Innovative Defense Technologies
Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer - JobID-0239
$135K–$273K
Arlington, Virginia · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years' relevant experience; 2+ years leading technical teams or directing engineering workflows.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
About the job
Leads engineers in building, integrating, securing, and maintaining IT infrastructure, including physical and virtual servers and networks, for office and customer-site environments.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor systems and network engineers, directing workflows and engineering standards.
- Design, install, update, and maintain physical and virtual servers, networking devices, and system images.
- Maintain security compliance, including permissions, DISA STIG checklists, and preparation for RMF assessments.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
- 7+ years' relevant experience, including 2+ years leading technical teams or directing engineering workflows.
- Experience supporting Department of Defense efforts; active Secret U.S. Security Clearance; ability to travel up to 25%.
- Experience with virtualization, Cisco switching, network troubleshooting, scripting, TCP/IP, device provisioning, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation; Security+, CCNA, or equivalent IAT Level II certification.
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of Red Hat or similar Linux distributions; tactical-system networking experience.
- VMWare NSX-T, Ruckus-based network devices, or configuration automation software such as Ansible, PowerShell, Chef, Salt, or Puppet.
Pay
$135,000 - $231,000 USD base salary; $164,000 - $273,000 USD base salary
Tools
Red Hat, Windows, VMWare, Cisco, Bash, C, Python, DISA STIG
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