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IT Systems Engineer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Software Engineering, IT
Lexington, MA, USA
Posted on Aug 31, 2024

The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytics to take advantage of vast and rapidly expanding biological datasets to address national security needs. The Group’s efforts include developing software architectures and systems, bioinformatics tools, and AI algorithms to further the nation’s efforts in chemical and biological defense, biosecurity, public and global health and warfighter performance.

IT Systems Engineer

The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytics to take advantage of vast and rapidly expanding biological datasets to address national security needs. The Group’s efforts include developing software architectures and systems, bioinformatics tools, and AI algorithms to further the nation’s efforts in chemical and biological defense, biosecurity, public and global health and warfighter performance.

The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group is seeking an IT System Engineer to support systems & application administration, AWS infrastructure engineering, cyber security operations and program support. They will support the research group's AWS deployed platforms, including end-user support, end user devices, Linux systems, on-premise/cloud enterprise infrastructure and operational support of AWS deployed platform/servers. They will assist with CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and security vulnerability remediation. The position requires technical depth in Operating Systems (OS) (Linux Windows, Mac), hardware, networks, and IT security best practices as well as a high degree of troubleshooting skills to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline.
  • 3+ years IT and Linux Administration - Experience and knowledge required to manage, monitor, troubleshoot and maintain/design highly available solutions in an enterprise Linux environment.
  • Working knowledge of AWS
  • IT Security - vulnerability remediation, network design, logging. Develop and implementation of Data Security Plans for unique and system and operating requirements outside established security policy
  • Strong skills and experience in IP Networking, including LAN, WAN, and a solid understanding of VLANs and firewalls.
  • Ability to work analytically in a problem-solving environment.
  • Ability to respond quickly and professionally to all types of users and all type of user requests, always with a positive attitude and demeanor.
  • Ability to be work well independently, and at the same time be able to work well in a team environment

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • MIT-funded pension
  • Matching 401K
  • Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
  • Mentorship programs
  • A range of work-life balance options
  • ... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

Requisition ID: 41399