Sr. Infrastructure / DevSecOps Systems Engineer

Sr. Infrastructure / DevSecOps Systems Engineer (Remote)

ECS is seeking an experienced Sr. Infrastructure / DevSecOps Systems Engineer to join our team remotely. This role will provide crucial scientific computing support for the NIH NIAID Enabling and Advancing Technologies (NEAT) program, focusing on Program Management, Scientific Instrumentation Support, and High Performance Computing (HPC).

Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract win.

As a Sr. Infrastructure / DevSecOps Systems Engineer, you will be instrumental in leading complex incident resolution, driving infrastructure automation, and performing advanced troubleshooting for scientific computing environments and deployment pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex incident resolution, infrastructure automation, performance tuning, and operational engineering standards across enterprise and scientific computing environments.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, infrastructure automation, security integration, configuration management, and reproducible scientific computing deployment pipelines.
• Supervise, coordinate, and perform additions and changes to network hardware and operating systems, including investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing of new network hardware and software.
• Provide direct support for the day-to-day operations of network hardware and operating systems, including evaluating system utilization, monitoring response times, and primary support for detecting and correcting operational problems.
• Participate in planning, design, technical review, and implementation for new network infrastructure hardware and network operating systems for voice and data communication networks.
• Maintain network infrastructure standards, including network communication protocols such as TCP/IP.
• Provide technical consultation, training, and support to IT staff as designated by the government.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Active Public Trust or higher security clearance.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience supporting IT infrastructure, systems, and applications, including HPC environments and ensuring quality of service operations.
• Experience with scientific instrumentation and HPC, with knowledge of working in a scientific research organization, particularly in biomedical research.
• Experience supporting commercial scientific instrumentation and its integration within a federal government IT environment.
• Proficiency supporting systems based on Windows, MacOS, and Linux, including GUI and command-line operations, troubleshooting, and scripting.
• Demonstrated experience with container orchestration, infrastructure automation, and advanced troubleshooting.
• Documented experience with FISMA and system authorization processes.
• Practical experience with industry best practices, including Project Management Institute (PMI), Lean IT, Agile practices, DevOps, and ITIL.
• Must reside within the Washington DC Metro area.
• Ability to travel within the Washington DC Metro Area and CONUS as needed.