812028 Systems Engineer $280,000.00

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812028 Systems Engineer $280,000.00

October 20, 2026Carol K

• Level 2 - Expert
• Herndon VA
• Posted 1 day ago

Labor Category: Systems Engineer Position Title: Systems Engineer Position Level: Level 2 – Expert Salary: Up to $280,000.00 per year Core Hours: 9am to 4pm Location: Herndon VA

Description:

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

We are seeking an experienced Windows Automation & Patching Engineer to support multiple enterprise domains. This role is responsible for engineering, automating, and maintaining patching and configuration management solutions across a complex, heterogeneous IT environment spanning physical, virtual, and cloud-based systems.

The successful candidate will engineer automated solutions that simplify patch distribution, reduce manual effort, increase reliability, and support the organization’s transition toward cloud-enabled operations. This includes developing and maintaining scripts, workflows, and infrastructure-as-code to enhance system management at scale.

Responsibilities:

Manage and automate patch deployment and configuration management across multiple domains and enclaves.

Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Python, APIs, or orchestration frameworks to streamline system updates and administrative tasks.

Support hybrid and cloud patching capabilities using tools such as Azure Update Management, AWS Systems Manager (SSM), and SCCM/ConfigMgr.

Engineer improvements to the enterprise patching infrastructure and contribute to the design of a new automated update and hotfix distribution system.

Perform automation-driven server configuration, baseline enforcement, compliance reporting, and STIG/vulnerability remediation.

Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex Windows systems.

Migrate, refactor, and modernize traditional server workloads to support cloud compatibility and virtualization strategies.

Monitor infrastructure performance, proactively identify issues, and implement automated remediation with minimal user impact.

Translate customer requirements into hardware/software specifications and perform system integration, verification, and validation.

Prepare technical documentation, diagrams, and patching process workflows for customer and team use.

Work independently in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Deliver strong customer service and collaborate effectively with technical teams.

Advanced PowerShell scripting

Experience with WSUS across multiple enclaves and in offline/air-gapped systems.

Familiarity with cloud patching tools (Azure Update Management, AWS SSM)

Familiarity with SCCM/ConfigMgr or similar enterprise patching tools

Experience with vulnerability remediation automation and STIG compliance workflows

Virtualization & Infrastructure

Experience with VMware (vSphere 4.x–6.x) and Microsoft Hyper-V (2016–2022)

Experience with commercial cloud providers including Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), and Oracle Cloud (OCI)

Details:

Labor Category: Systems Engineer Position Title: Systems Engineer Position Level: Level 2 – Expert Salary: Up to $280,000.00 per year Core Hours: 9am to 4pm Location: Herndon VA

Mandatory Requirements:

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience) • Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience) • Senior (6-10 years’ experience) • Expert (11-15 years’ experience) • SME (16+ years’ experience)

Ability to prioritize and execute tasks effectively

Ability to work independently or within a team

Willingness and ability to learn new technologies quickly

Strong customer service and communication skills

Optional Requirements:

Cloud certifications (Azure/AWS)

Experience with automation/orchestration tools such as AWS Lambda

Experience with cloud-native monitoring tools (Azure Sentinel, CloudWatch) or Splunk automation

Experience creating enterprise-level documentation and architectural diagrams

Experience with DSC, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins Pipeline

Experience with AWS services including VPC, EC2, ELB, S3, IAM, Security Groups, Fleet Manager, and EventBridge

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation:

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement:

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance:

• Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
• Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
• Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
• Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus:

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO):

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

Internal Tracking -BC-3014-03

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