Systems Engineer, Network Infrastructure

Fantom Corporation is a mission-focused organization supporting critical programs across the defense and intelligence community. We partner with our customers to deliver high-impact technical solutions while fostering a culture built on trust, expertise, and long-term career growth.

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with a strong background in network infrastructure, virtualization, and enterprise systems administration to support mission-critical IT environments. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure across Windows, Linux, virtualization, networking, storage, and backup technologies.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting complex enterprise systems, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, implementing virtualization solutions, and maintaining secure, highly available environments.

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Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support enterprise IT infrastructure and network environments

• Identify technical and security issues, perform root cause analysis, and provide documented recommendations and resolutions

• Support technical requirements management throughout system planning, implementation, and sustainment

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and systems administration issues

• Administer Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems

• Configure, deploy, and maintain virtualization platforms including Hyper-V, VMware ESX, and VirtualBox

• Administer Cisco networking technologies, including Cisco IOS and Nexus OS

• Manage Windows enterprise services including Active Directory, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

• Design, implement, and support LAN and WAN network infrastructures

• Design and maintain enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions

• Administer Storage Area Network (SAN) environments, including provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, and maintenance

• Plan and execute Hyper-V migration projects and virtualization upgrades

• Design enterprise network architectures supporting backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery

• Evaluate hardware and software technologies against customer requirements and provide technical recommendations

• Design, implement, and maintain Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) applications

• Support enterprise network monitoring platforms and infrastructure monitoring solutions

• Develop scripts to automate system administration and operational tasks

• Collaborate with engineering teams, cybersecurity personnel, and stakeholders to support enterprise infrastructure initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Must be fully cleared with a recent polygraph

• Must be willing and able to work fully onsite at the location listed in this posting

• Experience identifying technical and security issues and developing documented resolutions

• Experience supporting technical requirements management

• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills

• Experience administering multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and macOS

• Experience with virtualization platforms including Hyper-V, VMware ESX, and VirtualBox

• Experience administering Cisco networking technologies including Cisco IOS and Nexus OS

• Experience supporting Microsoft enterprise technologies including Active Directory, SCOM, and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

• Experience designing and supporting LAN and WAN environments

• Experience implementing and maintaining enterprise backup solutions, including Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) and ArcServe Backup Suite

• Experience administering Storage Area Networks (SAN), including design, provisioning, capacity planning, and maintenance

• Experience planning and executing Hyper-V migration projects

• Experience designing enterprise network architectures supporting disaster recovery and business continuity

• Experience evaluating enterprise hardware and software solutions

• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining COTS and GOTS applications

• Experience with enterprise network monitoring platforms

• Experience developing automation scripts for systems administration

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

• Experience supporting secure government or Intelligence Community IT environments

• Experience with shell scripting and automation

• Experience administering SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases

• Experience supporting Microsoft Windows Server environments, including Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016

• Experience with Microsoft System Center

• Experience administering enterprise storage platforms including NetApp and HP

• Experience with VMware ESX virtualization

• Experience supporting digital forensic software and forensic analysis environments

• Experience administering HP servers and HP BladeSystem infrastructure

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\nFantom Corp is a Software Development, Agile Cloud, Cyber Security (Risk Management, Assessments & Authorization (A&A)), Data, AI Platform (Computer Vision Models), Podcasting Media Services, and IT Services provider. Established in 2015, Fantom Corp serves Federal customers with top-notch Cybersecurity Architects, Data Scientists/Analysts, Software Engineers/Developers, DevSecOps Engineers, Project Managers, Identity, Credential Access Management (ICAM) services , and Cloud-certified practitioners. We excel in delivering emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with a focus on identifying trends, object detection, and classification of structured and unstructured data. Fantom Corp possesses mastery in all aspects of digital audio production. We lead in the ideation and creation of efforts for clients who want to harness the power of podcasting. We guide them in selecting the right show format for their needs and goals. As a Small Business, we possess the innovation, speed and flexibility to meet your requirements.