Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Systems Integration Engineer to support an IC customer/contract in Springfield, VA. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph.
As a Systems Integration Engineer, you will be responsible for developing or assisting with the development of program and project integration solutions across the enterprise and determining integration/interface requirements. Additionally, you will need to work with systems engineers, solutions architects, and programmers to ensure applications and systems interoperate to deliver mission solutions and maintain the integrity of the system
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Experience with automated deployment tools (GitLab Runners, Ansible, Terraform, etc)
• Experience creating and updating automated deployment scripts for software baselines.
• Understanding of compute, relational database management systems, storage, networking, transport, load balancing and security constructs as they relate to on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of high availability architectures
• Implement approved CI/CD pipelines for a given application, system and/or project for deployment into targeted environments (Dev, Test, Stage, Ops)
• Perform hands on integrations and testing with enterprise tools such as (audit, monitoring, security scanning, etc)
• Conduct integration with enterprise authentication systems (PKI, LDAP, OAuth, etc).
• Provide methods to automatically deploy existing or newly identified services, COTS and GOTS products, custom code, and software developed to provide an overall solution that meets program and product owner objectives.
• Review and improve existing processes to include creating and updating integration documentation.
• Present results during program meetings (internally as well as demos to customers)

Required Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other cloud services.
• Experience in integrating software (COTS, GOTS, FOSS, etc).
• Experience with proprietary and opensource applications and database services.
• Experience and understanding of Java, SQL, Python, and BASH
• Thorough understanding of integrating systems as well as databases of varying architecture.
• Experience with integrating security components with applications and databases.
• Extensive experience with AWS cloud services (a plus if familiar and/or experience with OpenShift).

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• 5 years IT experience

Desired Certifications:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator
• Advanced Security certification

Benefits and Perks
Compensation

• Industry competitive salary well above market average
• 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
• Referral bonuses up to $5,000

100% company-paid benefits

• Cigna OAP $0 deductible Medical plan for employee family
• Vision and Dental plan for employee family
• Short Term Disability for employee
• Long Term Disability for employee
• Life Insurance for employee

Flexible Paid Time Off Policy

• 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
• 10 Company Holidays per year
• 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules

Career Growth

• Company sponsored training and certifications
• No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
• Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses

Company Overview
Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.
Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We're a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.
IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.