Principal Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions

Modern Government Solutions; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Part time

Job summary

Modern Government Solutions (MGS) is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the architecture, deployment, and sustainment of enterprise engineering platforms in support of national security missions.

You will drive automation, integration, and infrastructure improvements across secure cloud environments, serving as the technical lead for Teamwork Cloud and Cameo while coordinating across teams to ensure platform health and mission readiness.

Qualifications

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• DoD 8140 requirements including Security+ CE.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 16+ years of experience architecting and deploying enterprise platforms in cloud environments.
• Experience with Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, Cassandra, and AaC/CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating enterprise apps with ServiceNow or similar solutions.
• Experience with relational/non-relational databases (Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB).
• Experience IdAM: AD, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, OIDC.
• Scripting in Python, PowerShell, Groovy; testing, validation, troubleshooting, documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, deployment, and sustainment of enterprise engineering platform environments.
• Serve as technical lead for Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, and related tools in secure cloud infrastuctures.
• Drive automation, integration, and infrastructure improvements for reliability and mission readiness.
• Define technical roadmaps and own health and performance of environments.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Groovy

Automation as Code

CI/CD

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Teamwork Cloud

Cameo

Cassandra

MySQL

MongoDB

Active Directory

SAML

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

ServiceNow

Job description

TITLE: Principal Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions

LOCATION: Sterling, VA (Relocation assistance considered)

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time / As Needed, Onsite

POSITION SUMMARY

Modern Government Solutions (MGS) is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions to lead the architecture, deployment, and sustainment of enterprise engineering platform environments in support of national security missions. In this role, you will serve as the technical lead for Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, and associated engineering tools within secure cloud-based infrastructures, driving automation, integration, and infrastructure improvements that ensure platform reliability and mission readiness. Working across engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and mission teams, you will define technical roadmaps, resolve complex application and integration issues, and own the health and performance of critical engineering environments.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess an active DoD TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph.
• Must meet DoD 8140 requirements, including Security+ CE certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
• 16+ years of experience architecting, deploying, and sustaining enterprise engineering platforms and IT infrastructure within cloud-hosted environments.
• Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, Cassandra, or similar engineering platforms using Automation as Code (AaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications with workflow, ticketing, automation, or custom-developed platforms, including ServiceNow or similar solutions.
• Experience supporting relational and non-relational databases, including Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting IdAM technologies including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC.
• Experience developing integrations using Python, PowerShell, and Groovy, with strong skills in testing, validation, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience supporting Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies, tools, and enterprise engineering ecosystems.
• Experience optimizing cloud-hosted solutions and supporting Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), IBM Cloud, or similar environments.
• Experience implementing and integrating ServiceNow solutions.
• Experience supporting monitoring, visualization, and observability platforms such as Grafana and Splunk.
• Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) and SharePoint as AaC using CI/CD pipelines within cloud-based environments. Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Tableau as AaC using CI/CD pipelines within cloud-based environments.
• Experience maintaining API gateways and catalogs within cloud-based environments.
• Experience developing cross-domain capabilities.
• Experience leading and overseeing a total system perspective, including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies, and requirements across cloud services, infrastructure, and security domains.
• Familiarity with containerized development environments, including Rancher and Kubernetes.

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*Applicants selected will be United States citizens and may be subject to a government security investigation for access to classified information.*

ABOUT US

At MGS, we believe a people-first culture corresponds to organizational success through a commitment to excellence, integrity, inclusion, and an attitude that welcomes challenges meets demands, sustains growth, and drives innovation. We provide expert mission-first technical and programmatic services and solutions for the US intelligence community, the US Department of Defense, and other governmental agencies. We create people-first organizational cultures where employees feel needed in the system, not a system that needs employees. We provide you with long-term career opportunities centrally focused on our core value system: inclusion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.

MGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.