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Systems Engineer

Guidehouse
Fort Meade, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Dec 2025
💰 $172,800/yr($115,200/yr$172,800/yr)

About the role

Job Family:

Systems Engineering (SYE)


Travel Required:

None


Clearance Required:

Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph

What You Will Do:

  • Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis.

  • Analyzes user's requirements, concept of operations documents, and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.

  • Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.

  • Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.

  • Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology.

  • Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations.

  • Develops technical documentation.

  • Develops system Architecture and system design documentation.

  • Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts.

  • Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.

  • Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

  • Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) - Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc.

  • Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.

  • Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.

  • Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format, and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository.

  • Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan.

  • Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and disposal needs.

  • Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability, Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability, Produceability, et

  • Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis.

  • Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP).

What You Will Need:

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance with a COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (CI) polygraph.

  • Bachelor's degree is required

  • Minimum TEN (10) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.

  • Minimum Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

  • Minimum Three (3) years of experience in the legal or technical aspects of Intelligence Community Privacy Compliance required.

  • Minimum Two (2) years of experience with NSA systems architecture.


What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • Master's degree

The annual salary range for this position is $115,200.00-$172,800.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive wor

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