Senior Systems Engineer — DoD Data & Dashboards, TS/SCI

Strategic Data Systems; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Data Systems seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support data-driven decision-making for DoD programs, applying systems engineering, data analysis, and rapid visualization.

You will develop code, dashboards, and data products using enterprise tools such as Advana, Qlik, and Streamlit to improve access to GFM DI data and related systems, while translating requirements into reliable, user-focused solutions.

Qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering with substantial related experience.
• Experience with DoD analytics platforms and data products is highly desirable.
• Strong data modeling, analytics, and visualization skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply systems engineering principles to analyze mission needs and support life-cycle planning.
• Curate and clean raw data feeds into structured, reliable datasets for querying and analysis.
• Establish trusted data sources to improve decision-making.
• Develop analytical models and business logic to connect datasets and translate inputs into insights.
• Design and deploy interactive dashboards using Qlik, Streamlit, or similar tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and validate outputs.
• Use government tools to develop code, dashboards, and data products supporting DoD use cases.
• Standardize disparate data structures across components and mission domains.
• Analyze integration challenges involving force structure constructs and identifiers.
• Apply quantitative modeling to support design decisions and recommendations.
• Support data processes, documentation, and training for users.

Skills

Systems engineering

Data analysis

Analytical modeling

Dashboards

Visualization

Education

Master of Science in Systems Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering

Operations research coursework

Tools

Advana

Qlik

Streamlit

SQL

Data modeling

Dashboard development

Job description

Strategic Data Systems seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support data-driven decision-making for DoD programs, applying systems engineering, data analysis, and rapid visualization.

You will develop code, dashboards, and data products using enterprise tools such as Advana, Qlik, and Streamlit to improve access to GFM DI data and related systems, while translating requirements into reliable, user-focused solutions.