Makpar Corporation

Systems Engineer

Makpar Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington D.C. • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaPrometheusPythonRuby

About the role

  • Provide support for an Agency (Police “Department”) of approximately 3,200 users.
  • Provide business knowledge and technical expertise to implement strategies, evaluate products, and build upon an infrastructure that supports the changing needs of the Agency.
  • Collaborate with federal program managers, agency staff, contracting officers, and multi-disciplinary development teams.
  • Design, develop, and integrate complex work systems for every stage of a lifecycle.
  • Reliably deliver mission-critical infrastructure with an eye toward accessibility, optimization, and security.
  • Manage and monitor all infrastructure and systems installations, including configuration, testing, and maintenance.
  • Implement and maintain strategies for backup, security, and redundancy.
  • Identify potential issues and implement solutions proactively.
  • Craft custom scripts that reduce the need for human interaction.
  • Enable faster and smarter business processes and develop meaningful analytics.
  • Engage regularly with upper management, providing reports on project status, activities, and achievements.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to identify what they want to accomplish with a system.
  • Use expert-level administration and optimization of hosts and servers to ensure high degree of availability and appropriate resource management.
  • Standardize and automate processes using scripting technology.
  • Install and configure operating systems, software, and hardware components, and leverage IT staff for routine tasks by clearly documenting design, maintenance, and support procedures.
  • Test software routinely for bugs, redundancies, and security issues.
  • Conduct high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and establish preventive measures.
  • The Systems Engineer will be expected to supervise others.
  • The Systems Engineer is required to be onsite at the Fairchild Building in downtown Washington, DC three (3) days per week.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • Extensive experience (6+ years) in enterprise systems engineering design and support.
  • Deep knowledge of server operating systems, hardware, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
  • Certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, Cisco, or others a plus.
  • Experience using database management software
  • Ability to use various programming languages, such as Ruby and Python
  • Strong hardware and software troubleshooting skills.
  • Expertise in a variety of tools and technologies, such as Active Directory, PowerShell, and monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana.
  • Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, system performance-monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching
  • Experience in project management, application design and integration, and cloud computing (specifically Microsoft Azure)
  • Expertise in creating, analyzing, and repairing large-scale distributed systems
  • Knowledge of Git or other version-control software
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Benefits
  • At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package
  • Excellent training and career development opportunities
  • Flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package
  • We believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged
  • We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
enterprise systems engineeringserver operating systemsvirtualizationcloud platformsprogramming languagesdatabase management softwarescripting technologybackup and recovery procedureslarge-scale distributed systemstroubleshooting
Soft skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunication skillscollaborationproject managementsupervisionstakeholder engagementreportingproactive issue identificationprocess optimization
Certifications
AWS certificationAzure certificationGoogle certificationCisco certification