Systems Engineer - Principal II - ESE06 - Kaygen Inc.

KAYGEN is an emerging leader in providing top talent for technology based staffing services. We specialize in providing high-volume contingent staffing, direct hire staffing and project based solutions to companies worldwide ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and Managed Service Providers (MSP) across a wide variety of industries.

Location: Arlington, VA Responsibilities include: " Providing Systems Engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading edge cybersecurity system. " Coordinating teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity, with the assistance of the Design & Development Lead and Chief Engineer " Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications " Representing the voice of the user in development " Collaborating within Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams " Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures " Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system Required Skills: " Must be a US Citizen " Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance " Must be able to obtain Client Suitability " 10+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, detailed design of system components, and direct automation / orchestration experience with larger systems " 6+ years direct experience with Google cloud deployment and management tools " Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teams " Able to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an independent individual contributor " Experience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership role " Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines " Expertise in automation of infrastructure - deployment, configuration, and orchestration " Direct experience with scripting in JSON, YAML, HCL, Python, bash/PSH and/or CloudFormation/ Terraform Desired Skills: - Experience crafting and actively managing a Google Cloud environment is a priority - Experience leading teams and projects at either the tech lead or product owner level - Familiarity with Jenkins, Artifactory, Jira, Git, Ansible, Chef, AWS lambda, terraform or cloud native tools like cloudformation - Programming experience (Java, Javascript, .Net, Python, or Ruby) - Familiarity with using, updating, and programmatically manipulating Linux and Windows - Experience with NTP, DNS, Networking, LDAP, or Software repositories - Experience with branching and release strategies, CI/CD Pipelines, - AWS cloud technology knowledge and implementation experience - Experience designing and implementing event driven microservice architectures - Experience in technical oversight of individuals and projects - Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experience Required Education: " Bachelor s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education. Desired Certifications: " Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SAFe Practitioner or higher) " Google Cloud Certification " DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II (e.g. CISSP)

At KAYGEN, we are always looking for dynamic, talented and experienced individuals. We invite you to join our team of talented IT professionals, consulting at client locations across the globe. Our culture is team-orientated; we strive to stand by our core values of respect, honesty and integrity. Our team of experienced staffing experts will work with you to find you the best opportunity. For more information please visit us at www.kaygen.com.

Benefits:

• Free Healthcare Insurance
• Vision and Dental Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Free Life Insurance
• Sick Time Off

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