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.
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.
SciTec has an immediate opening for a Technical Infrastructure SME to work with the Infrastructure team lead and build and mentor the team 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
Expertise in building and maintaining infrastructure platforms based on VMWare and Linux stack
Design and deploy functional networks and private cloud platforms (LAN, WAN, on prem compute)
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 network performance, capacity and scalability
Maintain complete technical documentation in support of Authorization To Operate (ATO) packages
Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
5+ years actively developing and/or managing virtual technologies including VMWare, Linux, OpenShift, Kubernetes and Docker
3+ years of management experience and 10+ years of total professional experience
Demonstrable foundation in microservices, software design for cloud
Experience leading distributed multi-disciplined teams across different time zones
Experience leading teams for cloud-native architectures (Microservices, security, compliance, etc.) at scale
Experience managing teams of 5-10 people with measurable team and product success
Technical leadership and management experience in IT infrastructure engineering and DevOps environments
Excellent organizational and mentoring skills
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
