Sr. Systems Engineer

Compass Pointe Consulting • Full-time • Columbia, MD, US • $100k - $130k / year • 7m ago

Job Description
Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties:
• You will lead the technical project engineering team to ensure the technical specification, design, implementation, integration, and acceptance of a system at the customer site.
• You will take ownership of Engineering related deliverables and their technical compliance and quality (design drawings, design reviews, system layouts, system configuration, ...).
• You will be THE technical contact person for our customers (FAA and Airports) pre- and post-sales.
• You will configure and commission commercially available IT and network components in a security-critical environment.
• You will clarify the technical feasibility, co-design the system architecture, and optimize the system under cost-benefit aspects.
• You will collaborate and coordinate with internal and external suppliers, e.g., from the areas of documentation, test department, and software/product development across the client.
• You will conduct acceptance tests with the customers, the project team, and other important stakeholders.
• You will be the safety engineer in a projects, responsible for requirements, analysis, and deliverables and bring the safety mindset to the project team.
• You bring a learning mindset, investigate, and apply innovative technologies or methodologies to improve project outcomes, efficiency, or sustainability.
• You will adhere to industry standards, regulations, and best practices.

Experience in the following technologies:
• Video technologies and protocols.
• Proficient in RHEL operating system. Knowledgeable in Windows operating system.
• Comprehensive experience with networks (Layer2 + Layer3) and ideally protocol knowledge (UDP, TCP, Multicast)
• System security management and intrusion detection tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE)
• Log aggregation and reporting (ELK/Opensearch, Splunk)
• Network analysis tools (Wireshark)
• Containers (Docker)
• System monitoring tools (Zabbix, SNMP)
• Virtualization (ESXi, KVM, Red Hat Virtualization)
• Data replication and storage (DBRD, NAS/SAN)
• SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python).
• Certifications such as Red Hat Certified System Administrator etc. are an advantage.

Qualifications
• Enjoy working with customers.
• At least 8 years of experience in similar role.
• BS or MS in Information Technology, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience with IT systems and engineering.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring system engineering project teams.
• Broad IT (hardware and software) technology background.
• Experience in Safety Engineering.
• Prior domain knowledge preferable.

We offer Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short-Term Disability, Accident, Term Life, Whole Life, and 401k for all W2 Consultants. A benefit overview will be provided as requested.