Staff Systems Solutions Engineer

Synaptek Corporation - Fort Meade, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Fort Meade, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We are seeking a Staff Systems Solutions Engineer to join our team supporting Defense Enclave Services (DES) in Fort Meade, MD. This role is critical in ensuring the successful migration of over 20 agencies into a single architecture, which requires a deep understanding of data collection, analysis, and migration planning. The ideal candidate will perform initial discovery efforts to define data collection requirements, utilizing advanced data analysis techniques to develop a comprehensive migration plan. This includes forecasting backend infrastructure needs and designing solutions that integrate various storage and data protection technologies from leading providers such as EMC, NetApp, and Nutanix. The Staff Systems Solutions Engineer will be responsible for optimizing end-to-end system performance and migration workflows, conducting data captures to obtain computing performance and system configuration information, and establishing migration plans for complex n-tier applications and services. The role also involves gathering necessary data to forecast long-term capacity and performance requirements, ensuring that the migration process minimizes impact to the user community while accelerating execution. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands the pace of technology today and the need for a well-planned information management environment. Our philosophy, "Technology moving at the speed of thought," embodies our commitment to utilizing the best information technology solutions to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers. We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time, and holidays. The safety and health of our employees is of utmost importance, and compliance with any vaccination requirements mandated by contract, applicable law, or regulation is expected.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial discovery efforts, defining data collection requirements based on inputs needed to develop a successful migration plan
• Utilize advanced data analysis techniques and benchmarks to define the future state migration plan, and the pre-migration activities necessary to close gaps
• Forecast backend infrastructure needs resulting from the migration of over 20 agencies into a single architecture
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, test and deploy numerous types of storage and data protection technologies from EMC, NetApp, Nutanix, and others
• Optimize end-to-end system performance and migration workflows
• Conduct data captures to obtain computing performance and system configuration information
• Define migration plans that accelerate execution and minimize impact to the user community
• Establish migration plans for complex n-tier applications and services
• Gather needed data to forecast long-term capacity and performance requirements

Requirements

• 10 years of experience
• Proficiency with enterprise-class storage and data protection technologies such as storage and backup arrays, SAN switches, backup software, and storage replication technology
• Must possess a Secret clearance
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level II
• CCNA Security
• CySA+
• GICSP
• GSEC
• Security+ CE
• SSCP
• CND
• Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer Certification (CCEE)

Nice-to-haves

• Consulting firm experience
• Strong knowledge of networking, servers, cyber, and data center facilities
• Cloud Migration
• Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
• Microsoft Intune - Endpoint Management & Software Distribution
• Microsoft 365 Administration
• Microsoft Power BI
• Active Directory Administration
• Enterprise level migration experience
• Operating system rollout
• Developing engineering and implementation plans

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability plans
• Long-term disability plans
• Vacation time
• Holidays