Senior Systems Engineer - Security, Data & AI Pipelines

Fusion Innovation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fusion Innovation seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to design, secure, and improve cloud and data solutions supporting critical intelligence missions. You will lead ISSE activities while building secure data pipelines and graph database solutions for mission analytics in collaboration with engineers and mission partners.

The role emphasizes secure development in classified environments, with responsibilities including A&A/ATO documentation, system security plans, and CI/CD collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong ISSE experience across the system lifecycle.
• Hands-on data engineering skills.
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Experience with secure development practices.
• Experience operating in classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead information systems security engineering activities across the system lifecycle, including security architecture and compliance.
• Develop and maintain A&A/ATO documentation and SSPs/POA&Ms.
• Perform security scans and coordinate patches across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Incorporate security requirements into architectures, data flows and ETL pipelines.
• Partner with engineering and mission teams to address authorization and risk.
• Maintain continuous monitoring documentation and evidence for security.

Skills

ISSE experience

Data engineering

Clear communication

Secure development practices

Tools

Cypher

Python

Java

JavaScript

Neo4j

Job description

Fusion Innovation seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to design, secure, and improve cloud and data solutions supporting critical intelligence missions. You will lead ISSE activities while building secure data pipelines and graph database solutions for mission analytics in collaboration with engineers and mission partners.

The role emphasizes secure development in classified environments, with responsibilities including A&A/ATO documentation, system security plans, and CI/CD collaboration.