Application Systems Analyst - Top Secret Clearance

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions in the United States is seeking candidates for a contract position focused on defense cyber initiatives. The team will design and manage systems across their full lifecycle, automate internal workflows, and maintain infrastructure services.

The role requires an active Top Secret clearance and a Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS, with 2–5 years in systems engineering/analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Security+ certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports design and management of systems across the full lifecycle from inception to phase-out.
• Design and develop reusable components, automate pipelines, and maintain scripts for CD.
• Installs, configures, tests, and maintains operating systems, applications, and management tools.
• Addresses day-to-day management of infrastructure services, systems, and hardware usage.
• Analyzes user needs to shape functional requirements and technical specs.
• Develops technical specifications, test plans, and conformance reviews.
• Analyzes business operations to identify opportunities for improvement and automation.
• Provides analytical support in conceptualization and implementation of inter-linked systems.
• Documents analysis and presents findings to meet program requirements.
• Conducts design readiness reviews and quality control.
• Develops solutions by evaluating alternative workflows and training client personnel.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Requirements analysis

Multitasking

Deadlines driven

Programming languages

Server OS knowledge

Networking fundamentals

DB knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Computer Science

Job description

This is a newly awarded contract supporting critical defense cyber initiatives. The team is being built now, which means the people who join early help set how it runs rather than inheriting someone else's process.

Position Overview

Supports the design and management of systems over the entire lifecycle from inception to phase-out. Supports the creation, analysis, and enhancement of internal IT processes, creating scripts to automate internal workflows. Supports routine systems operations and maintenance of infrastructure services. Performs routine tests and documents system issues. Helps develop technical specifications based on user needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports integrated functionality, usability, reliability, performance and support requirements of a system.
• Design and develop reusable components, code and document custom automation frameworks, maintain scripts, and update these items as needed to build continuous delivery pipelines, ensuring rapid availability of the product.
• Installs, configures, tests, and maintains operating systems, applications software, and system management tools.
• Addresses the day-to-day management and maintenance of infrastructure services, systems, applications, and hardware usage.
• Analyzes user needs and shapes the assembly of well-documented functional requirements and technical specifications.
• Helps develop technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, analyzes configuration and processing solutions, and tests conformance to specifications.
• Analyzes business operations and processes to identify opportunities for process improvement, management control of work, or automation. Generates process and solution options and reviews with appropriate stakeholders.
• Provides analytical support in the conceptualization, development, and implementation of robust, inter-linked systems.
• Researches and documents analysis in technical reports and presents findings and recommendations to meet program requirements.
• Conducts technical evaluation, design and readiness reviews, and quality control.
• Develops solutions by preparing and evaluating alternative workflow solutions, validate results by testing programmers, and ensure operation by training client personnel and providing support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, other relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Security+ certification preferred.
• Must possess an active Top Secret security clearance.
• 2-5 years of experience in Systems Engineering/Analysis.

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Attention to detail, and a commitment to quality work.
• Ability to elicit, analyze, document, and validate the system requirements that support the required system changes to meet the business need.
• Must have the ability to work under aggressive deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and prioritize as necessary.
• Excellent analytical, comprehension, communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of server operating systems, network fundamentals and architecture, and database applications.
• Ability to provision, install, configure, operate, and maintain systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
• Ability to work with various programming languages, operating systems, and computer hardware platforms.
• Capability to creatively solve requirements needs.
• Experience applying process and systems engineering, analytics and operations research methods at every phase of a project.

Why people take this role

• A new contract, staffing from day one — early hires help shape how the program runs.
• The employer is rated by its own employees, year after year, among the top 50 best places to work.
• Full-lifecycle systems work — requirements, automation, integration and delivery — rather than one narrow slice.
• Certification and training support, including the certifications named above.

Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance required.

Compensation: $65,000 - $115,000 per year, depending on experience.