Senior Systems Engineer CNO & Mission-Critical Ops (On-site)

CNF Technologies Corp; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CNF Technologies Corp seeks a Systems Engineer Level 5 to provide senior-level engineering support for Cyber Network Operations and enterprise mission requirements. The role includes serving as Alternate Onsite Team Lead and guiding IT rules, architectures, and security practices in large-scale environments.

Qualified candidates have 15+ years in systems engineering, TS/SCI with CI Polygraph, and hands-on experience across OS, cloud, and secure development. On-site work at Fort Meade is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 15+ years of related professional experience in systems engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting Cyber Network Operations (CNO).
• Experience supporting large-scale and/or mission-critical systems.
• Experience across operating systems, development tools, and cloud platforms.
• Expertise with secure software development, vulnerability remediation, virtualization and containerization, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and software assurance in high-security environments.
• Experience implementing static code analysis and automated dynamic software testing.
• Experience using C/C++, Rust, and/or other compiled programming languages.
• Experience using Python and Bash scripting languages.
• Demonstrated experience providing senior-level technical guidance and leadership in complex enterprise IT environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Alternate Onsite Team Lead, providing technical leadership and continuity of onsite team operations.
• Provide senior-level systems engineering expertise in support of CNO and associated mission capabilities.
• Develop and maintain business, systems, and information processes that support enterprise mission requirements.
• Develop, analyze, document, and maintain IT rules, system requirements, technical requirements, and architectural standards.
• Define and maintain baseline and target architectures aligned with enterprise and mission requirements.
• Support the engineering, integration, operation, and evolution of large-scale and mission-critical systems.
• Analyze system requirements, dependencies, technical constraints, and integration considerations to support technical decision-making.
• Apply expertise across OS, development tools, cloud platforms, languages, and scripting technologies to support systems engineering and integration activities.
• Collaborate with technical teams, stakeholders, and mission partners to ensure systems and architectures meet operational requirements.
• Support technical planning, requirements analysis, system integration, issue resolution, work prioritization, and delivery of engineering activities.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Python

Bash

Senior technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS / Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

CICD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Job description

CNF Technologies Corp seeks a Systems Engineer Level 5 to provide senior-level engineering support for Cyber Network Operations and enterprise mission requirements. The role includes serving as Alternate Onsite Team Lead and guiding IT rules, architectures, and security practices in large-scale environments.

Qualified candidates have 15+ years in systems engineering, TS/SCI with CI Polygraph, and hands-on experience across OS, cloud, and secure development. On-site work at Fort Meade is required.