Senior System Engineer - FFLL

Innovative Systems & Solutions | Full time - Hybrid

Annapolis Junction, United States | Posted on 03/17/2026

Innovative Systems & Solutions (ISS) works with a wide spectrum of talent to establish an atmosphere that stimulates creativity, constant progress, and achievement. At ISS, you will have the chance to immediately impact government transformation and our clients' missions by offering information solutions and services to Federal and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. Employees at ISS can look forward to exciting career opportunities.

About the Role

Analyzes user’s requirements, concept of operationsdocuments, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities. Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies. Provides technical leadership forthe integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates newplans, designs and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation. Develops system Architecture and system design documentation.

Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment orpreparation of system engineering management plans and system integration andtest plans. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts.

Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.

Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managedservices, and build tools. Popular programming languages for Dev Opsengineers include Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Install,configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing:
  Kubernetes and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools (i.e. Elasticsearch,Grafana/Prometheus).
• Managing Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying codeutilizing Git Lab runners and Argo CD.
• Managingcommercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).Communication and collaboration:
  Dev Ops is a team-oriented discipline. Engineers need to beable to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Twenty(20) years-experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope,type and complexity is required. Demonstrated experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts is required.
  
  Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science,Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SEexperience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation suchas System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Managesystem requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) – Department of Defense Architecture Framework(DoDAF),Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc
• Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that requirecross-discipline coordination
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans,Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration…