Lead Systems Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

**This is a pipeline requisition designed to collect resumes for potential upcoming work at AMERICAN SYSTEMS and does not represent a current opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted when an opening/funding becomes available**

As a Lead Systems Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:

Lead a team of talented, and experienced IT Engineers on new and ongoing IT projects
• Engage in hands-on technical work alongside the engineering team
• Perform direct technical troubleshooting and problem resolution in IT systems and infrastructure
• Coordinate with Information Assurance, Service Desk, and Software Development teams to ensure continuous operations
• Ensure continuous integration and deployment of software updates
• Oversee day-to-day operations supporting the customer's acquisition support mission
• Manage personnel development and complete performance appraisals of AMERICAN SYSTEMS employees

• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM degree
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT II level certification (e.g., Security+, CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP)
• More than 10 years of technical experience supporting IT operations (IT systems, IT networks, and software development)
• More than 5 years of technical experience supporting Information Assurance/Cybersecurity
• Management/Leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience communicating with senior level customers
• Strong working knowledge of virtual computing including VMware and Cloud computing
• Strong understanding of computer networking, perimeter protection, and information security

Technical understanding of the following:

• VMware infrastructure
• Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) such as Citrix
• Networking
• Storage systems
• Cloud technologies

Note: This position requires candidate to either have an active polygraph or successfully pass a polygraph for employment.