Senior Systems & Integration Engineer

Nyla Technology Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 186,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nyla FLEX program

4 weeks annual leave

11 holidays

Health care (medical, dental, vision)

401k matching

Job summary

Nyla Technology Solutions seeks a versatile Software Engineer with active TS/SCI polygraph clearance to design, maintain, and enhance mission-critical software systems. You will tackle processing-intensive analytics across large datasets, and drive novel algorithms while integrating COTS/GOTS tools.

The role offers a base salary range of $186,000–$220,000 USD and comprehensive benefits. Columbia, Maryland-based company with a focus on AI, data science, and software engineering for the U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering full lifecycle software engineering.
• Hands-on with processing-intensive analytics on large data.
• Strong algorithm development and system-level requirements synthesis.
• Ability to analyze hardware vs software trade-offs and reuse.
• Experience reviewing SPRs and evaluating COTS/GOTS.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and enhance complex software systems across lifecycles.
• Develop processing-intensive analytics and work with large datasets in real time.
• Evaluate hardware/software trade-offs and drive scalable code decisions.
• Integrate COTS/GOTS solutions to replace custom development when applicable.

Skills

Full lifecycle Eng

Real-time processing

Algorithm development

Architecture trade-offs

Integration & testing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED We are seeking a versatile, inventive Software Engineer to design, maintain, and enhance complex, mission‑critical software systems. In this role, you will tackle processing‑intensive analytics, drive novel algorithm development, and manipulate extremely large datasets across real‑time and business management platforms. Whether working individually or collaboratively within a tight‑knit team, you will touch every phase of the development lifecycle—translating high‑level system requirements into scalable code, evaluating hardware/software trade‑offs, and integrating modern COTS/GOTS tools to keep our systems cutting‑edge.

The annual base salary range for this role is $186,000-$220,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.,

Required Skills

• Full‑Lifecycle Software Engineering: Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing complex, diverse software systems using modern software design methodologies.


• Large‑Scale & Real‑Time Processing: Hands‑on experience building processing‑intensive analytics, manipulating extremely large datasets, and working with real‑time architectures.


• Algorithm & Feature Development: Proven track record of novel algorithm development and synthesizing system‑level requirements down to individual software components.


• Architecture & Trade‑Off Analysis: Ability to provide targeted software inputs for system design, including hardware vs. software trade‑offs and code reuse strategies.


• Integration & Testing: Proficiency in reviewing, testing, and resolving software problem reports (SPRs), alongside evaluating Commercial Off‑the‑Shelf (COTS) and Government Off‑the‑Shelf (GOTS) solutions in place of custom development.

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 14+ years of professional software engineering experience OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 18+ years of hands‑on technical software development experience in lieu of a degree.,

Desired Skills

• Enterprise & Business Systems: Experience developing or integrating Business Management Information Systems within secure environments.


• Containerization & CI/CD: Hands‑on experience with modern DevOps pipelines, continuous integration tools, and containerized deployment environments.


• Data‑Driven Architectures: Background in event‑driven frameworks, relational/non‑relational database design, and web services integration.

About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward‑thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top‑of‑market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40‑hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30‑32 hours while still enjoying the top‑notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.