812252 Systems Engineer $300,000.00

Level 1 – Subject Matter Expert · Up to $300,000/year · Core hours 9 am–4 pm · Bethesda, MD · Requires active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

About the role

The Systems Engineer shapes the organization’s DevOps strategy and implementation, coordinating product development and operations teams to build and evolve an automated, secure, and scalable continuous delivery pipeline. The role also encompasses traditional systems engineering responsibilities including technical planning, hardware‑software‑network design, integration, verification, validation, and fielding of mission systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and integration of DevOps tools and technologies for deployment, monitoring, and operations of mission software products.
• Work with application teams to adopt continuous build, inspection, testing, and deployment approaches.
• Participate in all aspects of DevOps engineering and promote industry‑standard methodologies.
• Configure and monitor DevOps performance; ensure maximum uptime and optimal performance in production.
• Perform technical planning, system hardware‑software‑network design, development, integration, verification, validation, and fielding.
• Evaluate alternatives including cost, risk, supportability, and total‑system analyses.
• Conduct systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, interface definition, technical management, integration, system testing, and quality assurance.
• Facilitate horizontal communication across team members, identify impediments, and drive mitigation plans.
• Generate and analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track software delivery efficiency.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in an operational environment responsible for development, O&M, and client support of large‑scale enterprise applications.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience utilizing Agile software development methods.
• Minimum 8 years’ IT experience, including at least 5 years of software‑related DevOps experience.
• Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph.

Desired qualifications

• Experience with DevOps tools such as Jira, Maven, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, GitHub, BitBucket, Docker, etc.
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building software or solutions using PHP, Bash, Perl, Ruby, Python, or similar languages and technology stacks.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams.
• Experience solving difficult/complex problems and leading people through change.
• Experience with testing practices and frameworks including automated testing suites, unit testing, end‑to‑end and user‑acceptance testing.
• AWS‑Certified Solutions Architect or Developer (Associate or preferably Professional level).

Additional requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field, or Bachelor’s degree in business/management with experience managing technical requirements in complex programs.
• Expert domain knowledge in a technical field.
• Experience negotiating complex scenarios and devising courses of action with predictable outcomes.
• Experience leading critical objectives where decision‑making is paramount.
• Experience supervising others.
• BS with 15+ years’ relevant experience, or Master’s with 13+ years’ relevant experience.

Benefits

• Retirement: Full Vanguard 401(k) plan with 100% employer match up to 6% of salary; ability to max out 401(k) savings ($57k, $63.5k if over 50). Annual phantom stock grants (2‑year vesting).
• Insurance: Medical – United Health Care (multiple plan options); Dental – United Concordia Flex Plan; Vision – VSP Signature Plans; Mutual of Omaha short‑term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000/week); long‑term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000/month); life insurance ($200,000).
• Employee Referral Bonus: $3,000 per year for each year the referred employee works at B4Corp.
• Paid Time Off: Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays); flexible work schedule with comp time (customer approval required).

Pay

Up to $300,000 per year.

Schedule

Core hours 9 am–4 pm; flexible schedule with comp time (subject to customer approval).