Systems Engineer SME - Military veterans preferred

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future

Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first.  At ManTech International Corporation, you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement.

Currently, ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented System Engineer Active Directory at our Kingstowne VA office.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
•    Modernize and continuously improving existing Enterprise Directory Services as part of on-going transition to more cloud-based offerings. 
•    Support needs assessment and requirements analysis in to prioritize implementation, development, and delivery.  
•    Provide insights from login activities to provide the monitoring and controlling components, as well as the ability to push data to other robust Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools for better overall operational awareness.
•    Perform backup of existing USCIS Active Directory environments and develop new solutions to take advantage of new technologies and best practices provided by the latest versions of Windows Server, to include but not limited to:
a.    Bastion Forest for Administrative accounts
b.    Just In time administration
c.    Just Enough administration
d.    Privileged Access Workstations (PAW)
e.    Credential Partitioning
f.    Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
g.    Group Policy
h.    PowerShell Desired State Configuration
i.    Domain Trusts
•    Collaborate with Operations when backing up USCIS Active Directory infrastructure for changes, modifications, and advancements, for a seamless transition and delivery.
•    Backup Active Directory production environment. Conduct periodic disaster recovery planning exercises as needed.
•    Assist with migration tasks as scheduled throughout USCIS offices; provide technical assistance to lower tiered administrators as needed/required.
•    Collaborate with local facility administrators and teams regarding server hardware installations, upgrades, and migrations of essential AD services and rollout projects.
•    Work with software vendors to identify, install, and deploy USCIS business need software solutions, involving AD LDAP authentication and delegation rights.
•    Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software, and network issues with operating systems, as required.
•    Backup on premise and cloud solutions to ensure, where applicable, interdependent systems have consistent backups evaluated for business value, and removal of waste.
•    Act as a technical liaison between USCIS OIT customers and third-party software/hardware vendors to deliver necessary solutions for the agency.
•    Participate in the entire lifecycle (planning, deployment, maintenance) of critical IT services.
•    Backup Azure AD Connect and Office 365 Suite.
•    Support VEEAM Administration to provide full backup and recovery for all virtual Field Servers.
•    Assume the primary Hyper-V management and support duties for the field sites and secondary support for Data Center systems.
•    Backup and support DNS configuration, MS Clustering services, storage configuration, terminal services, TCP/IP protocol, and LDAP services. 
•    Provide recommendations for new products and technology for supporting all layers of the IT infrastructure architecture based on testing and technology vetting.
•    Participate with the Critical Incident Response Ticket (CIRT) team for after action reports and root cause analysis.
•    Lead and participate in enterprise projects when appropriate, to include but not limited to:
a.    Enterprise Data Center Consolidation
b.    Enterprise Cloud based solutions
c.    Enterprise Unified Communications
d.    Next Generation Endpoint and Mobility operating systems
e.    Directory and Messaging services
f.    Enterprise Network and Compute configuration standards development
g.    Enterprise Network and Compute management development
h.    Enterprise Backup and archive design and solutions
i.    Enterprise Mobility solutions development
j.    Enterprise Management, configuration, and tools standardization
k.    Network (WAN/LAN) standards or changes

Basic Qualifications

•    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field preferred. 5-10 years of experience.
•    A minimum of five (5) years of experience with monitoring performance and throughput, setting baselines for acceptable performances standards while teams develop new solutions. 
•    Experience working in public and private clouds. 
•    Ability and readiness to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, collaborative environment.
•    Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills required. 
•    Must have strong critical thinking, complex problem solving, appropriate judgment, and decision-making skills 
•    Experience with major cloud providers preferred. 
•    Possess superior technical aptitude and effective written and verbal communications skills.
•    Proven experience with managing and using DevOps concepts. 
•    Certifications: MCSE

Capable of supporting or familiarity with the following or similar tools and activities:
a.    Bastion Forest for Administrative accounts
b.    Just In time administration
c.    Just Enough administration
d.    Privileged Access Workstations (PAW)
e.    Credential Partitioning
f.    Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
g.    Group Policy
h.    PowerShell Desired State Configuration
i.    Domain Trusts
j.    Solarwinds
k.    AlgoSec
l.    Infoblox
m.    Stealthwatch
n.    Microsoft Active Directory
o.    Group Policy
p.    CSP Cloud Service Provider Integration/Development not limited to:
?    Azure
?    AWS  
?    Google
?    Salesforce
a.    Cisco Routing, Switching and Compute platforms
b.    Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS)
c.    Microsoft System Center Suite
d.    Analytics, Automation and Orchestration requirements:
-Chef
-Puppet
-Ansible
e.    Hyper-V
f.    VMWare and NSX
g.    Citrix
h.    Privileged Access Workstations
i.    Powershell
j.    Python
k.    Dell Compute platforms
l.    AirWatch
m.    Intune
n.    Centrify
o.    Mac OSX
p.    Windows Operating Systems
q.    iOS
r.    Android
s.    HP and Dell Workstations and laptops
t.    NetApp Storage
u.    VEEAM

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Familiar with tools including: ServiceNow, GitHub, Jira, Confluence
•    Experience with ITIL, DevSecOps and Agile concepts
•    Experience supporting Government contracts

Security Clearance Requirements:
•    U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain Public Trust and complete DHS Security

Clearance

•    Ability to obtain DHS EOD suitability
•    Current DHS EOD highly preferred
Physical Requirements:
•    Office work, typically sedentary with some movement around the office.
 

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