Produce and update required documentation
- Foster teamwork and collaboration
- Conduct other duties as needed
- Windows engineering (Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, SQL, etc.)
- Hypervisors (Nutanix Acropolis, VMWare, etc.)
- SolarWinds, ESS, ACAS, STIGs, SCAP
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD)
- Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC)
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Wyse Management Suite (WMS)
- Bachelor's Degree
- Possess an active DoD Secret clearance or higher
- Working knowledge of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) for server, client, and application hardening
- Professional attitude
- Superb customer-facing skills
- Ability to interface with all levels from end-users to senior management
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting Windows Operating systems.
- Qualify for DoD IAT Level II within 6 months of hire.
- One of the following: CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP
- One Windows certification
- Demonstrated ability to understand the system and its environment of operations