Are you mission focused and ready to be with a company that truly values your contributions? We are currently looking to hire a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help implement, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse research infrastructure systems, based upon documented requirements. These systems and tasks include multi-purpose hosting, virtualized environments, big data analytic systems, cloud environments, real-time systems, business management information systems, logging and monitoring systems, hardware, active directory, Linux/Unix- Windows- or OSx-based, storage area networks (SAN), LAN and WAN networking, and other infrastructure-related components. Additional duties include but not limited to:

• Testing infrastructure components for adherence to the design requirements and enforce document results

• Provides specific input to the component system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, system reuses, use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and/or Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS)

• Requirement analysis and synthesis from system level to individual system components with particular emphasis on complex networking topics

  Requirements:

• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services platforms and solutions

• Experience performing tasks on IT and telecommunications projects in at lest one (1) of the following areas:

• Windows or Linux server system administration (e.g., 2K3, 2K8, various Linux flavors)

• Integrating GOTS/COTS/open-source solutions

• Virtualization technology experience (e.g., VMWare, Zen, Citrix, KVM)

• Networking and TCP/IP protocols (e.g., CISCO, Juniper)

• Storage technologies (e.g., SAN, NAS, Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NFS)

• Remote access (e.g., Juniper SSL VPN)

• Experience in one or more of the following networking topics:

• Commercial cloud technologies including Azure

• Google Cloud

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and thin client architectures

• Security administration to include enterprise antivirus, malware detection, intrusion detection and audit solutions

• Experience with network troubleshooting of complex issues, such as IPSec, VXLan, Virtual Firewalls, Load Balancing and DNS

• Must meet DoD approved 8570 Baseline Certification for IAT Level II and possess the following vendor certifications:

• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA)

• AWS Certified Security

• Twelve (12) years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering

• A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university OR Seventeen (17) years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

  Highly Preferred:

• Engineering experience related to IT and telecommunications technologies such as electrical engineering, computer science, information systems management, or a similar career field related to information systems or telecommunications systems

• Ability to work complex research projects as senior contributor and as part of an integrated research team

  About Kaizen Approach

  We love what we do, and that drives us to create the best possible results for our customers. We apply years of experience in Cybersecurity and Learning & Development to guide our customers in ongoing improvements that keep their employees’ skills current, and their companies protected.

  Our reputation is built on the skills and successes of our employees. We care about them as individuals, and we support and encourage them in their professional growth and personal happiness. We sincerely value every member of our team.

• Premium Healthcare

• 4 Weeks of PTO

• 11 Paid Holidays

• Gifted 401k

• Profit Sharing

• Paid Training and Admin Time