CareerPlan

Senior Systems Engineer

Chantilly, VAFull-time$210k2026-09-09 → 2026-11-10
Based in United StatesSecurity clearance required

Core

Design, develop, and implement cloud-native software systems and data management solutions for defense and intelligence missions.

Role type

Senior Systems Engineer (Cloud & Data Architecture)

Builds

Cloud-native architectures, data pipelines, and secure analytics environments for government clients

Domain

Defense & Intelligence / Cloud Infrastructure & Big Data

Required skills

Cloud-native architecture design, SQL query optimization, container orchestration, data security & governance, IT service management, stakeholder consultation, system requirements analysis

Preferred skills

AWS certifications, Agile certifications, experience with NoSQL/relational databases, Python programming

Technologies

AWS (ECS, Fargate, Organizations), Kubernetes, Docker, JupyterHub, Postgres, MongoDB, Neo4j, ELK, Minio, LDAP, Gitlab

Responsibilities

Design and operate multi-tenant cloud environments, develop secure data solutions, facilitate engineering discussions across stakeholders, consult on user needs, manage system dependencies and hardware/software relationships

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic architecture oversight