SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.
🏢 About SciTec
SciTec is a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. With over forty-five years of experience, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities.
🎯 The Role
SciTec has an immediate opening for an Infrastructure Principal Engineer to work with the Infrastructure Team Lead responsible for global configuration management and task execution across multiple locations and compliance environments.
✅ Key Responsibilities
Support various infrastructure and compute requirements across multiple locations.
Build and maintain infrastructure platforms based on technologies such as VMWare, Linux and Windows.
Design, deploy and maintain functional systems and private cloud platforms as a member of the corporate infrastructure team supporting custom applications and DevOps processes.
Resolve issues escalated by lower service desk tiers by troubleshooting deployed, cloud, and local infrastructure.
Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness.
Mentor team members on technical issues.
Create, oversee, and test security measures (e.g., access authentication and disaster recovery).
Communicate with users to design and field optimal solutions.
Design and implement solutions to deliver superior system performance, capacity and scalability.
Maintain complete technical documentation in support of Authorization To Operate (ATO) packages.
📌 Required Qualifications
5+ years actively deploying and/or maintaining technologies such as VMWare, Linux, Windows, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.
10+ years of total professional experience.
Excellent organizational and mentoring skills.
Detail oriented.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
An active DoD Secret security clearance or higher.
⭐ Desirable Experience
2+ years of team lead experience.
Security+ Certification.
Experience managing storage appliances.
Linux, VMWare, OpenShift, Kubernetes, or Windows Certifications.
🎁 Benefits
SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:
4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
80% company paid Dental insurance
100% company paid Vision insurance
100% company paid Life insurance
100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
100% company paid Hospital Indemnity insurance
Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness insurance
Short-term Disability insurance
Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
Discretionary Performance Bonus
Paid Parental Leave
Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
Flexible Work Hours
🛂 Visa & Eligibility
Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. Applicants that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
