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Cintel Inc. seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support complex IT infrastructure and systems engineering projects in Huntsville, Alabama. The role covers enterprise systems and network infrastructure design, implementation, maintenance, integration, virtualization, and security compliance for mission-critical operations. The engineer will provide operational and technical support, contribute to system upgrades and accreditation, and assist with FISMA compliance and NIST 800-53 controls.
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Systems Engineer (Senior)
Location: Huntsville, AL
Clearance Required: Active Top Secret
Experience Level: Senior (Minimum 8 years)
Education Required: Bachelor’s degree (B.S. or B.A.)
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Systems Engineer (Senior) to support complex IT infrastructure and system engineering projects in Huntsville, AL . The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Windows environments, system integration, virtualization technologies, and information security compliance. This role includes design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise systems and network infrastructure in support of mission-critical operations.
Key Responsibilities:
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Supervise, coordinate and/or design, develop and perform additions and changes to network hardware, infrastructure server environments, and operating systems, and attached devices, including investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing of new network hardware and software.
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Conduct analysis, configuration, testing, and deployment of new hardware and software , ensuring performance and security compliance.
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Provide direct operations support for infrastructure components including system performance evaluation, problem resolution, and hardware/software diagnostics.
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Troubleshoot issues at both the physical and logical levels , including network protocol analysis (e.g., TCP/IP) and physical device inspection.
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Participate in the planning, design, review, and deployment of network and system upgrades , including voice and data systems.
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Support systems integration , virtualization, and network administration tasks.
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Maintain systems in accordance with security standards , including application of approved patches and updates.
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Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and quick reference guides.
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Support and help navigate system accreditation processes , including tasks associated with certification and documentation.
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Provide top-level technical expertise in support of client/server environments , including strategy development and infrastructure design.
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Advise on hardware/software procurement , system upgrades, and future-state architectures.
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Assist with FISMA compliance , including application of NIST 800-53 controls and participation in security documentation processes.
Required Qualifications:
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8+ years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure support, or network administration.
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Strong background with Microsoft Windows and Active Directory environments .
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Understanding of NIST 800-series publications and FISMA compliance practices.
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
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Active Top Secret Clearance required.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience with VMware vSphere 7 and virtualization infrastructure.
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Familiarity with Cisco networking and network troubleshooting.
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Hands-on experience with Dell server hardware and SAN storage systems .
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Exposure to system accreditation and authorization (ATO) processes, particularly those involving the FBI .
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Experience evaluating, documenting, and managing NIST 800-53 control implementations.
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Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools such as RiskVision, Xacta , or JCAM .
CULTURE REQUIREMENTS:
- Engineers, Analysts, and Developers at Cintel, Inc. are highly motivated, technical, and self‐organized. We place a lot of trust in our team members to develop technical solutions for ill‐
defined problems (i.e. thrive in an environment where the problem is vague, requirements are lacking, and a solution is not obvious). We need problem solvers.
- We want our team members to be self‐motivated and eager to learn new skills. If you consider yourself a jack‐of‐all‐trades, and are eager to keep up with the latest trends in technology, you’ll fit right in.
ABOUT CINTEL, INC:
Cintel Inc. is a Small Business providing strategies and services to support an array of Government clients in Software Development, Operational/Tactical and Installation/Facilities Energy, Cyber Security, Modeling and Simulation, Data Science, and Programmatic support.
We offer our clients nimble, unique, and value focused solutions with an emphasis on people, connectivity, communication, and teamwork. Our team believes that people drive solutions. By connecting people, information, teams, and experience we deliver solutions that respond to customer needs.
It is the policy of Cintel that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veteran status. These policies shall ensure that the practice of nondiscrimination will be applied in the employment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, recall or rehire of personnel. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.
Cintel, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on any of the characteristics mentioned above. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.
Employment Type
Full-Time
Minimum Experience
Experienced
How this job compares
Set against the 10,745 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Alabama median$108–191K/yr212 salary ranges
- US median$55–70/hr336 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 354 open Systems Engineer jobs in Alabama and 10,745 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Alabama
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,921 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,703 of the 10,745 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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