Senior Systems Engineer

Geon Technologies; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 245,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA

STD Insurance

LTD Insurance

Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

Voluntary Life

401k & Profit Sharing

Professional Development

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Incentive

Annual Bonus

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Maternity Leave

Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Health & Wellness

Professional Subscriptions

Job summary

Geon Technologies in Columbia, Maryland is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the design, deployment, integration, operation, and sustainment of complex enterprise and mission‑critical systems for US Government programs.

You will work across requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment, serving as the primary technical interface with Government stakeholders, defining hardware specs, deployments, and automation strategies to ensure secure, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Fifteen+ years of experience as an SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university. Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Active Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

• Apply systems engineering methodologies across all phases of the system life cycle, including requirements analysis, architecture and design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, operations, maintenance, and retirement.
• Serve as the primary technical interface with Government stakeholders regarding engineering solutions, project execution, technical risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Ensure the technical integrity, quality, completeness, and consistency of engineering deliverables and work products.
• Analyze technical alternatives and develop recommendations for system architectures, deployment strategies, engineering standards, and implementation approaches.
• Define and document hardware specifications, server configurations, storage architectures, virtualization requirements, networking requirements, and deployment architectures.
• Lead the planning, engineering, automation, and execution of system deployments across development, integration, test, staging, and production environments.
• Develop and maintain automated operating system provisioning solutions using Kickstart or equivalent unattended installation technologies.
• Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation frameworks to support operating system configuration, application deployment, patch management, security hardening, and lifecycle support.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation solutions to improve scalability, consistency, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Establish deployment standards, configuration baselines, operational procedures, and deployment documentation, including installation guides, technical implementation plans, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with software developers, system administrators, cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and Government stakeholders to implement, integrate, and sustain system capabilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment, integration, configuration, and operational issues across hardware, operating systems, middleware, databases, and application layers.
• Support system integration, verification, validation, transition-to-operations, operational acceptance testing, and sustainment activities.
• Ensure deployed solutions comply with security requirements, configuration management processes, and organizational engineering standards.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Govt Interface

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline

Tools

Kickstart

Ansible

Automation frameworks

Job description

About Geon Technologies: Geon Technologies is a rapidly growing small business that provides signal processing and sensor system integration services to the United States Government (USG) and the industry base that supports them. Geon seeks to be known for “signals, sensors, and systems”. Geon has expertise in the science and development of signal processing techniques and algorithm solutions for multi-INT applications. The signal processing and hardware focused sectors of Geon are supported by the work Geon conducts with open architectures, open frameworks, and open systems that facilitate the rapid development, integration, and deployment of techniques and capabilities to operational contexts.

The Senior Systems Engineer shall apply systems engineering principles throughout the system life cycle and provide technical leadership for the design, deployment, integration, operation, and sustainment of complex enterprise and mission‑critical systems.

Responsibilities include:

• Apply systems engineering methodologies across all phases of the system life cycle, including requirements analysis, architecture and design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, operations, maintenance, and retirement.
• Serve as the primary technical interface with Government stakeholders regarding engineering solutions, project execution, technical risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Ensure the technical integrity, quality, completeness, and consistency of engineering deliverables and work products.
• Analyze technical alternatives and develop recommendations for system architectures, deployment strategies, engineering standards, and implementation approaches.
• Define and document hardware specifications, server configurations, storage architectures, virtualization requirements, networking requirements, and deployment architectures.
• Lead the planning, engineering, automation, and execution of system deployments across development, integration, test, staging, and production environments.
• Develop and maintain automated operating system provisioning solutions using Kickstart or equivalent unattended installation technologies.
• Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation frameworks to support operating system configuration, application deployment, patch management, security hardening, and lifecycle support.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deployment automation solutions to improve scalability, consistency, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Establish deployment standards, configuration baselines, operational procedures, and deployment documentation, including installation guides, technical implementation plans, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with software developers, system administrators, cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and Government stakeholders to implement, integrate, and sustain system capabilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment, integration, configuration, and operational issues across hardware, operating systems, middleware, databases, and application layers.
• Support system integration, verification, validation, transition-to-operations, operational acceptance testing, and sustainment activities.
• Ensure deployed solutions comply with security requirements, configuration management processes, and organizational engineering standards.

What you need to have:

• Fifteen (15)+ years of experience as an SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university. Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Active Security Clearance Required

About the work:

In May of 2019, Amazon opened its first AWS Ground Station, a "virtualized segment for ground processing" of satellite signals that support 54 MHz uplink and 500 MHz downlink processing using the proven AWS Cloud Services and technologies. Microsoft Orbital and Google were close behind with their own satellite processing architectures based on cloud services and technologies. At the same time, technologies supporting next‑generation 5G exploded into the same cloud technology arena. Geon has been awarded a prime contract to leverage these very same technologies to build next‑generation Software Defined Radio (SDR) solutions for the defense and intelligence industry. We are looking for fully‑cleared individuals that have an ambition to leverage their proven experience in building high performance processing systems and solutions to architect, develop, productize and deploy a whole new breed of open‑sensor framework based on the industries leading solutions. If you are interested in working with and learning the newest technologies and continue to support our nations intelligence and defense priorities.

Visit geontech.com to learn more about us!

Benefits:

Medical Insurance - 75% employer paid; 25% employee paid.
Dental Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Vision Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Health Spending Account (HSA) - Annual employer contribution of $2,650 (individual)/$5,300 (family)
Short-Term Disability (STD) Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Basic Life Insurance - 1x annual salary, up to $250,000 - employer paid.
AD&D Insurance - 1x annual salary, up to $250,000 - employer paid.
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance - Up to $300,000 - employee paid
401k & Profit Sharing - 5% Safe Harbor contributions, no match required; up to 10% Profit Sharing.
Professional Development - $4,000 per calendar year to attend conferences & trainings.
Tuition Reimbursement/Student Loan Repayment - Reimbursement of one class per semester towards continuing education with the option to apply up to $1,200 a year toward qualifying student loans.
Employee Referral Incentive - $10,000 (paid 180 days after new hire start date).
Annual Bonus - Performance Based.
Paid Time Off - 160 hours.
Holidays - 11 Federal Holidays.
Maternity Leave - 160 hours followed by Short-term disability (STD).
Paternity Leave - 160 hours
Bereavement Leave - 24 hours (equivalent of 3 days) for immediate family
Health & Wellness - $750 per calendar year for items such as gym memberships, ergonomic keyboards, standing desks, etc.
Professional Subscriptions - $350 per calendar year.

Geon Technologies provides wage ranges in accordance with the Maryland Wage Range Transparency law. Pay within the range will be decided by the company in its sole discretion and will be based on several factors including but not limited to experience and/or other qualifications. The projected pay range for this position is $245,000- $285,000.

Geon Technologies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.