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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer - **Company:** Arcfield, Inc. - **Location:** Aurora, CO, United States - **Salary:** $110,205.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Python (Programming Language), Test Scripts, Git, Atlassian Tools, Operational Systems - **Published:** July 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9027871/systems-engineer ## About the Role * BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5 * Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph * Strong analytical skills, intelligence community domain knowledge, and demonstrated understanding of user needs and operational environments * Demonstrated success in team environments; good presentation and communication skills * Demonstrated ability to clearly explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences Desired: * Experience in the National Intelligence Community * Preference for degrees in a technical field (e.g. physics, electrical/systems engineering, math) * Ability to incorporate AI aspects to streamline daily functions * Knowledge of common codebases such as Python, Xmidas, and Git * Knowledge of Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira ## Description Arcfield is looking for a SYSTEMS ENGINEER to join a skilled, highly respected and long-standing team supporting operational systems and environments. The successful applicant will generate and execute testing procedures to verify the operational performance of end-to-end systems. They will also review test plans to ensure they meet operational objectives and will participate in the testing process to validate the satisfaction of mission requirements. They will collect and analyze data, produce metrics and trending information, and engage in end-to-end monitoring of complex intelligence systems. Activities include: * Support monitoring of enterprise data processing, and the associated infrastructure, to provide timely detection of potential errors and system issues * Conduct first-level analysis of testing results, coordinate and/or perform detailed in-depth analysis of the results * Identify any degradations in system performance. Support notifications to the government and associated personnel. Perform and/or support root cause analysis of observed issues * Create and manage discrepancy reports, trouble tickets, or other forms of notification; Track through to resolution; Verify fixes are satisfactory * Support routine and ad-hoc scheduling of enterprise engineering tests * Monitor planned outages and other activities which may impact system performance and data accuracy and report findings or issues to the government * Plan, coordinate, and execute engineering tests following outages and events that may have impacted system performance or data accuracy * Author Engineering Test Support Requests (ETSR) and design, plan, and conduct engineering evaluation test in support of enterprise operation and system deliveries * Prepare engineering test reports and findings * Ensure approaches to analysis are based on accepted scientific and mathematical practice ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [The AI-Native Engineering Org: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100004-the-ai-native-engineering-org-what-s-real-what-s-hype-what-s-next) - [42 x 2 Canvases Later: Two Years, Two Minds, Many Lessons](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1458-42-x-2-canvases-later-two-years-two-minds-many-lessons) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Designing UX for SRE Agents in High-Stakes Incidents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100003-designing-ux-for-sre-agents-in-high-stakes-incidents) - [A Founder's Journey : From Startup Chaos to Purposeful Growth](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1926-a-founder-s-journey-from-startup-chaos-to-purposeful-growth) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Graph and AI Trends 2026: Why Is AI Running but Not Yet Delivering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/680-graph-and-ai-trends-2026-why-is-ai-running-but-not-yet-delivering) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)