Systems Engineer

Radiance Technologies, Inc.; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Health insurance

401K

PTO

Educational reimbursement

Competitive salaries

Job summary

Radiance Technologies, Inc. seeks a highly qualified Systems Engineer to join a mission-focused team that designs, engineers, and sustains applications, services, microservices, PaaS, and supporting infrastructure.

You will define architectures, reduce technical debt, and deliver secure, scalable solutions across on‑prem and cloud environments. The role requires TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph, DoD/DIA DevSecOps experience, and strong cloud, container, and scripting skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with DoD/DIA DevSecOps processes and architectures.
• Designs architectures with microservices, containers, APIs, and PaaS.
• Hands-on with web services and modern tech stacks (Angular/Node.js/Java/.NET).
• Experience with RESTful APIs and data services.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM).
• Proficient in Linux/Windows servers, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Awareness of security-by-design, zero trust, and IAM concepts.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and document end-to-end system architectures for complex data systems.
• Evaluate hardware/software trade-offs and integrations, using enterprise requirements.
• Design and implement components following cloud-native and API-centric patterns.
• Create system views, data models, and interface control documents.
• Test and review systems, participate in design and code reviews and readiness events.
• Lead DevSecOps practices across design, development, and deployment.

Skills

DevSecOps

Microservices

REST APIs

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security-by-design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Master’s degree

PhD

Associate’s degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM/Bicep

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular

Node.js

Java

.NET

Job description

Radiance Technologies is an employee-owned company with benefits that are unmatched by most companies in the Dayton OH area. Employee ownership, generous 401K, full health/dental/life/vision insurance benefits, paid time off, educational reimbursement, competitive salaries, interesting assignments and a pleasant work environment combine to make Radiance Technologies a great place to work and succeed.

Job Summary We are seeking a highly qualified Systems Engineer to join a mission-focused team that designs, engineers, and sustains applications, services, microservices, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and supporting infrastructure. This effort requires defining and implementing technical architectures that meet current mission needs while anticipating future capabilities, eliminating overlap, and reducing technical debt. The team continuously improves sustainment and development practices to reinvest resources into new capabilities and to enhance the effectiveness, quality, resilience, and robustness of the underlying technology stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain end-to-end system architectures and designs for complex and diverse software and data systems, such as processing-intensive analytics, large-scale data pipelines, real-time systems, and mission-critical business management information systems, based on documented requirements and mission objectives. Participate directly in implementation where appropriate.
• Provide specific input to system and solution design, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, integration of COTS/GOTS products, and requirements analysis and synthesis from the enterprise level down to individual systems and components.
• Design, implement, and integrate software and infrastructure components consistent with approved architecture patterns, such as microservices, event-driven, API-centric, and cloud-native approaches, to ensure interoperability, scalability, and security across applications and services.
• Apply systems engineering, software engineering, and architecture methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment, including the creation of system views, interface control documents, data models, and detailed design specifications.
• Ensure efficient delivery of system engineering, architecture, and software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes, while aligning implementation with approved architectures and technical baselines.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, manage cost and schedule impacts related to architectural and engineering decisions, and support large-scale integrated system modernization and migration efforts, including on-premises to cloud or hybrid architectures.
• Review and test system and software components for adherence to design and architecture requirements, and document test results, including participation in design reviews, code reviews, integration events, and readiness reviews.
• Participate in and help shape DevSecOps processes and practices throughout all phases of design, development, integration, and deployment to ensure architecture is consistently implemented, automated, and validated through CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and deliver technical briefings, training, and architecture/engineering overviews as requested by the government to support application and system understanding across stakeholders and user communities.
• Analyze current in-use technologies, data flows, configurations, and system interfaces, and develop modernization steps, roadmaps, and engineering plans to improve and expand them while reducing technical debt and enhancing mission effectiveness.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, reference architectures, and tools for applicability to mission needs, and recommend adoption, prototyping, or proof-of-concept efforts where appropriate, including hands-on prototyping.

Required Qualifications

• Must meet one of the following
• High School Diploma/GED and 12+ years of experience
• Associate’s degree and 10+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience
• Master’s degree and 6+ years of experience
• PhD and 4+ years of experience
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Polygraph
• Possess and maintain IAT Level II Certification (Security+)

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, systems engineering, or related discipline and 10 years of work experience.

Required Skills

• Experience working on a development team operating under DoD/DIA DevSecOps processes
• Strong experience designing and implementing architectures that include microservices, containerized workloads, APIs, and PaaS offerings
• Hands-on experience with modern web and service technologies, such as Angular, Node.js, Java, .NET, or similar technologies
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and data services
• Solid understanding of application-level and system-level performance, reliability, and availability considerations
• Knowledge of cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or equivalent, including networking, security groups, identity and access management, and infrastructure-as-code concepts such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM/Bicep
• Demonstrated experience with Linux and/or Windows server environments, containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated experience with security-by-design principles, zero trust concepts, identity and access management, and data protection mechanisms
• Ability to communicate complex architectural and engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and to lead technical discussions, trade-off analyses, and decision forums
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose issues across application, infrastructure, and network layers

Preferred Skills

• Must be analytical and effectively able to prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues.
• Strong risk management skills, excellent communication, teamwork, and conflict management skills.
• 10 or more years of experience in large-scale system design, integration, and operations with significant hands-on development or scripting experience.
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages for automation infrastructure as code, or data tooling.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks or methodologies such as DoDAF or TOGAF, as well as relevant cloud architect, security, or DevSecOps certifications.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to read documentation and find solutions to technical issues independently.
• Experience in the Intelligence Community.

Radiance Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Employee-Ownership Radiance is a proud employee-owned company! Employee-ownership benefits both our customers and workforce, and ensures that Radiance doesn’t have to answer to stockholders or be driven by quarterly earnings reports. Thus, Radiance will always prioritize enhancing our customer’s mission over expanding our bottom line. We are singularly focused on providing our customers with game-changing solutions to their most challenging requirements. This is only possible because employee-ownership attracts the highest quality employees, empowers them to identify capability enhancements, and provides them with the freedom to take risks to deliver high-quality solutions. Employee-ownership also provides tangible and long-term financial security for our people and their families. Therefore, employee-ownership embodies participation, empowerment, freedom, teaming, excellence, accountability, mission focus, and security.

Our Culture Radiance’s culture is driven by our commitment to our customers and our employee-owners. Our employee-owners thrive on entrepreneurship, empowerment, and mutual responsibility for growth and sustainability. Our culture consists of individuals who embody technical and leadership skills to deliver superior solutions to the nation’s toughest technical challenges. We believe building trust and credibility with our customers leads to long-term results. We invest in a superior technical workforce where leaders are developed, innovation is encouraged, and achievements are recognized. We seek innovative ways to improve, experiment, take risks, foster collaboration, and empower our employee-owners.

Our Values Our values drive our culture, business model, and daily interactions. These values constantly remind us of who we are and what we do. Our employee-owners influence how we operate our business. We relentlessly pursue operating excellence by innovating, improving our processes, and reducing waste. We believe in being wise and ethical stewards of capital and resources. Our values dictate how we interact with each other and our customers, partners, and suppliers. Honesty, trust, humanity, alignment, and value creation require that we treat our employees with dignity and respect and provide them with fair compensation and equal employment opportunity. We believe in connecting with our communities and have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens, and we believe in sustainable business practices, which include supporting the environment and the communities in which we work.