Systems Engineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

BizFirst; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Five weeks paid leave per year

Eleven paid federal holidays per year

401k with 10% employer contribution

Training reimbursement

Professional fees reimbursement (IEEE)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Referral bonus program

Job summary

BizFirst LLC is assisting our client with recruiting a skilled and experienced Systems Engineer. This position supports a SIGINT mission program that provides collection systems engineering, target development, analysis, and mission software development for an Intelligence Community customer.

The role is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, on a shift schedule, and is open now for an immediate start. You will keep mission-essential systems running, maintain front-end and survey systems, and optimize

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph
• Bachelor's degree or 12 years of systems engineering experience
• Experience with Linux/Unix and scripting (Bash, Python)
• Experience with Apache NiFi
• Experience configuring front-end systems including survey systems
• Willingness to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD and on a shift schedule

Responsibilities

• Maintain mission-essential systems and networks.
• Configure and maintain front-end systems, including survey systems.
• Optimize systems that support data and voice technologies over IP.
• Provide mission-essential help desk support and troubleshoot issues.
• Follow SOPs and update documentation.
• Support data flows, including NiFi, and apply secure network policies.
• Write Bash or Python scripts to automate routine tasks.
• Work a shift schedule to provide consistent mission coverage.

Skills

Linux/Unix CLI

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Apache NiFi

Survey systems

IP networking basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Survey systems software

Front-end systems configuration tools

Job description

Systems Engineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community Mission Program, Fort Meade, MD

Howard, United States | Posted on 09/16/2026

SystemsEngineer (Mission Operations, Linux/NiFi), Intelligence Community MissionProgram, Fort Meade, MD

Summary:

• Job Title: Systems Engineer, Level 1 (MissionOperations Support, Linux/NiFi)
  
• Openings: 1
  
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full ScopePolygraph (FSP) required.
  
• Work Type: Onsite at Fort George G. Meade, MD, in asecure government facility, on a shift schedule
  
• Job Type: Full-time
  
• Benefits: Our client provides full benefits.
• Program Name: SIGINT mission support program coveringcollection systems engineering, target development, analysis, and reporting
  
• Agency name: Intelligence Community (IC) customer, FortGeorge G. Meade, MD
  
• Start Date: Immediate, upon offer acceptance andclearance transfer

BizFirst is assisting our clientwith recruiting a skilled and experienced Systems Engineer. This positionsupports the following program: a signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission supportprogram that provides collection systems engineering, target development,analysis, reporting, and mission software development for an IntelligenceCommunity customer. The position is onsite at Fort Meade, MD, on a shiftschedule, and the role is open now for an immediate start.

Our client is a Service-DisabledVeteran-Owned Small Business that has supported U.S. defense and intelligencemissions since 2012. Its systems, software, and data science engineers workside by side with government teams to model, design, integrate, and deploycomplex mission systems, and the company also builds rugged RF hardware forspecialized SIGINT applications. Led by a U.S. Navy veteran with more than 30years of DoD mission experience, the company supports programs alongside manyof the largest national security integrators and has a long-establishedpresence in Maryland near Fort Meade.

What will you do

Keep mission-essential systemsrunning for an intelligence mission team. In this help desk and systems supportrole, you will maintain computers and networks, keep front-end systems(including survey systems) configured and performing, and optimize systems thatcarry advanced data and voice technologies over IP. You will troubleshootissues using standard operating procedures (SOPs), update documentation assystems change, and support data flows and secure network policies. The roleruns on a shift schedule and suits a Linux-savvy systems engineer who likesbeing the person mission users count on.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain computers and networks so front-end missionsystems keep performing.
  
• Configure and maintain front-end systems, includingsurvey systems.
  
• Optimize and maintain systems that support advanceddata and voice technologies over IP.
  
• Provide mission-essential help desk support andtroubleshoot system and network issues.
  
• Follow SOPs and update documentation to reflect systemchanges and fixes.
  
• Support data flows, including Apache NiFi workflows,and apply secure network policies.
  
• Write shell, Bash, or Python scripts to automateroutine support tasks.
  
• Work a shift schedule to provide consistent missioncoverage.
  

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
  
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, ComputerScience, Information Systems, Engineering Science, or Engineering Managementand seven (7) years of systems engineering experience. Twelve (12) years ofsystems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.
  
• Experience optimizing and maintaining systems thatsupport advanced data and voice technologies over IP.
  
• Troubleshooting experience and the ability to followSOPs and update documentation accordingly.
  
• Experience configuring and maintaining front-endsystems, including survey systems.
  
• Experience with data flows and secure network policies.
  
• Proficiency with the Linux/Unix command line andscripting (Bash, shell, and/or Python).
  
• Experience with Apache NiFi.
  
• Basic knowledge of network protocols.
  
• Ability to support a shift schedule and work onsite atFort Meade, MD.
  

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting 24/7 mission operations or anetwork operations center.
  
• CompTIA Security+ or another DoD 8140-alignedcertification.
  
• Experience supporting SIGINT collection or processingsystems.
  

Benefits (provided by our client):

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employeeand family, 100% employer-paid (HMO HSA Silver plan), plus a Health SavingsAccount
• Five weeks (200 hours) of paid leave per year
  
• Eleven (11) paid federal holidays per year
  
• 401k with an employer contribution equal to 10% ofsalary
  
• Reimbursement for approved training, up to three days(24 hours) per year, including books and related conference or class travel
  
• Reimbursement of professional fees, such as IEEEmembership and licenses
  
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary, up to $100K
  
• Referral matching bonus program

BizFirst LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.