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Sr. Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions

Modern Government Solutions
Sterling, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/31/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/30/2026
TITLE: Sr. Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions

LOCATION: Sterling, VA (Relocation assistance considered)

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time, Onsite

POSITION SUMMARY

Modern Government Solutions (MGS) is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering Solutions to deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and sustain enterprise engineering platform environments in support of national security missions. In this role, you will configure and administer Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, and associated engineering tools within secure cloud-based infrastructures, leveraging Automation as Code (AaC) and CI/CD pipelines to drive reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency. Working alongside systems engineers, software engineers, and mission stakeholders, you will keep critical engineering environments running, resolve application issues, and implement infrastructure improvements that directly enable mission delivery.

RESPONSIBILITIES (not limited to):
  • Configure, deploy, maintain, and optimize Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, Cassandra, and related engineering platforms within cloud-based environments.
  • Implement Automation as Code (AaC) solutions and CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment, configuration, and sustainment activities.
  • Develop and maintain integrations between engineering platforms, workflow systems, automation tools, and enterprise services.
  • Administer databases, authentication services, and identity management solutions supporting engineering environments.
  • Troubleshoot complex application, infrastructure, and integration issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
  • Develop and execute testing, validation, and quality assurance activities to ensure system reliability and operational readiness.
  • Support DevOps and infrastructure automation initiatives utilizing Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab, and related technologies.
  • Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and program stakeholders to implement technical solutions and process improvements.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, implementation guides, and operational procedures.
  • Ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods while working at a computer workstation.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with customers, team members, and stakeholders in both written and verbal formats.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
  • Must possess an active DoD TS/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph.
  • Must meet DoD 8140 requirements, including Security CE certification.
  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
  • 10 years of experience deploying, administering, and sustaining enterprise engineering platforms and IT infrastructure within cloud-hosted environments.
  • Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Teamwork Cloud, Cameo, Cassandra, or similar engineering platforms using Automation as Code (AaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience integrating enterprise applications with workflow, ticketing, automation, or custom-developed platforms, including ServiceNow or similar solutions.
  • Experience supporting relational and non-relational databases, including Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
  • Experience supporting IdAM technologies including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC.
  • Experience developing integrations using Python, PowerShell, and Groovy, with strong skills in testing, validation, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience supporting Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environments and tools.
  • Experience optimizing cloud-hosted solutions and supporting Azure, Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), IBM Cloud, or similar environments.
  • Experience implementing and integrating ServiceNow solutions and supporting customer security requirements within classified environments.
  • Experience supporting monitoring, visualization, and observability platforms such as Grafana and Splunk.
  • Experience maintaining API gateways and catalogs within cloud-based environments.
  • Experience supporting virtualization technologies, application streaming, and integration of virtualized applications and application layering techniques.
  • Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) as AaC using CI/CD pipelines within cloud-based environments.
  • Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining SharePoint as AaC using CI/CD pipelines within cloud-based environments.
  • Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Tableau as AaC using CI/CD pipelines within cloud-based environments.
  • Experience developing cross-domain capabilities.
  • Experience leading and overseeing a total system perspective, including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies, and requirements across cloud services, infrastructure, and security domains.
  • Familiarity with containerized development environments, including Rancher and Kubernetes.

*Applicants selected will be United States citizens and may be subject to a government security investigation for access to classified information.*

ABOUT US

At MGS, we believe a people-first culture corresponds to organizational success through a commitment to excellence, integrity, inclusion, and an attitude that welcomes challenges meets demands, sustains growth, and drives innovation. We provide expert mission-first technical and programmatic services and solutions for the US intelligence community, the US Department of Defense, and other governmental agencies. We create people-first organizational cultures where employees feel needed in the system, not a system that needs employees. We provide you with long-term career opportunities centrally focused on our core value system: inclusion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.

MGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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