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Systems Engineer - Active Security Clearance in Reston

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CADRE is relied upon for delivering superior insight and leadership to solve the nation's most critical security challenges in the most demanding environments.

This Systems Engineer position is located in Northern Virginia with flexible core hours and includes 10% or less domestic travel.

The Systems Engineer is responsible for developing, engineering, and deploying technical solutions within a dedicated network. This individual will work within a small, mission focused team of network and systems engineers to implement technical solutions to challenging collaboration and data protection problems.


Duties: This Systems Engineer performs the following core functions:

  • Develop / Test / Scale / Deploy / Maintain technology solutions
  • Build solutions with a focus on information security principals
  • Work extensively with Microsoft technologies and virtualization platforms
  • Monitor networks
  • Performs other duties as assigned at the direction of Project Management


Required Qualifications:

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly
  • Bachelor's degree , in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill
    • No degree + ten (10) years relevant experience
    • Associate's degree + eight (18) years relevant experience
    • Bachelor's degree + six (6) years relevant experience
  • Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems (or comparable documented work experience)
  • Ability to travel on an infrequent, but as needed basis, primarily domestic
  • Knowledge of and hands on experience with modern server operating systems and virtualization technologies
  • Knowledge of and hands on experience with Virtual Desktop technologies
  • Knowledge of and hands on experience with Cloud platforms
  • Knowledge of and hands on experience with collaboration and ticketing tools
  • Knowledge of high availability technologies and concepts
  • Knowledge and hands on experience with networking and network security technologies
  • Experience with managing engineering projects (i.e., design, build, deploy)
  • Knowledge and hands on experience with scripting such as, Bash, Powershell, Python, etc.
  • Knowledge of and hands on experience implementing IT and Cyber Security best practices
  • Ability to assess emerging technologies, determine their impact on corporate systems and incorporate them into technical plans
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations, determine course of action and act promptly and effectively when problems arise
  • Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communications skills


Desired Qualifications:

  • Active TS/SCI with poly with most recent BI/Poly dates within the last five years
  • Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Windows and RedHat/CentoS servers
  • Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Citrix VDI Desktops
  • Knowledge and hands on experience with Microsoft Azure, and Azure Stack Hub
  • Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Atlassian products such as JIRA and Confluence
  • Experience building, deploying, maintaining, Microsoft Exchange
  • Experience building, deploying, maintaining clusters, load balancers, multi-datacenter applications
  • Experience with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
  • Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining sensitive networks
  • Experience with Enterprise database platforms such as MS SQL Server and Oracle databases
  • Experience with One Way Transfer Solutions and data flow management
  • Knowledge of SIEM and security analytical technologies (e.g. Splunk, pcap, Netflow, etc)
  • Experience with Active Directory and management
  • Experience with hyper-converged infrastructure such as Cisco HX, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct
  • Knowledge of DevOps/DevSecOps methodologies and tools



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Systems Engineer - Active Security Clearance in Reston

Reston, VA
Full time

Published on 02/02/2026

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