Mission-Critical Systems Engineer (TS/SCI)

Rippling, Inc.; Bath Township (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridge Defense seeks a System Engineer to design, engineer, and sustain applications, services, and platform infrastructure for mission‑critical environments. You will shape architectures, drive security and performance, and collaborate with developers, cybersecurity, and operations teams.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, cloud/hybrid architectures, and ensuring non‑functional requirements meet mission needs, including scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph required.
• Experience on a DoD/DIA DevSecOps team and familiarity with secure software development.
• Strong background in architectures with microservices, APIs, and cloud-native patterns.
• Hands-on with container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to communicate complex designs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end system architectures for complex software/data systems.
• Design, implement, and integrate software and infrastructure components per approved patterns.
• Ensure security, performance, and reliability across applications and services.
• Lead DevSecOps practices and CI/CD automation across teams.
• Produce architecture artifacts and roadmaps for modernization efforts.

Skills

ActiveTS/SCI clearance

CI polygraph

DevSecOps

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

System architecture

Angular/Node.js/Java/.NET

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

PhD

Associate Degree

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM/Bicep

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Bridge Defense seeks a System Engineer to design, engineer, and sustain applications, services, and platform infrastructure for mission‑critical environments. You will shape architectures, drive security and performance, and collaborate with developers, cybersecurity, and operations teams.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, cloud/hybrid architectures, and ensuring non‑functional requirements meet mission needs, including scalability, resilience, and maintainability.