System Engineer Level 6

About DCCA

DCCA is a veteran-owned IT business specializing in providing innovative solutions to a variety of government agencies and commercial enterprises since 1982. DCCA is proud to offer career growth opportunities and a competitive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website at:

Candidate must have an active TS/SCI w/Poly.

For over 40 years, DCCA has provided a broad range of IT services to government agencies and commercial enterprises, helping them to feel confident in their IT infrastructure. With DCCA, these organizations can be confident in the flexibility and skill of their IT partners, allowing them to upgrade their technology quickly and efficiently. Better yet, thanks to DCCA’s successful track record, clients can rest assured knowing DCCA can tackle any problem with ease, allowing them to focus on the work that matters.

Internally, DCCA prides itself on a culture built on integrity and inclusivity, allowing its employees to build lasting skills and relationships. As a veteran owned business, DCCA knows the importance of recruiting employees with a wide range of backgrounds, allowing for every problem to be approached by a diverse array of perspectives. Join us and be part of a team that has a people first mentality and a dedication to excellence.

DCCA is the prime contractor for this Government program that delivers important technical solutions and products using emerging technologies for processing significantly large amounts of data. Program technical areas include commercial cloud technologies, high performance computing, and enterprise architecture. The program is tactically important to the National Security of the United States and the work on these missions are frequently recognized for their results.

Our teams are always looking for the best talent who want to contribute to support our customer’s unique and mission‑critical work. This is a growing, high‑profile program. TS/SCI with poly required.

• Contributes to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Manages system 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.
• Assists with the allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
• Coordinates the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross‑discipline coordination.
• Performs analysis of technical alternatives for a project and makes preliminary recommendations.

• Will correlate events/telemetry visible in dashboards to system issues.
• Rationalize and document system behavior in the presence of system issues; derive insights from the data.
• Design experiments to isolate and characterize specific types of behavior.
• Collaborate with analytic developers to capture needs for analytics.
• Must have Linux, experience designing technical experiments, an analytic mindset, understand system telemetry and its correlation on system operation, failure rate and reliability analysis of components, and clearly must have experience with complex HPC systems.

• A High School Diploma or GED plus 24 years of general systems engineering experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline plus 20 years of systems engineering experience.
• A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline plus 18 years of systems engineering experience.
• A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline plus 18 years of systems engineering experience.

The proposed salary range for this position in Maryland is $180,000 to $240,000. Final salary will be determined based on various factors.

Our comprehensive benefit offerings include healthcare, retirement plan, paid disability and life insurance programs, employee assistance program, paid and unpaid leave programs, education assistance, and wellness initiatives. Competitive compensation and annual salary review are part of our commitment to equitable pay.

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets.