Pragmatics is seeking a highly qualified Systems Engineer/ Release Engineer to support its direct customer. The client location is in Columbia MD, but this is a fully remote position. Preferred candidate is located in the greater Washington, D.C. area. The shift times will be 7 am to 7 pm East Coast time. 

Job Description:

• The candidate needs to demonstrate expert knowledge of and performs or leads the following activities:
• Collaborate and coordinate with multiple IT teams to communicate system related problems, changes and fixes.
• Consolidate marketplace system release schedules into a master schedule and create centralized view of all releases.
• Manage deployments and change requests across implementation and production environments.
• Control, plan and direct all aspects of configuration, installation, operation and testing of network hardware and software. Identify and analyze advancements in application development concepts, techniques, and tools. Coordinate and/or perform additions and changes to network hardware and operating systems, and attached devices; includes investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing of new network hardware and software.
• Provide direct support in the day-to-day operations on network hardware and operating systems, including the evaluation of system utilization, monitoring response time and primary support for detection and correction of operational problems.
• Provide technical consultation, training and support to IT staff as designated by the government.

Required Skills

• Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in system engineering including IT development particularly in release management and planning, hardware/software solutions and day to day operations. Prefer 1 year experience in Agile.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

 Certifications desired

• ITIL
• SAFe