Senior Systems Engineer

About the role

This role requires a current Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance. Telework is not permitted.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document user and system requirements.
• Develop systems engineering artifacts such as requirements specifications, interface control documents, systems engineering plans, and related technical documentation.
• Work directly with customers, users, and stakeholders to understand operational workflows and mission needs.
• Translate complex operational challenges into clear, structured requirements for technical teams.
• Support workflow analysis, process improvement, or capability planning efforts.
• Write strong technical documentation and communicate effectively with both technical teams and operational users.
• Coordinate across multidisciplinary teams and maintain alignment between users, engineers, and leadership.
• Manage multiple priorities with strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Support analyst workflows, mission visibility, or contextual data tracking capabilities.
• Develop concepts of operation, workflow documentation, and customer-facing systems engineering products.
• Communicate effectively with both technical teams and operational users.
• Coordinate and integrate AI Technologies within the development workflow.

Requirements

• 20 years experience as a system engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
• 5 additional years of experience as a system engineer may be substituted for a degree.

Qualifications

• Experience as Agency Analyst.
• Experience with Enterprise Data Labels and Data Formats.
• Experience with Agency dataflow, compliance, policy, and data-governance, as it pertains to Corporate Tools and Analyst workflow.
• Experience managing teams and threads with complex multi-regional systems and large datasets.
• Experience supporting analyst workflows, mission visibility, or contextual data tracking capabilities.
• Familiarity with content triage, transcription workflows, language analysis, or sourcing-related mission areas.
• Experience with requirements management, traceability, interface definition, and lifecycle planning.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes and mission-focused capability development.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and operational users.
• Experience coordinating and integrating AI Technologies within the development workflow.

Skills

• Strong technical writing, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams and maintain alignment between users, engineers, and leadership.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with Enterprise Data Labels and Data Formats.
• Experience with Agency dataflow, compliance, policy, and data-governance, as it pertains to Corporate Tools and Analyst workflow.
• Experience managing teams and threads with complex multi-regional systems and large datasets.
• Experience supporting analyst workflows, mission visibility, or contextual data tracking capabilities.
• Familiarity with content triage, transcription workflows, language analysis, or sourcing-related mission areas.
• Experience with requirements management, traceability, interface definition, and lifecycle planning.
• Experience developing concepts of operation, workflow documentation, and customer-facing systems engineering products.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes and mission-focused capability development.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and operational users.
• Experience coordinating and integrating AI Technologies within the development workflow.

Benefits

• 25 days PTO.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 100% employer-paid healthcare for employees and dependents – available day 1.
• 8% 401(k) employer match – immediate vesting.

Pay

$220,000 - $230,000 annually

Schedule

This is a full-time position.

Shield Consulting Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.