Systems Engineer SME

*This position requires a TS/SCI clearance for consideration*

Zachary Piper Solutions is currently seeking a Systems Engineer SME to support a DoD program based in Newington, VA. This position is a full-time role that will be fully onsite. This position is critical in delivering scalable, secure, and mission-aligned enterprise IT capabilities within a high-visibility government environment. As a Systems Engineer SME, you will play a pivotal role in guiding engineering efforts, aligning technical solutions with mission requirements, and ensuring seamless transition of capabilities into sustained operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interact with the PMO and Customer leadership to align requirements and capability delivery across the program lifecycle
• Collaborate closely with operations teams to identify and close operational gaps, ensuring solutions remain sustainable post-transition
• Apply systems engineering principles to design, implement, and document enterprise solutions
• Develop robust build guides, architecture diagrams, and data flow diagrams to enable successful transition to operations teams
• Lead requirements development efforts and guide projects of varying size through a defined engineering lifecycle
• Support enterprise infrastructure environments spanning compute, storage, transport, and end-user services
• Contribute to ICAM, Active Directory, PKI, and policy-driven enterprise services
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, including training system administrators on deployed capabilities
• Conduct market research and support technology evaluation efforts to enhance enterprise platforms

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems, Systems Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related discipline
• 15+ years of enterprise IT experience
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Security+ certification

Required Technical Skills:

• Active Directory services (GPO, DNS, etc.)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) – Microsoft and non-Microsoft solutions
• Automation tools and frameworks (Ansible Automation Platform, DevOps pipelines, PowerShell)
• Enterprise visibility and ICAM solutions
• Infrastructure domains (compute, storage, transport)
• Operating systems: Windows and Linux
• Systems engineering processes and requirements analysis
• Computer and user policy management

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to clearly document architectures, solutions, and processes
• Experience training and enabling system administrators on new capabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in complex enterprise environments

Preferred Skills:

• Active Directory operations and troubleshooting
• Log analysis and troubleshooting
• Advanced requirements analysis experience

Compensation to include:

Salary Range: $200,000 – $230,000 (depending on experience)

Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave if Required by Law

This job opens for applications on 6/10/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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Keywords: Systems Engineering, Enterprise IT, Active Directory, PKI, ICAM, DevOps, Automation, Ansible, PowerShell, Infrastructure Engineering, Windows, Linux, Requirements Analysis, Security+, TS/SCI, Identity and Access Management, CloudOps, Data Flow Diagrams, Technical Leadership, Government IT, DoD, Engineering Lifecycle, Enterprise Architecture