Senior Systems Engineer, AWS Cloud for Mission-Critical Ops

General Dynamics - IT; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics - IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support the DHS Homeland Security Task Force and National Coordination Center. You will lead end-to-end design, integration, and verification of mission-critical capabilities in AWS Cloud and hybrid environments.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, US citizenship, and an Active Secret clearance (with ability to obtain TS). You will mentor junior engineers and ensure compliance with federal security frameworks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of extensive systems engineering experience in complex, mission-critical environments.
• Hands-on AWS Cloud experience in government space, integrating applications, data, and infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem.
• Expertise in requirements analysis/traceability, system design, integration planning, test planning, and V&V.
• Ability to work across multiple technical disciplines and interface with customers, operations, and cyber.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, DOJ policies, and law enforcement data protections.
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen required; Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end systems engineering, integration, and verification across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Translate operational requirements into system-level designs and testable requirements.
• Develop and maintain system requirements, traceability, interface control specifications, architecture diagrams, data flows, test plans, and configuration baselines.
• Collaborate with the Systems Architect to implement secure, compliant architectures for National Coordination Center services.
• Plan and execute complex integrations and system-level tests (functional, performance, interoperability, security).
• Diagnose and resolve multi-system integration issues and support smooth transition to operations.
• Improve systems engineering processes, documentation, and configuration/tracing practices on the program.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Systems engineering

Requirements traceability

Test planning

V&V

CI/CD

IaC

Education

Bachelors degree in Engineering or technical field

Tools

AWS EC2

CloudWatch

API Gateway

ECS/EKS

RDS/DynamoDB

S3

Job description

General Dynamics - IT is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support the DHS Homeland Security Task Force and National Coordination Center. You will lead end-to-end design, integration, and verification of mission-critical capabilities in AWS Cloud and hybrid environments.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, US citizenship, and an Active Secret clearance (with ability to obtain TS). You will mentor junior engineers and ensure compliance with federal security frameworks.