SeKON has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our talented and innovative team supporting the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

With over 25 years of mission-focused success, SeKON delivers cultural, operational, and technical transformation to support federal government customers including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Defense Health Agency (DHA). Our vision is “Better Health Through Innovation and Digital Transformation.”

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in the development of detailed system requirements and design documentation such as use cases, object models, data models, and XML schemas.
• Assists in developing test plans and cases and developing automated testing procedures for applications.
• Responsible for applications dealing with the overall operating system, such as sophisticated file maintenance routines, large telecommunications networks, computer accounting, and advanced mathematical/scientific software packages.
• Competent to work at the highest level on all phases of software systems programming applications.
• May have responsibility for the evaluation of new and existing software packages.
• Assist other systems programmers to effectively utilize the systems technical software.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Associates degree or the equivalent of two years pertinent work experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with application design and development for complex enterprise systems.
• Eligible for Public Trust Clearance
• 3-5 years of experience, with at least 2 years must be specialized in a development language, such as Java or Visual Basic.
• Solid understanding of AWS environments.
• Working knowledge in all aspects of automation, telecommunications, and IT networks.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience performing server systems design, implementation and administration and analyzing system failures to minimize outages and interruptions.
• Experience with AWS services such as SQS, S3, API Gateway and SNS
• Currently AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification
• System engineering experience taking project from initial concepts through planning and implementation.
• Working knowledge of SAN, clustering, backup and other enterprise applications to maintain availability and recoverability of systems.