Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer - Level 2 (TJSE2/3-JV100-009) We are seeking a Software Engineer - Level 2 to support the design, development, and integration of complex software and system architectures in alignment with DoDAF standards. In this role, the candidate will implement SOA solutions, ensure system engineering documentation meets mission needs, and manage technical baselines throughout the system lifecycle.
The candidate will be responsible for risk assessment, requirements management, and verification planning, working alongside system stakeholders to evaluate new designs, manage changes, and maintain compliance with government certification and accreditation (C&A) processes. Additionally, you will support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents, ensuring alignment with DoD requirements.
This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on system integration, non-functional performance evaluation, and interface control. The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop operational scenarios, conduct end-to-end system flow analysis, and provide technical direction for software and hardware components. Job Description:
Tasks Performed:
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions
• Implement operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards
• Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format, and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository
• Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan
• In conjunction with system stakeholders, plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements
• Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance
• Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)
• Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents (i.e., Initial
• Capability Document, Capabilities Description Document, IA Strategy)
• Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis
• Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and disposal needs
• Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability, Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability, Producibility, etc.)
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams, ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces
Education, Experience and Qualifications:
• Minimum High School Diploma/GED with at least 19 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science or Engineering Management with at least 14 years of relevant experience
• TS/SCI security clearance with active full scope polygraph
• Experience designing, implementing, and managing Splunk environments and ensuring their overall health and performance.
• Experience managing metrics production and analysis across multiple systems and from multiple locations, including configuring data ingestion, indexing, and search optimization.
• Experience creating dashboards to support multiple stackholder views to convey different aspects of system health and performance.
• Experience establishing appropriate weightings for mission-related measures and contributing qualitative and quantitative input to data-feed prioritization, as well as analyzing and assessing the validity of results.
• Experience implementing ReST calls to multiple enterprise data repositories.
• Experience leading agile development within a dynamic and flexible work environment with changing priorities and multiple requirements sources.
• Experience leading user-driven development teams, and transitioning user needs/requests into prototypes
• Experience coordinating briefings, capability / prototype demonstrations, organizing and conducting meetings with and between development teams and customers.
• Experience transferring prototype applications from forward-deployed teams to enterprise solutions teams.
• Linux / Unix command line
• Jupyter Notebook
• JSON, XML
• Elk Stack
• Splunk architect
• Apache NiFi
• Confluence
• Jira
• MS Office suite - PowerPoint and Excel Benefits:
• 401K
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance Salary Range:
• $154,160/Year Other Job Requirements: Minimum Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph
U.S. Citizenship, and successful background check
Location: Fort Meade, MD To Apply: Please send your resume to