GEOINT Senior Systems Engineer

Ennoble First Inc.; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Ennoble First is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support an Intelligence Community customer in Gaithersburg, MD, covering the full systems engineering lifecycle from requirements and architecture through integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.

The candidate should have extensive GEOINT experience, strong systems engineering knowledge, and familiarity with Agile, CI/CD, and security requirements across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM; 8–12 years of experience, or Master's with 6–10 years.
• 8+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Experience with GEOINT storage, discovery, dissemination, and exploitation systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities across the full system lifecycle from requirements to sustainment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Agile teams to refine features based on mission needs.
• Develop and maintain system architectures, interfaces, and CONOPS.

Skills

Systems engineering

GEOINT

Agile frameworks (Scrum/SAFe/Kanban)

Requirements management

CI/CD

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering / STEM

Master's degree in STEM (preferred)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Azure

Job description

Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Eligibility
Employment Type: Full-Time Regular
Shift: Day
Travel: No
Relocation Assistance: Yes

Company Overview

We are Ennoble First. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that's important.
Ennoble First is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can't turn into an opportunity.

Position Overview

Ennoble First is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support an Intelligence Community customer in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This position supports mission-critical GEOINT systems and capabilities across the full systems engineering lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
The Senior Systems Engineer will work closely with software engineers, cybersecurity professionals, Agile development teams, and customer stakeholders to translate mission requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient technical solutions. The role requires strong systems engineering experience combined with direct knowledge of GEOINT mission systems, data, interfaces, and operational environments.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities across the full system lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Agile development teams to refine features and translate mission needs into technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain system architectures, interface definitions, operational concepts (CONOPS), and technical documentation.
• Perform systems decomposition, functional analysis, allocation, and traceability using industry-standard systems engineering practices.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical roadmap development.
• Lead system performance assessments and troubleshoot complex issues across applications, infrastructure, interfaces, networks, and data flows.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and drive solutions that support system reliability, mission effectiveness, and operational performance.
• Coordinate integration across multiple development teams and external mission partners.
• Support verification and validation activities, ensuring requirements are fully tested and documented.
• Participate in design reviews, architecture reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer briefings.
• Support DevSecOps initiatives and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Ensure compliance with customer and Intelligence Community engineering standards and security requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM discipline and 8–12 years of prior relevant experience, or Master's degree with 6–10 years of prior relevant experience.
• 8+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Experience supporting the customer's mission systems or GEOINT programs.
• Experience with GEOINT storage, discovery, dissemination, and exploitation systems, segments, or tools.
• Experience with GEOINT sensor programs, data and product types, formats and specifications, and system or segment interfaces.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and the systems development lifecycle.
• Experience working with Agile frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar.
• Knowledge of cloud environments such as AWS, Azure