Systems Engineer L5 (Lab Manager)

Jovian Concepts, Inc.; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jovian Concepts, LLC is seeking a System Engineer Level 5 (Lab Manager) to oversee multiple machine rooms and a dedicated lab containing mission-critical systems in the Annapolis Junction area.

A current TS/SCI clearance with MD polygraph is required. The role will lead a small team, manage access, coordinate with facilities and vendors, and ensure proper handling of hardware and racks in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a qualified engineering field plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience.
• Master’s or PhD with commensurate experience accepted; related disciplines considered.
• Experience with lab/agency machine rooms and hands-on hardware support.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple machine rooms, a lab and a comms room with responsibility for uptime.
• Maintain spaces to agency standards and access lists.
• Monitor power, space, and cooling; coordinate PSC upgrades with Facilities.

Skills

Agency machine room

Racking and cabling

Strong communication

Machine room drawings Visio

Hands-on hardware

Fiber testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

15+ years systems engineering experience

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

PhD in Engineering or related field

Tools

Visio

JIRA

Cisco/HP/Dell hardware knowledge

Job description

Full time | Jovian Concepts, LLC | United States

Posted On 09/15/2026

Job Information

LK-SE-26-016

Listing TTO/DO

LK-SE-26-016

Technology

Number of Positions

1

Clearance Required

Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

City

Annapolis Junction

State/Province

Maryland

20701

Job Description

Jovian Concepts, LLC is looking to hire a System Engineer Level 5 (Lab Manager) for a great opportunity in the Annapolis Junction area.

A current and active TS/SCI Clearance with a MD polygraph is required. No CCA's will be accepted at this time.

Description:

This position will function as the Team Lead and will be responsible for multiple machine rooms ofall operational mission critical systems, a lab and comms room.

• You will need to maintain all spaces to agency standards, maintain access lists for scan access.
  
• Monitor and enforce agency requirements for Power Space and Cooling in the rooms.
  
• Work with Facilities personnel from time to time to stay ahead of the need for PSC upgrades to support newer hardware and customer needs.
  
• Assist customers with physical installation and decommissioning of racks of servers, network devices, and comms gear.
  
• Work JIRA tickets from SA/NE teams for hardware replacements – warrantied backfill or escorting vendor support techs into the rooms to work on hardware that is under warranty.
  
• A typical day will start by catching up on emails and JIRA tickets since you left the day before and working through any issues as well as checking monitoring of machine rooms and walking the floor looking for any alerts or issues.
  

Requirements

A current and active TS/SCI Clearance with a MD polygraph is required. No CCA's will be accepted at this time.

Required Skills:

• Experience in supporting an agency machine room.
  
• Experience in racking and cabling systems for operational deployments.
  
• Strong communication skills, ability to work with small team, customers, leadership, facilities, and Vendors to identify and resolve issues.
  
• Experience with creating and updating machine room drawings in Viso or similar tool.
  
• Experience with hands-on support for various hardware from key vendors like HP, Dell, Cisco Arista, Juniper etc.
  
• Experience supporting fiber (looking for breaks testing)
  

Desired Skills:

• Experience managing/ leading a team in supporting an agency Machine/ Comms room.
  
• Experience on a System build/deployment team
  
• Work in an agency or Contractor Lab.
  

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience
  

OR

• A High School Diploma or GED plus nineteen (19) years of general system engineering experience (any Process Area).
  

OR

• A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus thirteen (13) years of systems engineering experience
  

OR

• A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus eleven (11) years of systems engineering experience.
  

Note 1 – Examples of qualified engineering fields include: Aeronautics, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Nuclear, Software, Systems, and Engineering Management. Similar or comparable degrees will be acceptable.

Note 2 - Examples of related disciplines include: Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, and Physics. Similar or comparable degrees will be acceptable

In a recent employee survey, Jovian Concepts earned a 92% Overall Workplace Experience Score and 100% of employees agreed that they would highly recommend working at Jovian Concepts to others.

Jovian Concepts, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity Employerand does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual preference, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.