Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

Application Deadline: 15 April 2025

Department: Data Analysis and Technology Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Laurel, MD

Description

Are you excited about designing and managing complex systems? Ardent Principles is looking for a full-time Systems Engineer to join our expert team onsite in Laurel, MD.

If you thrive on creating and maintaining efficient systems, enjoy working collaboratively, and are ready to make a significant impact, this is your opportunity. With a competitive salary and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities. Join us and let's shape the future together!
Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management.

Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
"Ardent Principles" signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.

Key Responsibilities

In this challenging yet rewarding role, you are an integral part of what brings our Company's mission to life. You must have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience in and/or with:

Systems Engineering:

• Understand features and administrative responsibilities for maintaining the health, scalability, manageability, and security for the Atlassian applications and plugins using Data Center.
• Know all aspects of project workflows, security, permission, fields, and notifications.
• Experience and understanding of the Atlassian Architecture and Suite of software products to include all: Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crowd, Fisheye/Crucible, Jira Service Management, Jira Software, and Insight/Assets.
• Administering the Atlassian Suite, writing JQL (JIRA Query Language), constructing Confluence pages, performing installations and migrations, and working with JIRA filters, reporting, dashboards, workflows, fields, administration, 3rd party add-ons, etc.
• Using puppet or other software configuration management tool. 
• Managing Linux/Unix system patches.
• Using Linux for application upgrades and troubleshoot service disruptions
• Helping teams improve their utilization of existing tools across a diverse set of processes including intake, backlog grooming, sprint and release planning, test planning and execution, incident management, and problem management. 
• Providing process and tools training for both individual users as well as new or established agile teams of varying degrees of size and maturity. 
• Developing valuable metrics, able to gather and translate business requirements inti Jira projects and dashboards, and advanced filters for end-users and business leadership.
• Documenting processes and standard operating procedures.
• Agile software development processes
• Using VCenter and VM administration
• Using JavaScript to enhance automation of Jira projects

Highly Desired Qualifications

Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:

• Understanding of authentication and authorization fundamentals 
• Web application development.
• Maintaining a VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure.
• Windows Operating Systems. 
• Familiarity with Server/RAID. 
• Bash, ruby, or python. 
• Understanding of authentication and authorization fundamentals 
• On-the-job experience in identifying, integrating and implementing technology-enabled solutions and industry-best practices 
• On-the-job experience supporting and managing a Hadoop environment.

Certifications: 
Atlassian Certification 
Microsoft Certifications 
Cisco Network Certifications 
Linux Certifications 
VMware Certifications 
ITIL certifications 
Cloudera Certified Administrator 
Jira Administration for Data Center and Server (SCP-100) 
Jira Essentials with Agile Mindset 
Confluence Administration Data Center

What We Offer You

• Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
• Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
• 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
• 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
• 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
• 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
• Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.

SCHEDULE:This is a full-time position with consultants expected to be available and working onsite in Laurel, MD during core hours.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join us and be part of a team dedicated to driving positive change through technology. Apply now with our easy 3-minute, mobile-friendly initial application process. Your future starts here!