Senior Systems Engineer — Cloud, AI & MBSE Lead

Valkyrie Enterprises; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valkyrie Enterprises seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Huntsville, AL to provide digital ecosystem, cloud architecture, and MBSE expertise in support of the Missile Defense Agency CDO mission.

You will lead integration of external software, models, simulations, AI tools, and operational capabilities, designing secure API interfaces and AI-enabled ecosystems for human-machine teamwork.

Qualifications

• Must have an MS in STEM field and 12+ years related experience in software integration, systems engineering, or enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure API-based integrations and data exchange architectures.
• Lead onboarding and integration of external software, models, simulations, AI tools, and operational capabilities.
• Develop integration architectures connecting APIs, data services, semantic layers, knowledge graphs, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Implement semantic data models and ontologies to improve AI reasoning and data discoverability.
• Develop AI-ready data pipelines that transform structured and unstructured data into consumable knowledge assets.
• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI frameworks, and workflow automation services into enterprise environments.
• Develop enterprise dashboards and common operational pictures.
• Support MBSE activities using SysML, activity diagrams, and block diagrams.
• Develop common data models and integration standards.
• Support tactical interoperability including Link 16 and gateway architectures.

Skills

API design

MBSE

SysML

Dashboard development

Cloud environments

Container technologies

DevSecOps

AI integration

Education

MS in STEM field

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

Sparx EA

Rhapsody

Power BI

Tableau

Grafana

Kibana

Kubernetes

GitLab

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Valkyrie Enterprises seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Huntsville, AL to provide digital ecosystem, cloud architecture, and MBSE expertise in support of the Missile Defense Agency CDO mission.

You will lead integration of external software, models, simulations, AI tools, and operational capabilities, designing secure API interfaces and AI-enabled ecosystems for human-machine teamwork.