Systems Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Lexington (MA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Systems Engineer to help modernize mission planning and national security systems. You will lead engineering efforts across a distributed enterprise, translate customer needs into technical specs, and mentor teammates while expanding into cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity engineering.

You’ll work on integration, lifecycle activities, architectures aligned with DoDAF, MBSE practices, and RMF compliance, supporting DevSecOps, CDE, CI/CD,

Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering for complex, multi-tiered systems, including cloud, hybrid, or edge environments.
• Knowledge of mission planning systems such as JMPS, JOMS, or CMP
• Ability to support DevSecOps environments, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Responsibilities

• Deliver systems integration, evaluation, and technical recommendations across the Mission Planning Enterprise.
• Support lifecycle systems engineering activities, including requirements, architecture, integration, verification or validation, and transition.
• Develop and maintain enterprise, solution, and functional architectures aligned with DoDAF and digital transformation initiatives.
• Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to document current and future-state systems and support technical roadmaps.
• Support DevSecOps and Common Development Environment (CDE) activities, including CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Conduct performance, code quality, and cybersecurity assessments and support collaborative test events.
• Implement cybersecurity and system security engineering practices, including RMF compliance, ATO or IATT support, and eMASS documentation.
• Support enterprise data management, including data governance, metadata management, and interface documentation.
• Provide systems engineering support for FMS mission planning environments, including development of releasable mission planning enterprises (MPEs).
• Support configuration management processes, including ERB or CCB participation and baseline management.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cloud environments

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

RMF compliance

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MBSE

eMASS

Job description

Systems Engineer The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security and mission planning modernization? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution. As a leader in systems engineering, we’re looking for you to solve complex challenges and shape mission planning capabilities by leading engineering efforts across a distributed enterprise. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. Share your expertise through leadership and mentoring,while broadening your skill set into areas like cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity engineering. Grow your skills by merging enterprise systems engineering and digital transformation to create scalable, mission-ready solutions. Join our team and create the future of mission planning systems supporting defense operations.

What You’ll Work On:

• Deliver systems integration, evaluation, and technical recommendations across the Mission Planning Enterprise.
• Support lifecycle systems engineering activities, including requirements, architecture, integration, verification or validation, and transition.
• Develop and maintain enterprise, solution, and functional architectures aligned with DoDAF and digital transformation initiatives.
• Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to document current and future-state systems and support technical roadmaps.
• Support DevSecOps and Common Development Environment (CDE) activities, including CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Conduct performance, code quality, and cybersecurity assessments and support collaborative test events.
• Implement cybersecurity and system security engineering practices, including RMF compliance, ATO or IATT support, and eMASS documentation.
• Support enterprise data management, including data governance, metadata management, and interface documentation.
• Provide systems engineering support for FMS mission planning environments, including development of releasable mission planning enterprises (MPEs).
• Support configuration management processes, including ERB or CCB participation and baseline management.

You Have:

• Experience in systems engineering for complex, multi-tiered systems, including cloud, hybrid, or edge environments
• Knowledge of mission planning systems such as JMPS, JOMS, or CMP
• Ability to support DevSecOps environments, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

• Experience supporting AFLCMC, PEO C3BM, or C3M programs
• Knowledge of Zero Trust architecture, ICAM or IdM, RMF, and cybersecurity engineering principles
• Ability to work across government, contractor, and multi-vendor environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• Systems Engineering, Cloud, or Cybersecurity Certification such as INCOSE, AWS, or Security+ Certification
• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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Work Model

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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