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# Principal Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Nyla Technology Solutions
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $197,000.0 - $252,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Data Sharing, DevOps, Cloud Services, Systems Architecture, Information Technology, Atlassian Tools
- **Published:** July 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2ade9fda59d0551f

## About the Role

Clearance: Active Fully-Cleared with Poly.

Mission Outreach & Engagement: Strong customer outreach and product marketing skills to collaborate, gather needs, and interface with high-level mission and capabilities partners.

Data Policy & Compliance: In-depth experience handling data sharing policies and authorization frameworks for both internal customer structures and external partnerships.

Data Thread Engineering: Proven background executing complex data thread engineering, including cross-domain/multi-domain (TS, S, U) threading structures.

System Architecture Documentation: Deep experience creating comprehensive system architecture layouts and design planning documentation.

Cloud Frameworks: Strong knowledge of Cloud Service Provider infrastructure offerings, specifically AWS and Azure, alongside general cloud computing and big data analytics paradigms.

Agile Tools & Workflows: Expert capabilities in capturing and managing artifacts with Jira and Confluence within an active Agile development environment.

Education & Experience
Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years of experience as a Systems Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Education: Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university.

Substitution: Four (4) years of additional systems engineering experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree (totaling 14 years of experience).

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Desired Skills

Experience leading technical requirements derivation and execution across multi-disciplined engineering teams.

Familiarity with cloud automation, DevOps provisioning pipelines, or large-scale data ingestion patterns.

Knowledge of modern automated document tools or automated architectural modeling systems.



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