Senior IT Systems Engineer

Req ID: 36089

Summary

Senior IT Systems Engineer

Melbourne, FL

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer's core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

Astraeus Operations (AO) is an SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SBD) subsidiary of the Chenega Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). We are a small business with large business capabilities due to our shared-services Program Management Office (PMO) structure. Through our ISO 9001:2015 certification, we can accomplish the full range of contract services including financial, human capital, recruiting, procurement, security, and technical resources to achieve contract mission requirements. As a result, our small business big capability' dynamic benefits our clients through consistent communications and straight-lined workflows, ensuring our accountability to our clients for successful mission fulfillment.

In plain terms, our clients gain a team that's on the same page to achieve and support the client's mission. We vigorously respond to clients' requests without additional costs, delays, or inefficiencies that are often experienced with larger, more cumbersome organizations. AO is eligible for sole source, direct awards up to $100M for DOD and up to $25M for other federal agencies, without J&A. Astraeus is the easy button for a client wishing to take advantage of the rapid, agile, and flexible sole source procurement option. Combined with the shared PMO services, Astraeus offers highly competitive labor rates to fulfill day-to-day contract operations.

The Senior IT Systems Engineer will play a key role in the planning, deployment, configuration, and management of enterprise endpoint and virtualization solutions using Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), VMware, and Microsoft Azure. As part of a dynamic IT team, this role delivers lifecycle support, engineering, and operations services to ensure the secure, efficient, and uninterrupted availability of INL/A Management Information Systems. This position supports the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation (INL/A), contributing to global missions that advance national security and international stability.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage VMware infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, resource pools, templates, and virtual networking to ensure performance, availability, and scalability.

• Administer and support Microsoft Azure environments, including Azure AD, virtual machines, resource groups, storage accounts, and integration with endpoint management solutions.

• Develop and maintain baseline configurations for Windows operating systems, ensuring compliance with security standards and best practices.

• Develop and maintain baseline configurations for Microsoft Exchange, ensuring compliance with security standards and best practices.

• Automate system deployment, software distribution, and configuration tasks using PowerShell, Configuration Items (CIs), and Task Sequences.

• Monitor the performance, health, and utilization of systems and virtualized environments; proactively identify and resolve issues to maintain service availability.

• Support system design, engineering, and implementation across the full lifecycle: requirements analysis, architecture, integration, testing, and operational handoff.

• Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams to enforce policies, meet compliance standards, and prepare for audits.

• Provide technical guidance and support for system migrations, including transitions to Azure cloud services and modern device management platforms.

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Intune and SCCM, including co-management and application packaging.

• Hands-on experience with VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, and related virtualization technologies.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Azure services integration.

• Strong PowerShell scripting skills for automation and system administration.

• Familiarity with Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and GPO management.

• Experience with security and compliance tools (e. g. , Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CIS benchmarks).

• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

• Document engineering procedures, configurations, and processes for knowledge sharing and repeatable operations.

• Participate in technical reviews to validate that proposed solutions align with the mission and customer requirements.

• Travel may be required for project deployments or assessments (CONUS, OCONUS).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field OR

• Associate's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience.

• Education requirement may be substituted with 4+ years of relevant experience.

• 10+ years relevant experience.

• Secret clearance required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proven experience in engineering and developing various IT hardware and software solutions, analyzing systems and requirements, experimenting and testing, performing vulnerability and security assessments, and developing and integrating complex IT solutions.

• Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience with JIRA, ITSM, CMDB, and similar tools is highly desired.

• An ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing, with solid presentation skills, both verbal and written.

How you'll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there's always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

Chenega MIOS's culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their .