Senior Systems Engineer (Engineer Systems 4) (Remote) - 22481

Date: Feb 27, 2025

Location: Fairfax, VA, Remote, United States

Company: HII's Mission Technologies division

Requisition Number: 22481 

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $116,329.00 - $150,000.00 

Security Clearance: Ability to Obtain  

Level of Experience: Senior 

 

This opportunity resides with Global Security (GS). Mission Technologies’ Global Security (GS) group comprises live, virtual, constructive (LVC) solutions; fleet sustainment; nuclear and environmental; and Australia business.

As a trusted partner to our military customers, HII designs, develops and operates the largest LVC enterprise that prepares warfighters for cross-domain battle. With advanced technologies to enable mission readiness, HII understands that preparation requires full coordination—not readiness in piece-parts.

For more than 40 years, the U.S. Navy has entrusted HII to maintain and modernize the vast majority of its fleet. With a holistic approach to life-cycle maritime defense systems—from small watercraft to submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers—HII ensures a high state of readiness.

HII supports the Department of Energy’s national security mission through the management and operation of its sites, as well as the safe cleanup of legacy waste across the country. HII meets clients’ toughest nuclear and environmental challenges.
 

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

 

To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072

Job Description

HII Mission Technologies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG). This individual will be responsible for the architecture, management and day- to-day maintenance of a Microsoft Windows infrastructure, Microsoft Enterprise applications and various third-party applications hosted on-premises and in Azure. This role can be worked remotely. 

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and monitoring of the agency's on-prem and cloud server infrastructure.
  • Establishes monitoring requirements for servers and applications as well as develop and deploy alerting strategies.
  • Coordinates all maintenance activities including testing and scheduling for maintenance weekends and ensuring that all change records have been approved prior to maintenance events.
  • Assures implementation by working with staff on the goals and objectives of agency-wide programs, implements established goals and objectives, assesses measures that evaluate performance, and makes recommendations for program improvement.
  • Develops mitigation strategies when vulnerabilities cannot be remediated, coordinates with IT Security for review and acts on any directed changes.
  • Responsible for upgrading and managing all domain services and works with various system owners to coordinate systems upgrades, system backups and hardware refreshes.
  • Develops and submits change requests and tracks to completion hardware and software upgrades and patches.
  • Develops technical architecture and documentation that details procedures for installation, maintenance, security, configuration, and disaster recovery while considering cost and performance impact.
  • Responds to events and incidents with possible security architecture or negative user experience impacts; takes necessary corrective actions promptly.
  • Plans, organizes, and conducts research on complex infrastructure and client support issues that involve major areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, or interpretation to identify appropriate solutions.
  • Identifies and resolves unique issues, recommends innovative solutions to address new needs and/or issues and recommends enterprise upgrades, changes, or enhancements.
  • Performs proactive monitoring of system logs, services, scripts, and applications on servers’ systems, storage arrays for internal and customer-facing applications (min. 6 years’ experience).

Minimum Qualifications

  • 9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
  • Extensive knowledge administering and managing Microsoft Windows Server operating systems in a physical and virtual environment (Azure min. 3 years’ experience and VMware min. 6 years’ experience).
  • Must have the ability to independently rollout and manage server infrastructure projects, hosting enterprise applications across multi-server farms. (min. 6 years’ experience).
  • Expert working knowledge of Active Directory, DNS and Group Policy to manage enterprise environment. Able to architect and deploy Active Directory DC design, Schema, OU design, AD replication topology, and DC backup/restore procedures. (min. 6 years’ experience).
  • Expert knowledge of Windows Security for server and policy configurations. (Example: DOD STIG, server hardening, vulnerability remediation, baseline security configurations) (min. 6 years’ experience).
  • Proficient knowledge and experience with Azure services: Azure administration portal, resource groups, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services. (min. 3 years’ experience).
  • Experience with PowerShell and other scripting tools (min. 6 years’ experience).
  • Demonstrated problem solving skills and a consistent record of on-time delivery and customer service to include project planning, budgeting, scheduling, resource management, effective time management, documentation, and organization skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to express and present ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Able to work off-hours and weekends as needed for maintenance, upgrades, installations, etc.
  • Candidate will possess at least 3 years of specialized IT experience in Azure Entra ID.

Client Security Requirements

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a USPS Sensitive Clearance.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder and have been living in the U.S. for at least the last five years.
  • Must not have traveled outside of the United States for more than 180 days in the last five years.
  • All candidates will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and drug screening per HII and/or client requirements.

Preferred Requirements

  • Administration experience with Microsoft System Products Center (MECM, SCOM, etc.).
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a technical field such as Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields.
  • Microsoft certifications.

HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

 

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

 

Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

 

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

 

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
Today’s challenges are bigger than ever, and the nation needs the best of us. It’s why we’re focused on hiring, developing and nurturing our employees. We believe that an environment that fosters employee engagement among our workforce strengthens the organization, stimulates creativity, promotes the exchange of ideas and enriches the work lives of our employees.

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

 

Do You Need Assistance? 
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.