Systems Engineer II

job title

systems engineer ii

us-ca-san diego

systems engineer

regular full-time

6/17/2026

estimated starting salary range: usd $84,000.00/yr.

- usd $/yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

src is seeking a systems engineer ii to support naval cb-isea engineering efforts (satcom and communications systems) in san diego. This role focuses on site reliability, sustainment, and troubleshooting for shipboard and shore connected communications environments, including satcom transport, adns, routing, switching, firewalls, interfaces, and related system services.

• supporting technical issue resolution, surface afloat adns configuration and integration, test and installation activities, network diagrams, configuration records, troubleshooting procedures, and customer status updates
• coordinating with government customers, shipboard personnel, cybersecurity teams, vendors, logisticians, and engineering stakeholders to maintain operational availability and resolve mission impacting issues

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• bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, physics, operations research, or statistics
• minimum five years of experience designing, installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, or managing complex networked systems across multiple platforms, operating systems, and network topologies
• minimum three years of experience in systems engineering, network engineering, information operations, cybersecurity, architecture, or mission critical troubleshooting
• experience supporting navy or dod communications environments, preferably involving satcom, adns, canes, afloat networks, or shore to ship connectivity
• strong working knowledge of tcp/ip, routing, switching, vpns, firewalls, network security, monitoring, and packet level troubleshooting
• experience with tools such as wireshark, solarwinds, acas/nessus, splunk, or equivalent monitoring and diagnostic platforms
• experience with dod cybersecurity requirements, including information assurance policies, stigs, vulnerability management, rmf support, or security documentation
• ability to obtain and maintain cswf / iat level ii compliance, typically requiring security+ ce or an equivalent approved certification
• must possess or be eligible for a secret clearance
  • top secret preferred

• experience with automated digital network system, adns, including surface afloat adns integration, sustainment, troubleshooting, or configuration support
• experience supporting cb isea, niwc pac, niwc lant, peo c4i, pmw programs, or navy afloat modernization
• experience supporting satcom reliability, shipboard communications, tactical networks, rf to ip transport, or baseband network environments
• experience with shipboard installations, site surveys, system testing, sovts, cutovers, or post installation troubleshooting
• experience with virtualization, windows server, linux, active directory, dns, dhcp, pki, vmware, or hyper v
• desired certifications include ccna, ccnp, security+ ce, cysa+, casp+, cissp, gicsp, vmware vcp, or itil foundation

src is a contractor for the u.s. Government, this position will require u.s. Citizenship as well as, a u.s. Government security clearance at the secret level

• around 10% to navy shore sites

scientific research corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.

src offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

scientific research corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.

all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

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