Req ID 17723BR
Job Title Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Government Programs
Location VA: McLean
Profession Engineering
Department Code K483
Purpose Join MITRE, which was included on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For listing for ten consecutive years, and apply advanced approaches and technologies to solve our nation's most critical technological problems! Work with senior government offices, in partnership with diverse customer groups, supporting the computing infrastructure of their large scale modernization challenges.
Security Clearance Level Other
Key Functions Work as part of a team to lead and provide assistance in the selection, engineering, integration, implementation and operation of infrastructure engineering for government programs.
Candidate shall apply very strong project and technology area knowledge to identify, prioritize, and solve difficult problems within assigned work areas.
Candidate will lead technical staff with expertise in one or more of the following technologies:
1. Physical infrastructure (including servers, storage, workstations, , voice and data networks, firewalls, cabling systems, power distribution and environmental systems),
2. Infrastructure applications (including virtualization, platform migration, server consolidation, utility computing, grid computing, VPN, wireless and other mobility platforms, SAN/NAS, messaging, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, identity & privilege management and authentication),
3. Infrastructure operations (including enterprise systems management processes and tools, security architectures & tools-, directory services, capacity management, performance tuning, service management, data center planning & consolidation, configuration management and asset management server & storage configuration)
4. IT Service Management: Apply ITIL Service Management foundations
Candidate will collaborate and participate in activities to ensure knowledge creation/sharing and integration within and across all work programs as appropriate, and may lead projects
Candidate will participate in developing work programs with new customers, and in some customer project activities such as assessments, position papers, and special studies
Required Education/Experience: BS and 5 years of related experience or MS and 3 years of related experience or PhD and 1 year of related experience
Desired Education/Experience BS in Computer Systems Engineering or related Computer Science, MS preferred. Broad experience across a number of engineering disciplines with a minimum of 7 years in infrastructure engineering, integration and operations.
Required Skills: Working experience in two or more of the following Information Technology disciplines: Data Center Design, Network Design, Server Configuration Design, Storage Design, System Design, IT Infrastructure Operations, Infrastructure Capacity Planning, Performance Management, Telecommunications Management or Desktop Management.
Desired Skills Candidate will exhibit leadership qualities, have prior experience working with senior management to find solutions to client problems, and be able to provide technical guidance and mentorship to other team members. In addition, candidates will act as a subject matter expert in infrastructure engineering, integration and operations.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) with supporting frameworks such as ITIL
• Experience with leading Infrastructure COTS products and their integration
• Experience with one or more of the following technologies and tools: operating systems, converged data networks, capacity modeling and simulation (systems or networks), and server, application and network diagnostics
• Strong experience in physical analysis and design, conducting customer interviews, and leading teams
• Experience in data center or network operations with HA (high availability) and/ or 24X7 service level objectives desirable
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to deal with ambiguous situations on a consistent basis as well as advanced documentation written and oral presentation skills
Optional experience in two or more:
• Architect the implementation of technologies and platforms supporting a complex corporate data and voice infrastructure.
• Broad interdisciplinary knowledge of current technologies required.
• Experience in: Middleware, Database, Server, Network, Storage, Security, Enterprise Systems Management, or Personal Computing.
• In depth understanding of full life cycle software engineering processes, tools, utilities, and methodologies, required.
• Prior experience with vendor management and vendor negotiations, preferred.
• Professional IT infrastructure certifications, such as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer or Certified Cisco Engineer, preferred.
Travel Statement * This position will require local travel in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and overnight travel up to 10% of the time.
Clearance Statement *Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, MITRE will consider only applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.
