System Engineer (USC)

Title: System Engineer

Start: October 2025

Duration: 12 months + Possible Extension

Location: REMOTE

Role Overview

In this role, the systems engineer will design, develop, and help integrate complex work systems for every stage of a system lifecycle. The ideal candidate will be able to reliably deliver mission-critical solutions, provide clients with recommendations on best strategy to support their mission and support solutions for users that are optimized, secure and cost-effective.

Objectives of this role

• Manage and monitor IT systems including infrastructure and systems installations, including configuration, testing, and maintenance
• Experience working with Data Center and Operations Teams and Medical Community of Interest Network teams to design, implement solutions.
• Implement and maintain strategies for development, deployment, backup, security, and redundancy using DOD approved encryption and Cloud Based Technologies
• Experience working in Fedramp High Cloud Environments to secure Controlled Unclassified Information
• Proactively identify technical risks and issues, recommend mitigation strategies and implement solutions
• Ability to perform analysis of alternatives evaluating different products against technical and functional requirements.
• Develop market analysis or analysis of alternatives to develop technical solutions and provide recommendations
• Lead technology modernization efforts including utilization of innovative solutions such as RPA, AI/ML, etc. to improve and automate user workflow processes
• Engage regularly with upper management, providing reports on project status, activities, and achievements

Responsibilities

• Communicate with executive leadership, clients and stakeholders to provide status, risks, issues and recommended strategies for systems implementations and sustainment
• Implement IT solutions that meeting business mission and requirements including SLAs, cyber security and availability requirements
• Develop documentation including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio to support technical communication with stakeholders
• Review documentation provided by third-party vendors / developers and provide feedback and recommendations
• Able to install COTS/GOTS applications on Windows or Linux environments to confirm functionality and documentation including operating systems, software and scripts
• Provide troubleshooting support including leading efforts across multiple teams to resolve IT issues
• Test software routinely for bugs, redundancies, and security issues
• Conduct high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and establish preventive measures

Required skills and qualifications

• Bachelor s degree (or equivalent) in technology, information systems or computer science
• 2+ year of experience in system integration or a related field
• 2+ year of relevant software development experience in .Net, Java and / or Salesforce
• Experience with Windows and Linux server operating systems
• Experience working in agile development utilizing processes such as Scrum and SAFe and using tools such as Jira and Serena ALM
• Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, monitoring tools, trouble ticket systems and COOP / DR solutions
• Experience in managing application design and integration, and cloud computing (specifically AWS or Microsoft Azure)
• Preferred skills and qualifications
• Current Public Trust or higher clearance
• 3 to 5 years of software development experience
• Experience working with monitoring tools such as AppWorks, Splunk and / or Microsoft System Center
• Experience working with AWS GovCloud
• Experience with Salesforce and / or OpenText products

Professional certification such as CISSP, Security+, AWS, etc