Systems Engineer, Information Systems Specialist 8

Role Overview

• As a Systems Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and integration of technologies that evolve and strengthen the agency’s IT infrastructure services while maintaining their confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
• Specifically, you will focus on establishing and supporting a hybrid-datacenter using primarily Microsoft technologies.
• Work closely with architecture and security teams to ensure solutions are strategically aligned, secure, resilient, and built for long-term sustainability.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps, incorporating modern engineering practices, and ensuring observability, availability, and lifecycle management principles are met.
• Coordinate smooth handoffs to the Service Desk & Operations teams.
• Support core ITSM processes such as Incident, Change, Problem, and Asset Management, helping ensure stable and reliable operations across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Seven (7) years of information systems experience in Core Azure infrastructure services expertise, Hybrid-datacenter engineering expertise, Identity & Access Management Expertise.
• An Associate's degree* or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, OR completion of a two (2) year accredited vocational training program in information technology or related field; AND five (5) years of information systems experience in Core Azure infrastructure services expertise, Hybrid-datacenter engineering expertise, Identity & Access Management Expertise.
• A Bachelor's degree* in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field AND three (3) years of information systems experience in Core Azure infrastructure services expertise, Hybrid-datacenter engineering expertise, Identity & Access Management Expertise.
• A Master's degree* in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field AND one (1) year of information systems experience in Core Azure infrastructure services expertise, Hybrid-datacenter engineering expertise, Identity & Access Management Expertise.
• Core Azure infrastructure services expertise (Containers, Compute, Networking, Storage).
• Hybrid-datacenter engineering expertise (IaC patterns, Vmware, Hyper-V, OpenShift).
• Identity & Access Management expertise (Entra, MFA, SSO, Conditional Access).
• Security-by-design & Zero Trust experience (least privilege, CIS hardening, Compliance automation).
• Cost Governance, Tenant Administration, Licensing experience (Subscriptions, Mgmt.Groups, Tagging).
• Observability & Automation experience (Splunk, Solarwinds, Powershell, Copilot).
• Collaboration & Leadership experience (Project delivery, Operational handoff).

Tech Stack

• Azure
• ITSM
• OpenShift
• Splunk
• VMware

Benefits

• Family Friendly Work Life Balance (paid time off, 12 holidays, 3 personal days, short and long term disability benefits)
• Take Care of Yourself and Your Family (comprehensive employee benefits, choice of medical plans, vision plan, life insurance, child care flexible spending account, employee assistance program)
• Employee recognition events, agency unique employee recognition program allowing for additional leave options such as vacation buy-out and sick leave roll-over