Systems Engineer
Full TimeJob Overview
REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
LOCATION: Full-time onsite in Chantilly, VA
We are seeking a Systems Engineer who thrives at the intersection of modern infrastructure, cybersecurity, and mission‑driven IT operations. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain diverse network environments—including current cloud architectures—while building and configuring servers and workstations using today’s leading technologies.
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 offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. 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.
Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.
LOCATION: Full-time onsite in Chantilly, VA
We are seeking a Systems Engineer who thrives at the intersection of modern infrastructure, cybersecurity, and mission‑driven IT operations. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain diverse network environments—including current cloud architectures—while building and configuring servers and workstations using today’s leading technologies.
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 offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. 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.
Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.
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:
the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience in and/or with:
- Designing, developing, and maintaining various network environments, including modern/current cloud environments.
- Building current technology servers and workstations: providing technical configuration, setup, installation services, hardware and coordination, and maintaining to current workstation and server operating system and software updates/patching versions.
- Providing the best possible cyber defense capability to protect the Sponsor’s IT assets from all manner of cyber threats, attacks, and exploitation.
- Planning, designing, testing, implementing, monitoring and maintaining an organization's computer and network security architecture, infrastructure, policies, and procedures; experience designing, implementing, and achieving approval to operate for IT systems.
- Organizing and communicating both verbally and written to include editing documents for varied audiences and senior level executives.
- Composing technical documents including user’s manuals, training materials, installation guides, troubleshooting guides, and reports.
Highly Desired Qualifications
Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:
- Leading Scrum Teams in using Agile methodology and leveraging scrum practices to deliver high quality products and services to customers.
- Reviewing network requirements to assess enterprise options, impact, network performance, and providing advice on the most practical and cost-beneficial approach for Sponsor consideration.
- Coordinating, reviewing, and integrating the deliverables of information and technology architects into cohesive solutions, roadmaps, and integrated deliveries and architectures.
- Organizing and structuring solutions of complex challenges, including the ability to plan projects, meet objectives, assess risks and develop mitigation strategies, manage schedules, and the development of contingency plans.
- Briefing customers, stakeholders, and management (at various levels) on enterprise program capabilities and statuses.
- Working with cloud services and infrastructure.