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# Senior Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Shield Consulting Solutions
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $220,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Big Data, Network Interface Controllers, Data Flow Control, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Enterprise Data Management
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9022337/senior-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* 20 years experience as a system engineer
 * Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
 + 5 additional years of experience as a system engineer may be substituted for a degree

Required Experience:

 * Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting user and system requirements.
 * Experience developing systems engineering artifacts such as requirements specifications, interface control documents, systems engineering plans, and related technical documentation.
 * Experience working directly with customers, users, and stakeholders to understand operational workflows and mission needs.
 * Ability to translate complex operational challenges into clear, structured requirements for technical teams.
 * Experience supporting workflow analysis, process improvement, or capability planning efforts.
 * Strong technical writing, communication, and documentation skills.
 * Ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams and maintain alignment between users, engineers, and leadership.
 * Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Desired Experience:

 * Experience as Agency Analyst
 * Experience with Enterprise Data Labels and Data Formats
 * Experience with Agency dataflow, compliance, policy, and data-governance, as it pertains to Corporate Tools and Analyst workflow.
 * Experience managing teams and threads with complex multi-regional systems with large datasets.
 * Experience supporting analyst workflows, mission visibility, or contextual data tracking capabilities.
 * Familiarity with content triage, transcription workflows, language analysis, or sourcing-related mission areas.
 * Experience with requirements management, traceability, interface definition, and lifecycle planning.
 * Experience developing concepts of operation, workflow documentation, and customer-facing systems engineering products.
 * Strong understanding of systems engineering processes and mission-focused capability development.
 * Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and operational users.
 * Experience coordinating and integrating AI Technologies within the development workflow.



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