Systems Engineer - Platform - TS​/SCI clearance

Overview

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

We are hiring for a Systems Engineer – Platform with active TS/SCI clearance for our Systems Engineering and Architecture Services (SEAS) Team to support our government customer based in Springfield, VA.

• The Systems Engineer (SE) implements modern and next generation (Nex Gen) IT solutions that leverage a wide variety of vendors and cloud‑native technologies, supporting the development, maturity, and efficiency of an information technology system.
• Architect scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions consistent with industry best practices and lead the migration of legacy systems to modern cloud environments.
• Engineer and implement secure, scalable, and automated container and orchestration solutions to support microservices and cloud‑native applications.
• Implement infrastructure‑as‑code and automation pipelines to support repeatable and reliable container deployments.
• Capture, analyze, and decompose government, stakeholder, technical, and/or product requirements to develop formal recommendations for proposed solutions.
• Define and design baseline/standard service offerings and develop supporting documentation including integration guides, migration plans, and risk assessment/mitigation plans for new or updated technologies.
• Provide technical leadership on container platform adoption, modernization, and migration efforts, and offer SME support when complex issues arise.
• Develop and implement industry best practices through standards, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
• Create presentations, review proposals/change requests, and provide recommendations for CIO decision boards, architecture review board, technical review board, and program control board as needed.

• 5+ years of proven hands‑on experience engineering and implementing cloud solutions such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, with demonstrated proficiency in strategy development, networking, security, disaster recovery & business continuity planning, and automation and orchestration.
• 5+ years of proven hands‑on experience engineering and implementing enterprise‑level container orchestration platform solutions such as Kubernetes, Open Shift, EKS, AKS, or GKE, with demonstrated proficiency in cluster management, deployment and automation, monitoring and logging, security, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Excellent analytical, technical, communication, planning, presentation, and organizational skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Proven experience in cloud and container orchestration as described above (duplicate statement omitted for clarity).

• Understanding and knowledge of systems development life‑cycle methodologies (waterfall, spiral, agile, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and Dev Sec Ops ).
• Familiarity with Dev Sec Ops  concepts, implementation, and operations in a hybrid IT organization, collaborating with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and project management teams.
• Kubernetes technical certification (CKA or CKAD) and cloud‑native credentials such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect Associate.
• Knowledge of various cloud technologies and experience providing infrastructure support in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Meet the minimum credential requirements for a Cyber IT/Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) position as defined for the IT (Cyberspace) discipline:
  Research & Development (R&D) Specialist (661) – Intermediate Level.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity,…