Senior Systems Engineer providing advanced engineering support for USDA's acquisition and financial applications. Involves system integration, modernization, and cloud migration tasks.
Responsibilities
Provide senior-level engineering support for enterprise procurement and financial applications (e.g., PRISM, Oracle platforms).
Assist with sustainment, configuration, patching, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
Support workflows, interfaces, and integration with USDA financial systems.
Develop and maintain architecture, engineering diagrams, and system documentation.
Administer and support IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and IBM MQ across enterprise environments.
Deploy and maintain WebSphere/MQ workloads on Azure Linux VMs or AKS.
Configure clustering, failover, performance tuning, and secure messaging.
Automate middleware deployments using Terraform, Ansible, or scripting tools.
Support PRISM across both AIX and Linux platforms.
Perform system tuning, patching, remediation, and environment troubleshooting.
Lead or contribute to PRISM migration from AIX to Azure-based Linux environments (lift-and-shift).
Integrate PRISM with Oracle databases, financial modules, and enterprise systems.
Develop migration runbooks, operational procedures, and compliance documentation.
Design and develop applications using Oracle APEX (UI components, dashboards, APIs).
Develop PL/SQL packages, triggers, and database automation.
Support integrations between Oracle Financials and procurement platforms.
Ensure compliance with financial controls (GAAP, IFRS, SOX).
Deploy and support solutions in Azure (VMs, AKS, identity, logging).
Support hybrid hosting strategies between USDA DISC and commercial cloud environments.
Implement CI/CD automation using Azure DevOps, Terraform, and scripting.
Contribute to containerization and modernization efforts (Docker, Kubernetes).
Ensure compliance with FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, and USDA OCIO policies.
Support ATO processes, security assessments, remediation, and audits.
Implement secure system integration patterns (TLS, LDAP/SSO, RBAC).
Collaborate with OCP, OCIO, developers, architects, and security teams.
Provide engineering recommendations, diagrams, SOPs, and onboarding materials.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and change control.
Requirements
Public Trust Clearance
Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
8+ years systems engineering experience supporting enterprise applications.
Experience supporting federal, financial, or procurement systems (IAS experience preferred but not required).
5+ years administering IBM WebSphere and IBM MQ.
5+ years supporting PRISM 7.6.x across AIX and Linux platforms.
Experience with AIX administration and migration to Azure Linux environments.
Strong Linux administration (RHEL / Ubuntu / SUSE).
Experience with Azure cloud deployments (VMs, AKS, hybrid cloud).
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