Senior System Engineer
Two Six Technologies, Herndon, Virginia +1
- Pay
- $140K–$208K / year
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Senior
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- 11 days ago
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About the role
At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.
Two Six Technologies is growing, and we are looking for a Senior System Engineer to join our Corporate Security team. You will be responsible for engineering, administering and maintaining the classified network. The ideal candidate is one who is eager to learn and adapt to new challenges in a fast-paced and growing environment, have great attention to detail, strong analytical and critical problem-solving abilities, and excellent communication skills.
The environments you will work in include Windows 11, Active Directory/Group Policy, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), VMWare vSphere / ESXi, etc.
The position will be based out of our Herndon, VA office with potential local travel to our other sites.
What You Will Do:
- Engineering and maintaining networks for both classified and unclassified use
- Install, configure, administer and maintain Windows and Linux servers and workstations
- Administering user accounts and access control within information systems to include creation of user accounts, assigning permissions to accounts, and enforcing security access policies to ensure compliance
- Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues
- Perform system backups and data recovery
- On-call support for outages as needed
What You Will Need:
- 5+ years of experience supporting a IC community classified network (like JWICS) as a System Engineer, Network Engineer or Network Administrator
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related degree or advanced professional industry certifications and additional experience can be substituted
- 8140 certification such as Security+, GCISP, GSEC, SSCP, CASP+, CISM, CISSP, CCNA, etc.
- Solid experience supporting Windows servers and workstations
- Working knowledge of the Linux environment
- Solid experience working with routers, switches and firewalls
- Experience building a firewall
- Experience setting up network access storage (NAS)
- Working knowledge of tools such as ServiceNow and Talon
- Working knowledge of government regulations such as the DCSA Assessment and Authorization Process Manual (DAAPM), NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, etc.
- Basic understanding of security compliance matrix
What we would like:
- Experience building a classified network
Security Clearance needed:
Active TS/SCI w/Poly
Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development.
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