Senior DoD Systems Engineer - 24/7 ISR Ops

Cubic Corporation; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 123,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Corporation in Fort Meade, Maryland is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – Technical Operations to deliver advanced systems engineering, technical operations, and cyber security sustainment for a globally distributed DoD ISR program. You will work with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and government stakeholders to maintain mission-critical infrastructure and ensure security and availability.

The role requires a DoD Secret clearance (Top Secret potential), 6+ years of enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.
• 6+ years supporting enterprise DoD or IC systems.
• 4+ years providing Tier III systems engineering or technical operations support.
• Experience planning and executing enterprise security patching across environments.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration, virtualization, networking, and storage.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier III engineering support for enterprise systems, applications, networking, virtualization, and storage environments.
• Plan, test, and implement operating system, application, firmware, and security patches across development, test, and production environments.
• Perform vulnerability remediation per DISA STIGs, RMF, and timelines.
• Troubleshoot complex Linux, Windows, network, storage, and application issues.
• Support systems integration, technology refresh, upgrades, and lifecycle sustainment.
• Analyze ACAS/Tenable findings and validate remediation efforts.
• Support change management, configuration management, and engineering documentation.
• Root cause analysis and corrective actions for operational issues.
• Provide engineering support to worldwide operations and Field Service Representatives.
• Support proposals, engineering estimates, and modernization initiatives.

Skills

Linux admin

Windows admin

Virtualization

Networking

Storage

Patch management

Vulnerability remediation

DISA STIGs

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

ACAS/Tenable

Kubernetes

VMware

PowerShell

Bash

Python

RMF tooling

Job description

Cubic Corporation in Fort Meade, Maryland is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – Technical Operations to deliver advanced systems engineering, technical operations, and cyber security sustainment for a globally distributed DoD ISR program. You will work with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and government stakeholders to maintain mission-critical infrastructure and ensure security and availability.

The role requires a DoD Secret clearance (Top Secret potential), 6+ years of enterprise