Lead Systems Engineer
$135,000 - $216,000
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Posted 44 days ago
SENIORITY
Lead
SALARY
$135,000 - $216,000
About the role
- Suitland, MD (Hybrid)
- Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership across systems engineering efforts within the DTAM program
- Translate architectural designs into actionable engineering plans and execution
- Define and manage system requirements, interfaces, and integration points
- Lead system integration across applications, data platforms, and cloud environments
- Ensure systems meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security requirements
- Identify and resolve technical risks, dependencies, and integration challenges
- Support modernization efforts by engineering transitions from legacy to cloud native systems
- Collaborate with architects, developers, data engineers, and program leadership to ensure alignment
- Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices, enabling automation, testing, and continuous delivery
- Participate in stakeholder discussions, providing technical insight and decision support
- Mentor engineering teams and enforce systems engineering best practices
- Bachelors degree and 16 years of experience or an Associates degree and 18 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 20 years of experience.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance 15+ years of experience in systems engineering, integration, or technical leadership roles
- Proven experience supporting large-scale, complex IT systems or modernization programs
- Strong experience with systems engineering principles, including requirements, integration, and validation
- Experience integrating complex systems across applications, data platforms, and infrastructure
- Experience working in cloud-based environments and modern distributed systems
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and system engineering within CI/CD environments
- Ability to manage system complexity across multiple teams and technical domains
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
- Agile certifications (Scrum, SAFe, or similar)
- Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
- Experience supporting large-scale federal programs
- Experience with large-scale data systems or real-time processing environments
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