Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead and enforce consistent engineering approaches and technical standards across multiple Product Teams developing applications on assigned platforms.
• Drive technical modernization initiatives, including application refactoring, code modernization, and comprehensive technical debt reduction.
• Oversee continuous software delivery pipelines and lead disciplined release train management activities aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Architect and execute complex performance tuning, scalability enhancements, and deep root-cause analysis for system and software failures.
• Ensure all engineered capabilities and automated deployment frameworks strictly comply with federal security standards, government baselines, and DISA STIGs.
• Embed technical continuity within the Capability Development branch, preventing the accumulation of brittle, siloed systems that increase cybersecurity risk.
• Collaborate closely with government leadership, Product Owners, and external vendors to shape and prioritize product backlogs based on technical and mission demands.
• Create, review, and maintain comprehensive engineering documentation, reference architectures, configuration baselines, and standard operating procedures.

Qualifications

• High School with 9+ years (or commensurate experience)
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security).
• Senior-level systems engineering experience leading software system modernization, infrastructure engineering, or enterprise platform management.
• Proven experience design-leading application refactoring, systemic bug mitigation, and technical debt extraction within complex environments.
• Comprehensive operational understanding of modern software delivery architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and disciplined release train management.
• Strong experience engineering solutions that mitigate cybersecurity risks and enforce architectural coherence across multiple technology domains.
• Proficiency steering engineering tasks and managing technical baselines within enterprise tools (such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow).
• Strong foundational understanding of diverse IT domains including enterprise virtualization, software-defined infrastructure, network boundaries, and enterprise storage.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard, Software Yard, or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs.
• Deep familiarity with PEO C5I enterprise strategies, configuration management controls, and continuous software authorization boundaries.
• Relevant enterprise-level certifications highly preferred (e.g., AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect, VMware VCP/VVC, or Red Hat Certified Engineer).
• Advanced understanding of container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Tanzu, OpenShift) and automating containerized software workloads.
• Experience leading engineering teams or serving as a primary technical liaison in a high-density, multi-vendor environment.

Benefits

GovCIO offers a competitive salary range of USD $106,000.00 - USD $136,000.00 /Yr.