Systems Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Bragg (NC); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Retirement plan

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Systems Engineer Lead to guide a large engineering team across software, architecture, networks, and information assurance in support of national security missions.

You will mentor engineers, set priorities, and drive projects to deliver reliable and secure systems while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT Engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Capacity planning and performance monitoring experience.
• Experience managing complex projects with cross-functional teams.
• Mentoring and providing technical guidance to engineers.
• Ability to design, architect, and implement enterprise IT infra (servers, storage, virtualization, cloud).
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic roadmaps for systems evolution.
• Assist in establishing change management and security policies for servers.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in Special Operations Community desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day engineering efforts and set priorities.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to keep projects on schedule.
• Mentor engineers and improve team performance and processes.
• Align resources with project requirements and enforce technical rigor.

Skills

IT Engineering

Special Operations

Capacity planning

Performance monitoring

Project management

Mentoring

Server administration

Storage

Virtualization

Cloud environments

Technology roadmaps

Change management

Security policies

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Server

Job description

Systems Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in simulation training environments for our United States military? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. As a Systems Engineer Lead on our team, your focus will be on leading people and driving project execution. You’ll provide hands‑on leadership to a large team of engineers by setting priorities, managing workloads, and fostering a culture of accountability, communication, and professional growth, all the while balancing operational priorities. Your role will focus on coordinating day‑to‑day engineering efforts, ensuring projects remain on schedule, and resolving obstacles that impact delivery. You will oversee engineering activities across software development, architecture design, network engineering, system engineering, information assurance—ensuring the right people are aligned to the right tasks and supported with clear guidance. You’ll mentor engineers, develop processes that strengthen team performance, and help shape how work is executed across an enterprise network. By understanding project requirements, aligning resources, and reinforcing technical rigor and best practices, you’ll increase the team’s effectiveness and help improve the reliability, security, and availability of critical systems. Your leadership will empower the team to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful improvements in support of national security-related missions.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience in IT Engineering
• Experience working in the Special Operations Community
• Experience with performing capacity planning and performance monitoring to proactively address potential bottlenecks and recommend scaling solutions
• Experience with managing complex projects from initiation to completion, while coordinating with cross-functional teams
• Experience with mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers
• Ability to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of critical enterprise IT infrastructure, including server, storage, virtualization, and cloud environments
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic roadmaps for systems technology evolution
• Ability to assist in establishing and enforcing system configuration, change management, and security policies across the server landscape
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with conducting root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents, implementing corrective and preventive measures to minimize future disruptions
• Experience in Windows Server or Linux operating systems
• Experience with architecting and implementing high-availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) solutions to ensure maximum system uptime and business continuity
• Experience with driving automation initiatives across system deployment, monitoring, and maintenance using scripting languages, such as PowerShell and Python
• Experience with expert-level administration and troubleshooting of Virtualization platforms, such as VMware vSphere, or Microsoft Hyper‑V
• Knowledge of Enterprise Storage and Backup solutions, such as SAN, NAS, object storage, Veeam, and Commvault
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and identity management systems

Compensation

• 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.

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). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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