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AMERICAN SYSTEMS

IT and engineering services for government

Information Security Engineer - Site Reliability

Site Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMiddletown, RI, USA$85k - $125k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • An active DoD Secret security clearance is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related discipline and approximately three years of relevant experience are required; additional relevant experience, education, or technical training may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Journeyman-level experience in site reliability engineering, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software engineering, systems administration, or infrastructure operations is required.
  • Experience administering Linux and/or Windows server environments is required.
  • Experience with scripting or software development using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, or a similar language is required.
  • Experience with system monitoring, logging, alerting, performance analysis, and incident response is required.
  • Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking and common network services is required.
  • Working knowledge of server, storage, virtualization, and application infrastructure is required.
  • Working knowledge of source-code management and version-control practices is required.
  • Working knowledge of configuration management and deployment automation is required.
  • Working knowledge of system security, access controls, patching, and vulnerability remediation is required.
  • Working knowledge of backup, recovery, and service-continuity practices is required.
  • The candidate must be able to troubleshoot complex technical issues across application, operating system, network, and infrastructure layers.
  • The candidate must be able to create clear technical documentation and communicate technical findings to engineering and customer stakeholders.
  • The candidate must be able to work independently and collaboratively in a controlled, on-site environment.
  • The candidate must be able and willing to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

  • Operate, monitor, and maintain mission-critical applications, services, servers, and supporting infrastructure.
  • Develop and maintain service-level indicators, objectives, and operational metrics to measure system reliability.
  • Build dashboards, alerts, and automated health checks to identify availability, performance, capacity, and security issues.
  • Investigate system incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
  • Automate deployment, configuration, monitoring, recovery, and routine system-administration activities.
  • Develop scripts and tools using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or comparable languages.
  • Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines in accordance with program security and change-control requirements.
  • Reduce operational toil by standardizing processes and automating repetitive tasks.
  • Support infrastructure provisioning and configuration using approved infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management tools.
  • Analyze system performance, capacity, reliability, and resource utilization, and recommend improvements.
  • Develop and test backup, restoration, failover, disaster-recovery, and continuity-of-operations procedures.
  • Participate in release planning, deployment readiness reviews, maintenance activities, and production validation.
  • Support vulnerability identification, system hardening, patching, remediation, and security compliance activities.
  • Apply applicable DoD cybersecurity requirements and Security Technical Implementation Guides.
  • Create and maintain system diagrams, operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, incident reports, and configuration documentation.
  • Coordinate with software developers, system administrators, cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and customer representatives.
  • Participate in scheduled maintenance and provide after-hours or on-call support when required.
  • Travel occasionally to customer or program sites.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting classified systems, DoD networks, or mission-critical environments is preferred.
  • Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, Splunk, Nagios, or similar tools is preferred.
  • Experience with automation and configuration-management technologies such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Salt is preferred.
  • Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps is preferred.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform is preferred.
  • Experience with containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or OpenShift is preferred.
  • Experience with VMware, KVM, or comparable virtualization platforms is preferred.
  • Familiarity with reliability-engineering practices, including service-level indicators, service-level objectives, error budgets, blameless post-incident reviews, and capacity planning is preferred.
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, automated security testing, and software supply-chain security is preferred.
  • Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity requirements, DISA STIGs, vulnerability-scanning tools, and Risk Management Framework processes is preferred.
  • Relevant certifications, such as CompTIA Security+, Linux+, Network+, or Server+; Red Hat Certified System Administrator or Engineer; Certified Kubernetes Administrator; or a cloud, DevOps, or site reliability engineering certification, are preferred.
  • Familiarity with undersea platforms or previous fleet experience is highly desired.

About the Company

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

IT and engineering services for government

AMERICAN SYSTEMS delivers information technology and engineering services to U.S. government clients as an employee-owned government contractor. It focuses on IT and enterprise services, software development, and systems engineering, with offerings such as legacy systems migration, mobile app development, and user experience design. The company operates primarily for federal agencies, including the Intelligence Community, by winning government contracts to support national security initiatives and mission-critical programs. Its employee-owned structure aligns workforce interests with company success, differentiating it from typical contractor firms by giving employees a stake in outcomes and accountability in delivering technical and engineering solutions to national security and IT needs.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
1975

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