Systems Engineer - Expert

KDA Consulting is a Disabled Veteran, Woman-Owned, Certified Disadvantaged Small Business, comprised of a diverse team of professionals driven to tackle the demanding National Defense and Intelligence challenges through IT solutions.  We emphasize teamwork and focus on achieving goals to complete deliverables efficiently, on-time, and under budget. 

We are currently seeking a Systems Engineer - Expert to join our team.

Primary Job Duties

·        11+ years' experience in systems design and engineering

·        Ability to troubleshoot cloud (AWS) implementation issues.

·        Solve software (Linux) issues and software development.

·        Proven success working as a DEVOPs systems engineer and technical admin.

·        Agile Methodology and continuous improvement mindset

·        GitHub experience and other source control systems

·        Strict adherence to security standards and organizational requirements

·        Willingness to mentor and train other engineers as well as seek to continually improve processes.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

·        Hands-on experience working within AWS/Azure/cloud environments

·        Hands-on experience developing with Python

·        Hands-on experience developing with Java

·        Hands-on experience developing with Ruby on Ralls

·        Hands-on experience developing with Ansible

·        Hands-on experience developing with Cisco NSO

·        Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud

·        Deployment technologies like Ansible, Chet, Puppet, etc.

·        Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

·        Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

·        Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies

·        Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision

·        Excellent verbal and written communication skills​​

Job Requirements

·        Active TS/SCI + Full Scope Poly U.S. Government Security is required.

·        Education and Year’s of Experience Requirement: candidate must possess a minimum of 11 years' relevant work experience plus a bachelor’s degree -OR- 9 years’ relevant work experience and a master’s degree. 

·        Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality.

·        Strong interpersonal skills, especially the ability to network and establish professional relationships.

·        Ability to prioritize, demonstrated strong organizational skills, and ability to meet or exceed deadlines.

Physical Demands: Position will require frequent sitting, standing, and/or mobility within an office setting.  Employee must be able to use hands to complete work at a workstation/computer, be able to reach, type and manipulate with hands, fingers, and arms; lift and/or move up to 20 pounds; talk, see and hear.

Work Environment: Work is performed on client site in a professional office environment with moderate stress and noise levels.  Position requires employee to effectively use a computer, potentially for long periods of time, and to accommodate potentially frequent interruptions.  Candidate should be both customer-focused and present a team approach to overall work.

Schedule:  Business core hours are Monday through Friday, 0930AM -1430PM. Standard work hours may vary for this position based upon contract requirements. Position will be located onsite at a customer facility. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): KDA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, KDA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process. We encourage qualified individuals with disabilities to apply. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact our hiring team by email [email protected].  For persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or deaf-disabled, KDA will provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter where needed as a reasonable accommodation for the hiring processes.

EEOC: KDA is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.