Sr. Systems Engineer Job Summary: Talent Software Services is in search of a Sr. Systems Engineer for a contract position in Reston, VA. Opportunity will be one year with a strong chance for a long-term extension. Position Summary: Client is currently looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our ServiceNow and Audit & Compliance team. The role is a full stack software development position focused on ServiceNow development, architecture, integrations, workflows, and administration delivering the overall platform and the entire inventory, audit, and compliance portfolio. Auditing & Compliance provides complete IT Asset / configurable item auditing and compliance for all deployed systems and technology. The Senior Systems Engineer utilizes high level technical knowledge of software, hardware, networks and storage to collaborate across the organization to develop, design, test, and support Service Now and other core infrastructure components, focusing on reliability, availability and scalability of infrastructure. Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- ServiceNow development and administration
- Develop, maintain, and enhance applications on the ServiceNow platform
- Build and maintain workflows, integrations, service catalog, service portal
- Inventory asset and CMDB management, auditing, and compliance
- Ensure the smooth operation of the asset inventory audit database:
- Identify unexpected database load and mitigate or remediate as needed
- Fail over as needed to one of the three secondaries
- Monitoring queues, audit and compliance processes
- Assist with asset compliance related support:
- Help users identify deficiencies and remediate them
- Keep atop infrastructure updates and provide client packages or audit tools as needed
- Add new features to the auditing clients as needed:
- Enhancements may come from users or from a business need, and need to be incorporated into the client
- Add code as needed to load the newly collected data into the audit database
- Provide leadership and technical direction to members of the team
- Develop deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms
- Ensure key technical design documentation is provided and maintained
- Improve the health of system assets. Troubleshoot and lead root-cause analysis for system failures and recommend fixes/improvements to prevent their recurrence.
- Lead or participate in code reviews, design reviews, offering guidance on best practices to continuously improve stability and efficiencies
Qualifications:
- ServiceNow development, administration and integration experience
- Full Stack engineer with experience in advanced object-oriented languages
- Linux and OS skills
- Understands the importance of and values improving processes and systems, and enjoys auditing
- 10+ years relevant experience
- 4-year Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience, required
- Graduate degree experience in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, preferred
Preferred:
- Experience with Python, React, Perl, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Ansible, Terraform, OpenStack, Kubernetes
- Familiar with VMware, AIX, and KVM virtualization technologies and how to practically audit them
- Experience in a zero-trust environment
- Exposure to collaboration tools such as SharePoint, Confluence and Jira
- Agile Engineering and Agile Scrum Methodology
- Web UI experience
If this job is a match for your background, we would be honored to receive your application! Providing consulting opportunities to TALENTed people since 1987, we offer a host of opportunities including contract, contract to hire and permanent placement. Let's talk!