Senior Systems Engineer — Modernization & Secure Delivery

GovCIO; Kearneysville (WV); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support a critical USCG system in Kearneysville, WV. Hybrid work with leadership in modernizing applications and reducing technical debt across platforms.

You will enforce architectural coherence, guide CI/CD, ensure DISA STIGs compliance, and collaborate with government leaders and vendors to shape backlogs. Active security clearance preferred.

Posted Salary Range: USD 106,000.00 - USD 136,000.00 /Yr.

Qualifications

• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification required.
• Senior-level systems engineering experience leading software system modernization or enterprise platform management.
• Proven experience in application refactoring, systemic bug mitigation, and technical debt extraction in complex environments.
• Comprehensive understanding of modern software delivery architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and disciplined release train management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enforce consistent engineering approaches and technical standards across Product Teams.
• Drive modernization initiatives including refactoring, code modernization, and debt reduction.
• Oversee continuous software delivery pipelines and disciplined release train management.
• Architect and execute performance tuning, scalability enhancements, and root-cause analysis of failures.
• Ensure all capabilities and deployment frameworks comply with federal security standards, baselines, and DISA STIGs.
• Embed technical continuity within the Capability Development branch to prevent siloed systems and cybersecurity risk.
• Collaborate with government leadership, Product Owners, and vendors to shape and prioritize backlogs by technical and mission needs.
• Create, review, and maintain engineering documentation, reference architectures, configuration baselines, and SOPs.

Skills

IAT Level II

Senior leadership

Code refactoring

CI/CD

Security architecture

Jira/Azure DevOps/ServiceNow

IT domains

Education

High School + 9+ years

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

GovCIO seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to support a critical USCG system in Kearneysville, WV. Hybrid work with leadership in modernizing applications and reducing technical debt across platforms.

You will enforce architectural coherence, guide CI/CD, ensure DISA STIGs compliance, and collaborate with government leaders and vendors to shape backlogs. Active security clearance preferred.

Posted Salary Range: USD 106,000.00 - USD 136,000.00 /Yr.