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Are you interested in developing advanced radar systems to make an impact on our nation's defense? Do you want to be part of an enthusiastic team dedicated to advancing the state of the art in radar systems? How about contributing to the design and test algorithms for defense against missiles, including but not limited to Hypersonics? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! We are seeking a creative and highly motivated problem solver to help us develop and analyze advanced radar systems within the Air and Missile Defense Sector, the Sensor Systems Engineering Group (A2B). You will work with other APL engineers as well as outside prime contractors and government sponsors. You will engage with a hardworking and enterprising team of scientists and engineers working to develop high-impact solutions for the Nation's defense. We are committed to excellence and strive to cultivate an environment of collaboration, coordination, creativity, and initiative. We value earnest communication, technical effort, and positive mindsets. Be part of a team of talented engineers tackling national security challenges! As a Radar Systems Engineer, you will... * Conduct analysis of radar systems utilizing existing high fidelity radar system to understand capabilities and limitations of systems under highly variable operational conditions * Research and develop realizable solutions to gaps and opportunities identified through modeling, simulation, and analysis * Provide insightful documentation on analysis findings and new concepts * Interact with sponsors to understand program priorities, share analysis results, and introduce new concepts * Participate in design reviews, technical interchanges, working groups, and program status meetings, either as a presenter or as a reviewer * Participate in meetings and collaborations at Navy and vendor locations * Have the opportunity to develop and propose ideas for APL Internal Research and Development funding Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... * Have a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field * Have at least 1-year of experience in Aerospace, Hypersonics, Radar, or RF systems * Have familiarity with Python, MATLAB, MATLAB Toolboxes, and Microsoft Office products * Possess excellent interpersonal skills and be able to effectively interact with sponsors, management, and working group team members in a fast-paced environment * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret, clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have an M.S. in the fields listed above * Have 2+ years experience in Aerospace, Hypersonics, Radar or RF systems * Can manage and manipulate large data sets and utilize various machine learning techniques * Have experience scripting and coding in a variety of languages, applying signal processing, ML, stochastic processes, AI, or related subject areas to algorithm development for radar domain problems for phased arrays, dense mediums, digital radar, multi-static radar * Current Secret clearance with an ability to obtain higher-level clearances About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $195,000 Annually

IT@JH Enterprise Directory and Messaging is seeking a Systems Engineer who will support Johns Hopkins University and Medicine for all affiliations, including faculty, staff, students, and administrative departments. The role requires in-depth knowledge of various email technologies such as the JH Email Gateway (Cisco IronPorts), Listserv (Sympa), and Microsoft Exchange, which are hosted on Windows and Linux-based systems. Job Scope/Complexity Develop solutions based on extensive technical knowledge, skills and experience; influence clients towards innovative/integrated solutions. Responsible for full life cycle of medium to large sized complex projects; strong technical skills; strong ability to understand complex business processes. Complex and large projects typically are applications/systems with 501-3000 concurrent users requiring uptime commensurate with Clinical, Business critical, Education critical or Enterprise systems. Impacts of outages will cause major disruption such as implementation of downtime procedures, major disruption of business operations, and/or cascades to more than 7 systems/applications. Disruptions are without obvious or simple workarounds. Build and maintain client relationships through positive interactions. May help lower-level positions. Project scope can span an entire department, division, or enterprise-wide level. For enterprise-wide level typical projects impact the broader customer base of Johns Hopkins and its most mission critical systems. Projects often require interaction with various departments and teams both within and outside the department. Work is complex. Specific Duties & Responsibilities Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform) * Design complex business, clinical, education, or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issue related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues. * Design complex solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product. * Select infrastructure applications that reside between end user applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., opensource or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers. * Develop new methods to improve service processes, performance, and functionality by examining existing systems management tools and processes. * Research, recommend, and implement new technologies based on the value to the institutions. * Works with vendor processes and products to improve the quality and fit for the institutions. Typically establishes product mastery and demonstrates initiative for improvements. Install & Configure * Install and configure complex server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product. * Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate complex software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity. * Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions and industry best practices to deliver a solution to the customers. * Implement a schedule of system backups and archive operations by using best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability. Maintain & Troubleshoot * Provide complex server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment. * Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels. * Develop complex scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management. * Perform complex system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment. * Design and/or integrate security authorization and access control. Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security. * Generate and maintain complex periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users. * Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers. * Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root cause. * Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution. Project Collaboration & Lifecycle Participation * Implement changes while adhering to the change management policies and procedures in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer. Communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors. * With assistance of the project team, develop RFPs from requirements gathered by following institutional and purchasing guidelines in order to present well documented requirements to potential vendors for proposed solutions. * Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor. * Assist vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting with the team on a regular basis to deliver quality products to customers. * Participate in scheduled project team meetings by attending all meetings to provide input to the project team. * Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end user reference. * Develop test scenarios appropriate to changes being implemented by following testing guidelines to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. * Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. * May participate in Institutional and Departmental committees and initiatives. In addition to the duties described above * Leading and supporting email-related projects like migrations, upgrades, and integrations, as well as developing documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and training materials for junior staff and other teams. * Provides input for internal roadmap planning and infrastructure decisions, working independently while overseeing all operations of projects and initiatives. * Although mainly project-based, the role also involves some support to ticket assignments. Minimum Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree. * Four years related experience. * Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. Preferred Qualifications Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency * Automation - Advanced * Cloud Migration - Advanced * Directory Services - Advanced * Operating Software - Advanced * Scripting - Advanced * Software Development Life Cycle - Advanced * Systems Analysis - Advanced * Systems Configuration - Advanced * Systems Design - Advanced * Systems Development: - Advanced * Systems Engineering - Advanced * Systems Integration - Advanced Classified Title: Systems Engineer Job Posting Title (Working Title): Systems Engineer (IT@JH Enterprise Directory & Messaging) Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Remote Department name: IT@JH Enterprise Directory and Messaging Personnel area: University Administration

IT@JH Research IT Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer who is responsible for supporting researchers across Johns Hopkins University. This role involves managing Azure subscriptions and AWS accounts, as well as providing assistance with High Performance Computing (HPC) (Linux), secure storage devices and virtual desktop environments (Windows). In addition to offering support, the position is responsible for deploying various Cloud based services and collaborating with other IT@JH teams and customers to gather requirements that align with customer needs. A key responsibility includes ensuring that all solutions are secure and compliant with NIST SP 800-171 standards, when applicable, thereby contributing to the integrity and security of research initiatives within the institution. The nature of work assignments is ticket-based, as well as project based. Expectations will be set my management with weekly check-ins with the technical team/architect to review progress and challenges to task completion. Once the employee is fully onboarded, technical tasks will mostly be completed independently. Job Scope/Complexity Develop solutions based on extensive technical knowledge, skills and experience; influence clients towards innovative/integrated solutions. Responsible for full life cycle of medium to large sized complex projects; strong technical skills; strong ability to understand complex business processes. Complex and large projects typically are applications/systems with 501-3000 concurrent users requiring uptime commensurate with Clinical, Business critical, Education critical or Enterprise systems. Impacts of outages will cause major disruption such as implementation of downtime procedures, major disruption of business operations, and/or cascades to more than 7 systems/applications. Disruptions are without obvious or simple workarounds. Build and maintain client relationships through positive interactions. May help lower-level positions. Project scope can span an entire department, division, or enterprise-wide level. For enterprise-wide level typical projects impact the broader customer base of Johns Hopkins and its most mission critical systems. Projects often require interaction with various departments and teams both within and outside the department. Work is complex. Specific Duties & Responsibilities * The responsibilities listed below are typical examples of the work performed by this position. * Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility. Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform) * Design complex business, clinical, education, or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issue related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues. * Design complex solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product. * Select infrastructure applications that reside between end user applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., opensource or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers. * Develop new methods to improve service processes, performance, and functionality by examining existing systems management tools and processes. * Research, recommend, and implement new technologies based on the value to the institutions. * Works with vendor processes and products to improve the quality and fit for the institutions. Typically establishes product mastery and demonstrates initiative for improvements. Install & Configure * Install and configure complex server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product. * Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate complex software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity. * Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions and industry best practices to deliver a solution to the customers. * Implement a schedule of system backups and archive operations by using best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability. Maintain & Troubleshoot * Provide complex server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment. * Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels. * Develop complex scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management. * Perform complex system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment. * Design and/or integrate security authorization and access control. Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security. * Generate and maintain complex periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users. * Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers. * Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root cause. * Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution. Project Collaboration & Lifecycle Participation * Implement changes while adhering to the change management policies and procedures in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer. Communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors. * With assistance of the project team, develop RFPs from requirements gathered by following institutional and purchasing guidelines in order to present well documented requirements to potential vendors for proposed solutions. * Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor. * Assist vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting with the team on a regular basis to deliver quality products to customers. * Participate in scheduled project team meetings by attending all meetings to provide input to the project team. * Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end user reference. * Develop test scenarios appropriate to changes being implemented by following testing guidelines to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. * Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. * May participate in Institutional and Departmental committees and initiatives. On-Call Requirement * Participation in on-call rotation is required. Minimum Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree. * Four years related experience. * Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. Preferred Qualifications * Extensive working experience with Cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). * Proficiency in both Windows and Linux operating systems. * Demonstrated ability to gather project requirements and design secure project solutions that align with IT@JH standards. * Proven experience working in multi-layered, complex organizations, demonstrating the ability to navigate organizational structures and collaborate effectively across diverse teams and departments. * Possess the flexibility and willingness to attend infrequent team meetings in Baltimore, MD, as needed to facilitate collaboration and communication among team members. Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency * Automation - Advanced * Cloud Migration - Advanced * Directory Services: Advanced * Operating Software - Advanced * Scripting - Advanced * Software Development Life Cycle - Advanced * Systems Analysis - Advanced * Systems Configuration - Advanced * Systems Design - Advanced * Systems Development - Advanced * Systems Engineering - Advanced * Systems Integration - Advanced Classified Title: Systems Engineer Job Posting Title (Working Title): Systems Engineer (IT@JH Research IT Solutions) Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Remote Department name: IT@JH Research IT Solutions Personnel area: University Administration

We are seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer for Johns Hopkins Public Safety who will provide technical leadership, project management, and task execution for administration, programming, maintenance, and performance implementation of departmental platforms. This includes the installation of new software, operating systems, related utilities/services, and hardware products, as well as the integration of new products and software into the organization. The role requires knowledge of compute, virtualization, storage, patching, and backup technologies, and is responsible for managing third-party software in a Server/End-User Computing environment. Knowledge of hyperconverged technologies and multiple hypervisors is required. Experience with disaster recovery planning and cloud-based recovery is essential. Job Scope/Complexity Provide technical leadership based on extensive technical knowledge, skills, and experience; influence clients towards innovative/integrated solutions. Responsible for the full life cycle of large-sized complex projects which span an entire department, division, or enterprise-wide level. At the enterprise-wide level, typical projects impact a broader customer base of Johns Hopkins and its most mission-critical systems. Projects often require interaction with various departments and teams both within and outside the department. Complex and large projects typically are applications/systems with 501-3000 concurrent users requiring uptime to commensurate with Clinical, Business critical, Education critical or Enterprise systems. Impacts of outages will cause major disruptions such as implementation of downtime procedures, major disruption of business operations, and/or cascades to more than 7 systems/applications. Disruptions are without obvious or simple workarounds. Strong technical skills; strong ability to understand complex business processes. Build and maintain client relationships through positive interactions. Assist employees in lower-level positions. Specific Duties and Job Responsibilities * The responsibilities below are typical examples of the work performed by this position. * Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility. Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform) * Design highly complex business, clinical, education or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues. Assist lower levels to effectively use the system's technical software. * Design highly complex solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product. * Select infrastructure applications that reside between end use applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., open source or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers. * Develop new methods to improve service processes, performance, and functionality by examining system management tools and processes. Review new methods suggested by lower levels and approve the work. * Research, recommend, and implement new technologies based on the value to the institution. * Works with vendor processes and products to improve the quality and fit for the institution. Typically establishes product mastery and demonstrates initiative for improvements. * Assign and lead technical systems analysis and design tasks for assigned environments and platforms. Install & Configure * Install and configure highly complex server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product. * Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate highly complex software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity. * Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions, as well as industry best practices, to deliver a solution to customers. * Ensure an effective schedule is developed for system backups and archive operations by providing leadership, oversight, and direction to the technical team on best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability. * Lead and provide direction to the technical team for all above tasks by reviewing work and adherence to institutional standards and guidelines to deliver projects on time and within budget to the customers. Maintain & Troubleshoot * Provide highly complex server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment. * Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels. * Develop highly complex scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management. * Perform highly complex system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment. * Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security. * Generate and maintain highly complex periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users. * Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers. * Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root case. * Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer's requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution. * Lead and provide direction to the technical team for all the above tasks by reviewing work and adherence to institutional standards and guidelines to deliver high-quality maintenance and troubleshooting to the customers. Project Collaboration & Lifecycle Participation * Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to al parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution. * Lead effort to develop RFPs by engaging project team members in the process to create well-defined requirements for potential vendors for proposed solutions. * Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor. * Lead vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting the team regularly to deliver quality products to customers. * Lead scheduled project team meetings by attending all meetings to provide input to the project team. * Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user reference. * Lead technical team in test planning, test scenario construction, and test sessions appropriate to the changes being implemented by following testing guidelines to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. * Review test results and corrections to all changes by following institutional and departmental testing standards to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. * Participate in Institutional and Departmental committees and initiatives. * Lead and provide direction to technical team for all of the above tasks by reviewing work and adherence to institutional standards and guidelines to ensure collaboration and communication with team members and customers. * Perform other related duties as requested. Minimum Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree. * Six years related experience. * Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. Preferred Qualifications * Knowledge in the assigned IT environments. Highly Preferred Systems Analysis/Design * Design complex business or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand processes and interpret those into compute solutions. * Install Operating Systems including Windows, and Linux onto compute solutions and optimize for maximum performance. * Install utility software into a server environment and work with other team members to validate the software has no impact to the applications and servers. * Configure storage in a hyperconverged environment. Candidate should be familiar with Nutanix, Cisco Hyperflex, or VMWare VSAN or Dell VxRail technologies. * Utilize WSUS to patch Operating systems and third-party software in a Server/End-User Computing environment. * Configure, perform and troubleshoot server backups, including off-site backups using CommVault or other backup technologies. * Troubleshoot hardware issues, including any performance issues Classified Title: Sr. Systems Engineer Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PF Starting Salary Range: $85,500 - $149,800 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: M-F 8 - 4 FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Eastern High Campus Department name: VP for Public Safety Office of Personnel area: University Administration

Are you interested in playing a critical role in fielding next-generation Navy Radar/EO/IR and Electronic Warfare systems and land-based sensor networks? Do you enjoy working in a creative environment with a team of highly motivated radar engineers? If so, we are looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. We are seeking Radar System Engineers to help field the next generation of Advanced Surface Navy sensors and Land-based Cruise Missile Defense sensor networks. You will work in a teamed environment to analyze live tactical sensor data; identify and solve problems that impact mission requirements; compare to physics-based simulations that provide unprecedented realism and new levels of understanding of system performance in operationally realistic environments in the presence of the world's most challenging threats. As a Radar System Engineer, you will... * Creatively apply your technical skills to identify and solve problems. * Collaborate with teams of other sensor engineers, software developers, combat system engineers, and physicists. * Invent, explore, and use modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities, data analysis tools, and machine learning algorithms. * Apply signal and data processing tools, including machine learning, to large data sets to develop novel algorithms. * Investigate and address problems due to emergent phenomenology. Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you have... * A BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical discipline with some sensor systems engineering experience. * Strong understanding of radars and/or physics-based phenomena affecting radar or communications systems. * Good interpersonal and communication skills. * Willingness to travel up to 5% of the time as needed. * Ability to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have an MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical discipline and 3+ years of relevant experience. * Experience with advanced DoD sensors and combat systems, particularly in the areas described above. * Have experience leading technical teams. #LI-KW1 About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $195,000 Annually

Are you enthusiastic about utilizing your analytical and technical skills to design and assess advanced weapon systems that support military warfare initiatives? Are you a systems thinker with experience in systems engineering who is eager to make a significant impact on critical national defense programs? Do you enjoy engaging with and enhancing intricate weapon systems? If so, we believe this opportunity may be for you and we think you should apply to join our team at APL. We are seeking a highly motivated early career System Engineer for the development and evaluation of next generation solutions to our nation's premier precision strike system. We need creative and innovative thinkers that will push the boundaries through creativity, and collaboration across a team of engineers to develop enabling technologies for advanced weapon systems. As a Systems Engineer you will... * Perform systems level technical analysis, trade studies, and analysis of alternatives * Participate in engineering team meetings and overall technical development efforts * Support the government sponsor in systems engineering activities such as developing requirements, identifying trade studies, developing interface control documents, developing system architectures, and assessing risks * Develop formal communication through systems engineering documents, reports and present results to senior level government sponsors Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... * Have a B.S. degree in Operations Research/Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Science or related field * Have 1+ years of professional experience related to weapon system development * Have experience in early concept development, performance analysis, systems integration, or requirements engineering activities for complex systems * Have experience developing and customizing system modeling using UML/SysML and associated software * Have strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills and ability to interact with sponsor representatives * Have experience in system engineering principles and practices * Are willing and able to travel periodically to Government and contractor sites within the continental U.S. * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have a Master's degree in Operations Research/Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Science or related field * Have 5+ years of professional experience related to military strike system * Have direct experience applying aspects of MBSE in support of system development * Have knowledge of DoD Planning, Programming and Budgeting, Acquisition Process/Lifecycle, Research and Development * Have experience in weapon control systems, U.S. Navy surface combatants/submarines, Tomahawk or other strike warfare systems * Have familiarity with software virtualization and computing infrastructure * Have demonstrated ability to interface effectively with government sponsors * Can obtain Top Secret clearance or hold an active Top-Secret clearance or above #LI-AG1 About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $195,000 Annually

Are you looking for a career building deep expertise in a technical area critical to our national defense? Do you wish to collaborate with and learn from some of the country's top seeker and sensor subject matter experts? If so, the Strike Guidance, Navigation, Controls (GNC), and Seekers group is looking for newly graduating engineers, mathematicians, physicists, and scientists like you! Our group's vision is to ensure that the United States maintains a technological advantage on the world stage by leading the development and prototyping of advanced weapons and autonomous systems. We provide state-of-the-art design solutions with a focus on seekers and sensors, guidance, navigation and control systems. We also specialize in embedded systems and multi-disciplinary design, simulation and optimization. If you are graduating in Engineering or Science and desire a rewarding career designing and evaluating advanced weapons and autonomous systems seekers and sensors, we'd like to talk to you about joining our team! We are seeking candidates with academic backgrounds and interest in one or more of the following technical areas: * Electromagnetics * RF System Design * RF Antennas and Technologies * RF Communications * Radar Systems * Optics * EO/IR System Design * EO/IR Imagers * Focal Plane Arrays * Digital Signal/Image Processing * Detection and Classification Algorithms * Circuits/Electronics, Software Defined Radios and Hardware Design You will join a team of dedicated engineers, physicists, and mathematicians who develop innovative algorithms and create advanced simulations for evaluating their design and capabilities. We are seeking creative problem solvers with capabilities and interests to help us tackle a breadth of challenges across systems that include hypersonic missiles, cruise missiles, and autonomous flight vehicles. Our team is committed to developing exceptional talent and innovation. As part of our group you will have an opportunity to grow your expertise across these technologies in an area of autonomous systems that you are enthusiastic about. As a member of our team you will... * Have the opportunity to conduct cutting edge seeker and sensor research, design, modeling, simulation and analysis while collaborating with adjacent technical domains in the development of next generation autonomous systems and weapons. * Develop innovative ways of simulating and predicting seeker and sensor performance in complex operational environments. * Lab test seeker and sensor hardware and software to identify operational capabilities and limitations. * Work closely with seeker and sensor subject matter experts who will train and mentor you on your path to attaining deeper technical knowledge and experience. * Collaborate with a team of engineers and interact with government sponsors, including platform designers in multi-disciplinary optimization studies for early phase vehicle development. * Have the opportunity to continue your education through a variety of educational opportunities such as technical short courses and graduate degree programs. Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications the job if you... * Have a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in an Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics. * Are passionate about creative problem solving and applying your skills to the design and development of our nation's next generation weapons and autonomous systems. * Have academic background and interest in one or more of the technical areas listed above. * Have classroom, project or internship experience in Radio Frequency, Electro-Optical/Infrared Sensor fields. * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have classroom, project or internship experience working with seekers, sensors and/or autonomous systems. * Have familiarity with complimentary disciplines including: modeling, simulation and analysis; design optimization; software or algorithm development; and hardware testing. * Are interested in continuing your studies towards an MS or PhD in EE, physics, mathematics or a related discipline. About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $165,000 Annually

Have you considered the military, intelligence, and civilian capabilities that are possible with the proliferation of low-cost sensing, computing, and control technologies? Are you interested in developing, defending, and defeating systems of these technologies to solve real-world challenges? If you're excited to work in the field of Cyber-Physical Systems, our team is excited to talk! We are seeking Cyber-Physical Systems Engineers to help us deliver and contend with emerging intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR&T) capabilities. Wait… what in the world is a Cyber-Physical System (CPS)? There are lots of examples of CPS, but we are concerned with devices that autonomously sense, process information, and interact with the physical world. Our teams build CPS prototypes that use these capabilities to provide exquisite situational awareness to users in the defense, security, and health sectors. We employ a wide range of ground breaking technologies from machine learning to autonomous platforms to power our solutions. Meanwhile, we also help our sponsors understand and counter the threats posed by the proliferation of CPS technology being employed by our adversaries. As a member of our team, you will... * Support and lead the development of CPS systems that range from tiny autonomous sensors to entire "smart" environments * Evaluate CPS systems to assess their capabilities/limitations in light of real-world applications * Conceive and implement novel methods to strengthen or impair the functionality of existing and emerging CPS * Propose and defend groundbreaking concepts involving the application, defense, and/or defeat of CPS * Explore opportunities to translate findings into white papers, proposals, and presentations/publications Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... * Graduating with a bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics or Mechatronics * Proficient in software development using Python, C, and/or C++ for Windows and Linux operating systems * Have strong communication and interpersonal skills. * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you are knowledgeable in one or more of the following... * Applications of sensing technology such as 2D/3D cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, microphones, passive infrared (PIR) sensors, etc. * Software development for low-power, edge computing devices, such as Raspberry Pi, ODROID, and/or NVIDIA Jetson platforms * Software development for embedded devices, such as Arduino, ESP32, and/or Nordic nRF platforms * Machine learning for detection, classification, and identification tasks using common frameworks such as TensorFlow, Pytorch, and/or MXNet * Low-power, wireless messaging protocols such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, BLE, and/or LoRaWAN * Geolocating and mapping techniques with and without GPS information, including vision-based techniques (SLAM) * Autonomous vehicle guidance and control algorithms and software * Development and integration of systems using the Robot Operating System (ROS) * Mechanical component and system design, including mechanical CAD tools such as SolidWorks or Creo * Digital and analog circuit design and board layout, including electronic CAD tools such as Altium About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $165,000 Annually

We are seeking a **_Sr. Systems Engineer_** for Johns Hopkins Public Safety who will provide technical leadership, project management, and task execution for administration, programming, maintenance, and performance implementation of departmental platforms. This includes the installation of new software, operating systems, related utilities/services, and hardware products, as well as the integration of new products and software into the organization. The role requires knowledge of compute, virtualization, storage, patching, and backup technologies, and is responsible for managing third-party software in a Server/End-User Computing environment. Knowledge of hyperconverged technologies and multiple hypervisors is required. Experience with disaster recovery planning and cloud-based recovery is essential. **Job Scope/Complexity** Provide technical leadership based on extensive technical knowledge, skills, and experience; influence clients towards innovative/integrated solutions. Responsible for the full life cycle of large-sized complex projects which span an entire department, division, or enterprise-wide level. At the enterprise-wide level, typical projects impact a broader customer base of Johns Hopkins and its most mission-critical systems. Projects often require interaction with various departments and teams both within and outside the department. Complex and large projects typically are applications/systems with 501-3000 concurrent users requiring uptime to commensurate with Clinical, Business critical, Education critical or Enterprise systems. Impacts of outages will cause major disruptions such as implementation of downtime procedures, major disruption of business operations, and/or cascades to more than 7 systems/applications. Disruptions are without obvious or simple workarounds. Strong technical skills; strong ability to understand complex business processes. Build and maintain client relationships through positive interactions. Assist employees in lower-level positions. **Specific Duties and Job Responsibilities** + The responsibilities below are typical examples of the work performed by this position. + Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility. _Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform)_ + Design highly complex business, clinical, education or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues. Assist lower levels to effectively use the system's technical software. + Design highly complex solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product. + Select infrastructure applications that reside between end use applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., open source or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers. + Develop new methods to improve service processes, performance, and functionality by examining system management tools and processes. Review new methods suggested by lower levels and approve the work. + Research, recommend, and implement new technologies based on the value to the institution. + Works with vendor processes and products to improve the quality and fit for the institution. Typically establishes product mastery and demonstrates initiative for improvements. + Assign and lead technical systems analysis and design tasks for assigned environments and platforms. _Install & Configure_ + Install and configure highly complex server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product. + Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate highly complex software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity. + Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions, as well as industry best practices, to deliver a solution to customers. + Ensure an effective schedule is developed for system backups and archive operations by providing leadership, oversight, and direction to the technical team on best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability. + Lead and provide direction to the technical team for all above tasks by reviewing work and adherence to institutional standards and guidelines to deliver projects on time and within budget to the customers. _Maintain & Troubleshoot_ + Provide highly complex server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment. + Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels. + Develop highly complex scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management. + Perform highly complex system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment. + Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security. + Generate and maintain highly complex periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users. + Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers. + Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root case. + Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer's requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution. + Lead and provide direction to the technical team for all the above tasks by reviewing work and adherence to institutional standards and guidelines to deliver high-quality maintenance and troubleshooting to the customers. _Project Collaboration & Lifecycle Participation_ + Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to al parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution. + Lead effort to develop RFPs by engaging project team members in the process to create well-defined requirements for potential vendors for proposed solutions. + Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor. + Lead vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting the team regularly to deliver quality products to customers. + Lead scheduled project team meetings by attending all meetings to provide input to the project team. + Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user reference. + Lead technical team in test planning, test scenario construction, and test sessions appropriate to the changes being implemented by following testing guidelines to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. + Review test results and corrections to all changes by following institutional and departmental testing standards to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. + Participate in Institutional and Departmental committees and initiatives. + Lead and provide direction to technical team for all of the above tasks by reviewing work and adherence to institutional standards and guidelines to ensure collaboration and communication with team members and customers. + Perform other related duties as requested. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree. + Six years related experience. + Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. **Preferred Qualifications** + Knowledge in the assigned IT environments. **Highly Preferred Systems Analysis/Design** + Design complex business or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand processes and interpret those into compute solutions. + Install Operating Systems including Windows, and Linux onto compute solutions and optimize for maximum performance. + Install utility software into a server environment and work with other team members to validate the software has no impact to the applications and servers. + Configure storage in a hyperconverged environment. Candidate should be familiar with Nutanix, Cisco Hyperflex, or VMWare VSAN or Dell VxRail technologies. + Utilize WSUS to patch Operating systems and third-party software in a Server/End-User Computing environment. + Configure, perform and troubleshoot server backups, including off-site backups using CommVault or other backup technologies. + Troubleshoot hardware issues, including any performance issues Classified Title: Sr. Systems Engineer Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PF Starting Salary Range: $85,500 - $149,800 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: M-F 8 - 4 FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Eastern High Campus Department name: VP for Public Safety Office of Personnel area: University Administration Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

IT@JH Enterprise Directory and Messaging is seeking a **_Systems Enginee_** r who will support Johns Hopkins University and Medicine for all affiliations, including faculty, staff, students, and administrative departments. The role requires in-depth knowledge of various email technologies such as the JH Email Gateway (Cisco IronPorts), Listserv (Sympa), and Microsoft Exchange, which are hosted on Windows and Linux-based systems. **Job Scope/Complexity** Develop solutions based on extensive technical knowledge, skills and experience; influence clients towards innovative/integrated solutions. Responsible for full life cycle of medium to large sized complex projects; strong technical skills; strong ability to understand complex business processes. Complex and large projects typically are applications/systems with 501-3000 concurrent users requiring uptime commensurate with Clinical, Business critical, Education critical or Enterprise systems. Impacts of outages will cause major disruption such as implementation of downtime procedures, major disruption of business operations, and/or cascades to more than 7 systems/applications. Disruptions are without obvious or simple workarounds. Build and maintain client relationships through positive interactions. May help lower-level positions. Project scope can span an entire department, division, or enterprise-wide level. For enterprise-wide level typical projects impact the broader customer base of Johns Hopkins and its most mission critical systems. Projects often require interaction with various departments and teams both within and outside the department. Work is complex. **Specific Duties & Responsibilities** _Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform)_ + Design complex business, clinical, education, or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issue related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues. + Design complex solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product. + Select infrastructure applications that reside between end user applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., opensource or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers. + Develop new methods to improve service processes, performance, and functionality by examining existing systems management tools and processes. + Research, recommend, and implement new technologies based on the value to the institutions. + Works with vendor processes and products to improve the quality and fit for the institutions. Typically establishes product mastery and demonstrates initiative for improvements. _Install & Configure_ + Install and configure complex server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product. + Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate complex software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity. + Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions and industry best practices to deliver a solution to the customers. + Implement a schedule of system backups and archive operations by using best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability. _Maintain & Troubleshoot_ + Provide complex server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment. + Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels. + Develop complex scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management. + Perform complex system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment. + Design and/or integrate security authorization and access control. Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security. + Generate and maintain complex periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users. + Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers. + Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root cause. + Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution. _Project Collaboration & Lifecycle Participation_ + Implement changes while adhering to the change management policies and procedures in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer. Communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors. + With assistance of the project team, develop RFPs from requirements gathered by following institutional and purchasing guidelines in order to present well documented requirements to potential vendors for proposed solutions. + Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor. + Assist vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting with the team on a regular basis to deliver quality products to customers. + Participate in scheduled project team meetings by attending all meetings to provide input to the project team. + Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end user reference. + Develop test scenarios appropriate to changes being implemented by following testing guidelines to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. + Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. + May participate in Institutional and Departmental committees and initiatives. _In addition to the duties described above_ + Leading and supporting email-related projects like migrations, upgrades, and integrations, as well as developing documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and training materials for junior staff and other teams. + Provides input for internal roadmap planning and infrastructure decisions, working independently while overseeing all operations of projects and initiatives. + Although mainly project-based, the role also involves some support to ticket assignments. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree. + Four years related experience. + Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. **Preferred Qualifications** **Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency** + Automation - Advanced + Cloud Migration - Advanced + Directory Services - Advanced + Operating Software - Advanced + Scripting - Advanced + Software Development Life Cycle - Advanced + Systems Analysis - Advanced + Systems Configuration - Advanced + Systems Design - Advanced + Systems Development: - Advanced + Systems Engineering - Advanced + Systems Integration - Advanced Classified Title: Systems Engineer Job Posting Title (Working Title): Systems Engineer (IT@JH Enterprise Directory & Messaging) Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Remote Department name: IT@JH Enterprise Directory and Messaging Personnel area: University Administration Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

IT@JH Research IT Solutions is seeking a **_Systems Engineer_** who is responsible for supporting researchers across Johns Hopkins University. This role involves managing Azure subscriptions and AWS accounts, as well as providing assistance with High Performance Computing (HPC) (Linux), secure storage devices and virtual desktop environments (Windows). In addition to offering support, the position is responsible for deploying various Cloud based services and collaborating with other IT@JH teams and customers to gather requirements that align with customer needs. A key responsibility includes ensuring that all solutions are secure and compliant with NIST SP 800-171 standards, when applicable, thereby contributing to the integrity and security of research initiatives within the institution. The nature of work assignments is ticket-based, as well as project based. Expectations will be set my management with weekly check-ins with the technical team/architect to review progress and challenges to task completion. Once the employee is fully onboarded, technical tasks will mostly be completed independently. **Job Scope/Complexity** Develop solutions based on extensive technical knowledge, skills and experience; influence clients towards innovative/integrated solutions. Responsible for full life cycle of medium to large sized complex projects; strong technical skills; strong ability to understand complex business processes. Complex and large projects typically are applications/systems with 501-3000 concurrent users requiring uptime commensurate with Clinical, Business critical, Education critical or Enterprise systems. Impacts of outages will cause major disruption such as implementation of downtime procedures, major disruption of business operations, and/or cascades to more than 7 systems/applications. Disruptions are without obvious or simple workarounds. Build and maintain client relationships through positive interactions. May help lower-level positions. Project scope can span an entire department, division, or enterprise-wide level. For enterprise-wide level typical projects impact the broader customer base of Johns Hopkins and its most mission critical systems. Projects often require interaction with various departments and teams both within and outside the department. Work is complex. **Specific Duties & Responsibilities** + The responsibilities listed below are typical examples of the work performed by this position. + Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility. Systems Analysis/Design (Environment/Platform) + Design complex business, clinical, education, or infrastructure solutions by meeting with customers to observe and understand current processes and the issue related to those processes. Provide written documentation and diagrams of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues. + Design complex solutions that conform to institutional policies, standards, and guidelines, and infrastructure environment and to vendor and industry best practices to deliver a quality product. + Select infrastructure applications that reside between end user applications and hardware operating systems by working with vendors, customers, and other sources (i.e., opensource or Internet2 initiatives) to provide configurable tools to the customers. + Develop new methods to improve service processes, performance, and functionality by examining existing systems management tools and processes. + Research, recommend, and implement new technologies based on the value to the institutions. + Works with vendor processes and products to improve the quality and fit for the institutions. Typically establishes product mastery and demonstrates initiative for improvements. _Install & Configure_ + Install and configure complex server hardware and operating systems by following technical documentation to provide a working product. + Evaluate, implement, and manage appropriate complex software and hardware solutions by using best practices for the environment to ensure system integrity. + Install and configure infrastructure applications by following product installation and configuration directions and industry best practices to deliver a solution to the customers. + Implement a schedule of system backups and archive operations by using best practices for the environment to ensure data/media recoverability. _Maintain & Troubleshoot_ + Provide complex server level administration (manage HW/SW, maintenance, upgrades and patches, account maintenance, backups and recoveries and assist users) by following documented procedures to ensure a stable environment. + Monitor and tune the system by following documentation and procedures to achieve optimum performance levels. + Develop complex scripts and solutions by using departmental standards to automate systems management. + Perform complex system software upgrades including planning and scheduling, testing, and coordination by following documentation and departmental standards to provide a stable product for the environment. + Design and/or integrate security authorization and access control. Audit and maintain user access and authorization by following access and authorization documentation to provide for system security. + Generate and maintain complex periodic and ongoing system specific reports by using appropriate tools to assess system performance, integrity and capacity in order to deliver a stable environment to the users. + Follow and maintain IT security awareness and best practices by understanding security principles as they pertain to environments supported in order to deliver secure solutions to customers. + Utilize system management and monitoring tools and incident tracking systems by following documentation and standards to detect incidents, take corrective actions, and determine root cause. + Monitor changes and resolve any incidents by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution. _Project Collaboration & Lifecycle Participation_ + Implement changes while adhering to the change management policies and procedures in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer. Communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors. + With assistance of the project team, develop RFPs from requirements gathered by following institutional and purchasing guidelines in order to present well documented requirements to potential vendors for proposed solutions. + Evaluate vendor proposals by reviewing requirements for the product to select the most appropriate vendor. + Assist vendors, consultants, and inside Enterprise groups in developing applications by meeting with the team on a regular basis to deliver quality products to customers. + Participate in scheduled project team meetings by attending all meetings to provide input to the project team. + Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end user reference. + Develop test scenarios appropriate to changes being implemented by following testing guidelines to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. + Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way. + May participate in Institutional and Departmental committees and initiatives. **On-Call Requirement** + Participation in on-call rotation is required. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree. + Four years related experience. + Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. **Preferred Qualifications** + Extensive working experience with Cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). + Proficiency in both Windows and Linux operating systems. + Demonstrated ability to gather project requirements and design secure project solutions that align with IT@JH standards. + Proven experience working in multi-layered, complex organizations, demonstrating the ability to navigate organizational structures and collaborate effectively across diverse teams and departments. + Possess the flexibility and willingness to attend infrequent team meetings in Baltimore, MD, as needed to facilitate collaboration and communication among team members. **Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency** + Automation - Advanced + Cloud Migration - Advanced + Directory Services: Advanced + Operating Software - Advanced + Scripting - Advanced + Software Development Life Cycle - Advanced + Systems Analysis - Advanced + Systems Configuration - Advanced + Systems Design - Advanced + Systems Development - Advanced + Systems Engineering - Advanced + Systems Integration - Advanced Classified Title: Systems Engineer Job Posting Title (Working Title): Systems Engineer (IT@JH Research IT Solutions) Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Remote Department name: IT@JH Research IT Solutions Personnel area: University Administration Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Johns Hopkins University is going through a major new investment in data science and the exploration of artificial intelligence. The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is embarking on an aggressive hiring effort for multiple tenure-track positions. While we consider all areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering, we are primarily seeking excellent candidates whose research falls into one of the following research areas: Computer Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Computer Architecture; energy-efficient hardware; edge computing; embedded systems; hardware security; integrated systems and power electronics. Communications, Networks, and Artificial Intelligence. Software defined networking; network security; mobile networking; coding/compression; AI in wireless. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary researchers whose who are considering applications over a wide range of areas including national security, societal safety, materials design, public health, clinical care, neuroscience, space systems, and policy. The faculty will be part of the University's new Data Science and AI Institute and have access to its unparalleled computational infrastructure. The Department of Electrical & Computer has 32 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members, 8 research and 3 teaching faculty members, 150 PhD students, over 100 MSE students, and 140 undergraduate students. Applications will be considered at all levels. The expected salary range for this position will is: Assistant Professors $150k-$200k Associate Professors $190k-$260k Professors $220k-$500k The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will be based on factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate - e.g., years in rank, training, field, discipline, other work experience, and other similar factors; geographic location; internal equity; external market conditions; and other factors as reasonably determined by the University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. in electrical, computer engineering or a related field and will be expected to contribute to the growth of the Electrical & Computer engineering program, develop an independent research program, secure research funding, and teach courses in the electrical & computer engineering area.

Are you passionate about using innovation, emerging technology and insights to solve system-level technical challenges involving various military warfare systems? Are you a systems thinker with system engineering experience who wants to have an impact on nationally important defense programs? Do you like working with and improving complex systems? If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! We are seeking a highly dynamic and creative Systems Engineer to develop and implement advanced weapons systems. As a member of our team you will represent APL to provide direct systems engineering support to the sponsor and to coordinate engineering services with APL team members to serve the technical needs of the program. As a Tactical Weapons Systems Engineer, you will... * Support the government sponsor in systems engineering activities such as developing requirements, identifying trade studies, developing interface control documents, planning and executing tests, and assessing risks. * Design architecture and engineering models to instantiate and assess system configurations. * Lead and participate in engineering team meetings and overall technical development efforts. * Work with industry, academic, and government laboratory staff to identify opportunities and apply promising emerging technologies to advanced weapon systems applications. * Produce reports that bring together concept definitions, requirements, analysis results, and technical recommendations. Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... * Have a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Operations Research/Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Science or another related field. * Have at least three years of relevant experience in systems engineering principles and practices. * Are highly skilled in early concept development and performing assessments that take into account cost, schedule, and performance criteria. * Have demonstrated capability of working with engineering teams, test facilities, and/or sponsors to execute development test. * Have strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to interact with sponsor representatives. * Ability and willingness to travel to present work to customers, provide technical advice during new system development/system modifications, and support laboratory/field testing. * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You 'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have a Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Operations Research/Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Science or another related field. * Have knowledge and experience with Planning, Programming and Budgeting, Acquisition Process/Lifecycle, Research and Development, Test and Evaluation of DoD Systems. * Have 5+ years of professional experience in weapon system engineering. * Have experience applying Model Based Systems Engineering concepts and practices to complex systems development. * Hold an active Top Secret clearance or above. #LI-AG1 About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $100,000 Annually Maximum Rate $245,000 Annually

Are you looking for a career building deep expertise in a technical area critical to our national defense? Do you wish to collaborate with and learn from some of the country's top seeker and sensor subject matter experts? If so, the Strike Guidance, Navigation, Controls (GNC), and Seekers group is looking for newly graduating PhD engineers, mathematicians, physicists, and scientists like you! Our group's vision is to ensure that the United States maintains a technological advantage on the world stage by leading the development and prototyping of advanced weapons and autonomous systems. We provide state-of-the-art design solutions with a focus on seekers and sensors, guidance, navigation and control systems. We also specialize in embedded systems and multi-disciplinary design, simulation and optimization. If you are graduating in Engineering or Science and desire a rewarding career designing and evaluating advanced weapons and autonomous systems seekers and sensors, we'd love to talk to you about joining our team! We are seeking candidates with academic backgrounds and interest in one or more of the following technical areas: * Electromagnetics * RF System Design * RF Antennas and Technologies * RF Communications * Radar Systems * Optics * EO/IR System Design * EO/IR Imagers * Focal Plane Arrays * Digital Signal/Image Processing * Detection and Classification Algorithms * Circuits/Electronics, Software Defined Radios and Hardware Design As a member of our team you will... * Have the opportunity to conduct cutting edge seeker and sensor research, design, modeling, simulation and analysis while collaborating with adjacent technical domains in the development of next generation autonomous systems and weapons. * Develop innovative ways of simulating and predicting seeker and sensor performance in complex operational environments. * Lab test seeker and sensor hardware and software to identify operational capabilities and limitations. * Work closely with seeker and sensor subject matter experts who will train and mentor you on your path to attaining deeper technical knowledge and experience. * Collaborate with our teams of engineers and interact with government sponsors, including platform designers in multi-disciplinary optimization studies for early phase vehicle development. * Have the opportunity to continue your education through a variety of educational opportunities such as technical short courses, graduate degree programs, and many more. Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications the job if you... * Have a PhD in an Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics. * Are passionate about creative problem solving and applying your skills to the design and development of our nation's next generation weapons and autonomous systems. * Have academic background and interest in one or more of the technical areas listed above. * Have conducted research; completed one or more internships; and/or possess practical skills in RF, EO/IR or related fields. * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have classroom, project or internship experience working with seekers, sensors and/or autonomous systems. * Have familiarity with complimentary disciplines such as: modeling, simulation and analysis; design optimization; software or algorithm development; and hardware testing. About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $105,000 Annually Maximum Rate $245,000 Annually

Are you passionate about improving Precision Strike capabilities for the United States warfighter? Do you love solving complex problems with sophisticated modeling and simulation (M&S) tools? If you are graduating with a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or another engineering field and want to study the survivability of missile systems, we'd love to have you join our team! We are seeking a weapon systems modeling and analysis engineer to help us develop, characterize, and evaluate missile performance against precision strike platforms in complex environments. We are a multi talented and hardworking team of analysts and engineers who support a wide range of government sponsors who have many exciting technical problems. Our team conducts high fidelity physics-based modeling while collaborating with authorities in other fields including: GN&C, RF / IR Engineering, Electronic Warfare, Software Development, Systems Engineering and more! As a member of our team, you will: * Develop and use physics-based models and simulations to assess the effectiveness and optimal employment of both legacy and innovative U.S. strike missiles in 1-v-1 and 1-v-few scenarios * Analyze driving factors behind strike system performance * Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to use, develop and improve modeling capabilities and missile models * Build and leverage novel data visualization tools for large and complex data sets * Prepare and present formal documentation to technical specialists, operational partners, and government sponsors * Collaborate with mission-level analysts and inform their modeling efforts Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... * Have a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or another engineering field * Have experience with data processing languages such as MATLAB and Python * Have experience using physics-based simulations and investigating the driving factors behind performance * Have experience solving complex problems using rigorous and documented processes * Are willing, able and passionate about learning missile systems concepts to improve modeling and simulation tools and to perform engagement-level analysis * Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You will go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have experience in the modeling and simulation of surface-to-air and/or air-to-air missiles * Have knowledge of software design best practices, including a solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles. * Have experience with Simulink, Fortran, or C++ * Have experience working with software versioning systems such as Git or SVN * Have experience working with external customers and partners * Hold an active final Secret level security clearance Special Working Conditions: Limited air and vehicle travel to U.S. Government and Department of Defense contractor facilities. About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $105,000 Annually Maximum Rate $245,000 Annually

Do you have a wealth of experience overseeing technical aspects of weapon systems development? Do you care deeply about the missions of the United States Navy and Air Force and want to make an immediate and significant impact on those missions? We are seeking a Launcher Weapon Systems Engineer to join our Launcher Systems Engineering section. We help our sponsors navigate the complexity of large-scale weapon system development efforts, maintaining technical excellence while meeting the demands of challenging schedule and test environments in an ever-changing landscape of external threats. As a Launcher Weapon Systems Engineer, you will: * Gain a deep technical understanding of submarine launcher systems and other shipboard systems and use that knowledge to inform high-level decision making. * Apply Systems Engineering principles to assist our Sponsors with key development tasks, e.g., development of a Systems Engineering Master Plan (SEMP), Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), or high-level Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) documents. Other tasking could include the review of technical system requirements and traceability in DOORS to show verification via Inspection, Analysis, Test, Demonstration. * Engage directly with our Navy and Air Force sponsors and associated prime and subcontractors to provide oversight of hardware production efforts. * Participate in a wide variety of test and evaluation efforts. This could include full scale system tests conducted either at government owned test facilities or onboard Navy platforms and associated data analysis. * Get involved with working groups across both government and industry. Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... * Have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a closely related field. * Have 10+ years of relevant experience with Navy or Air Force weapon systems. * Are willing and able to travel occasionally (5%) to US Navy facilities, bases and contractor sites. * Hold an active Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have worked directly with OHIO-class, COLUMBIA-class, or VIRGINIA-class hardware or software systems. * Have experience developing or approving Temporary Alteration (TEMPALT) packages for deployment on submarines. * Have worked directly with Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) on the Strategic Weapon System (SWS), or on the Air Force Minute Man III or Sentinel systems as either a contractor or government employee. About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $105,000 Annually Maximum Rate $290,000 Annually

Do you enjoy solving complicated problems? Are you passionate about Linux? Do you like contributing to automation? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. Recognized by Computerworld as one of the Top Places to Work in IT for six years running, we're looking for a Linux Systems Engineer who is eager to learn, loves working hands-on with Linux, and is excited by open-source technologies. In this role, you'll directly support APL's exceptional research community. Linux systems power APL's most mission-critical national security and research efforts. As a Linux Systems Engineer, you'll build, secure, and operate platforms that solve meaningful, real-world problems. From day one, you'll be trusted to take ownership, grow quickly, and help define how Linux is automated, secured, and scaled enterprise-wide. As a Linux Systems Engineer, you will... * Build, configure, and support Linux systems that underpin secure research and operational programs across the Lab. * Troubleshoot complex system and application issues, working with teammates, researchers, and vendors to engineer durable solutions. * Help keep systems healthy through patching, monitoring, performance tuning, and thoughtful problem-solving. * Contribute to the Linux Administration Team by building automation, improving documentation and sharing ideas that influence long-term architecture. * Participate in shaping how Linux is secured, automated, and scaled at APL-your perspective and curiosity will be valued. Qualifications You'll meet our minimum requirements if you have... * A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related field. * 3+ years experience administering Linux systems (e.g., Red Hat, Ubuntu). * Experience scripting or automating tasks using Bash, Python, or a similar language. * Proactive, self-driven approach to preventing outages, optimizing performance, and maintaining secure, reliable systems. * Strong troubleshooting skills with the persistence to drive issues to root cause. * Interest in building secure, well-engineered systems, including curiosity about compliance and security frameworks such as DFARS, FIPS, and STIGs. * Collaborative mindset with clear written and verbal communication skills. * Are able to obtain a Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Automation or configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or BigFix. * Container technologies like Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes. * Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk. * Authentication and directory services including LDAP, Kerberos, or Red Hat IdM. * Linux security hardening frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks or DISA STIGs. * Experience using Git or other version control systems. About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $195,000 Annually

Are you passionate about optical sensing, computer vision, and/or all things imaging? Are you searching for an opportunity to apply your engineering skills in a creative and collaborative laboratory environment? If so, we are looking for someone innovative like you to join our Imaging Systems Group. You will contribute to system development and experimental efforts in a dynamic, problem-solving environment. As a member of our group, you will… * Develop, evaluate, and deploy imaging system hardware, algorithms, and/or software. * Assist in the brainstorming and development of new initiatives/concepts in optical imaging through internal research and development (IR&D) efforts. * Capture technical contributions in internal memoranda/reports and conference/journal papers, and present findings and recommendations at internal and external forums. * Support field integration and testing activities of developed systems. Qualifications You meet the minimum requirements if you... * Have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering, Imaging Science, Computer Vision, or equivalent. * Have demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, with strong interpersonal, speaking, and technical writing skills. * Can ultimately obtain a Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You will go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * Have a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering, Imaging Science, Computer Vision, or equivalent. * Have an active Secret level security clearance. About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $85,000 Annually Maximum Rate $165,000 Annually

Do you have extensive experience with advanced networking technologies and cloud orchestration? Are you passionate about designing and implementing innovative network solutions to support groundbreaking research? If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL. We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer specialized in orchestrating and maintaining advanced network systems! Your knowledge and skills will be instrumental in advancing groundbreaking research and innovation, playing a crucial role in the development of technologies that propel our Laboratory's mission forward. Join us to make a significant mark in a field where your work doesn't just build solutions but defines the future of our technological landscape. As a Senior Network and Systems Engineer, you will... * Design and implement advanced network solutions, including high-performance networking, software-defined networking (SDN), and cloud networking, focusing on scalability, security, and performance optimization. * Manage and optimize network infrastructure for various platforms, ensuring efficient operation of both stand-alone and networked systems in high-security environments. * Handle sophisticated LAN and WAN configurations, maintaining robust cybersecurity in line with organizational standards. * Lead in diagnosing and resolving complex network issues that arise in both physical and virtual environments. * Guide the development of efficient network solutions, mentoring team members with your knowledge and skills in advanced networking technologies. * Influence network scalability and efficiency by analyzing key performance metrics to inform capacity planning and operational improvements. * Elevate operational standards by crafting crucial network security and configuration documents, ensuring compliance and setting quality benchmarks. * Stay updated with the latest networking technologies and cybersecurity trends, integrating emerging technologies to enhance research capabilities. * Conduct network vulnerability assessments and manage system updates, ensuring continuous improvement of the network's security posture. Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you have ... * A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field, or 10 years of related professional work experience. * 7 or more years of hands-on experience with advanced networking technologies in an enterprise or research environment. * 3 or more years in a technical leadership role, focusing on architecting and administering complex network environments. * Expertise applying automation and orchestration tools for building, configuring, provisioning, and managing network infrastructure. * Experience with software-defined networking (SDN) platforms like Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, or similar technologies in an operational setting. * A firm understanding of networking protocols and architectures, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, and network security protocols. * Experience leading and motivating a team to deliver results and maintain the highest standards of quality. * Familiarity with security and regulatory compliance requirements as they pertain to networking, such as NIST RMF, NIST SP 800-53, or DoD 8570/8140. * Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and present technical information clearly to a wide audience. * Ability to independently resolve complex problems by applying job knowledge, conducting research, and using external resources. * Solid understanding of network security principles, including firewall configurations, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and VPN technologies. * Hold an active Top Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain TS/SCI level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you... * A Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field, demonstrating a deeper level of expertise and commitment to the field. * Advanced experience with high-performance networking, including technologies like InfiniBand or advanced Ethernet configurations, demonstrating a deep understanding of optimizing network performance for research applications. * Experience with network virtualization technologies, such as VMware NSX or Cisco Nexus virtual switches. * Proficiency in enterprise network automation and monitoring tools, such as Ansible, Puppet, SolarWinds, or similar platforms, showcasing your ability to enhance operational efficiency and proactive network management. * Hands-on integration experience with major cloud providers, like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, reflecting a broad competency in cloud networking environments and hybrid setups. * Expertise in cloud networking management tools like CloudBolt or Kion (formerly CloudTamer), indicating your ability to streamline cloud infrastructure management and implement effective cloud governance strategies. * Certifications such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert (JNCIE), or equivalent advanced networking certifications. #LI-AG1 About Us Why Work at APL? The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation's most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates. At APL, we celebrate our differences of perspectives and encourage creativity and bold, new ideas. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program, unparalleled retirement contributions, and a healthy work/life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Learn more about our career opportunities at ****************************** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact Accommodations@jhuapl.edu. The referenced pay range is based on JHU APL's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level with consideration for internal parity. For salaried employees scheduled to work less than 40 hours per week, annual salary will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Minimum Rate $105,000 Annually Maximum Rate $290,000 Annually