Senior System Engineer

Transform high-level requirements into scalable, mission-ready enterprise systems! In this role, you will apply rigorous systems engineering principles across the entire system lifecycle-from initial concept and architectural design through production, deployment, and sustainment. You won’t just manage requirements; you’ll serve as a vital technical bridge between Government stakeholders, program personnel, and cross-functional Agile Scrum teams. Operating at the intersection of enterprise architecture and specialized data engineering, you will spearhead automated builds, testing, and deployments to deliver advanced cybersecurity capabilities and power complex, customer-wide dataflows. If you thrive on taking ownership of full lifecycle systems engineering processes and scaling high-impact cyber data architectures, you’ll fit right in with Team Nyla.

Apache NiFi & Dataflow Architecture: Proven, hands-on expertise building, managing, and optimizing enterprise Apache NiFi pipelines and customer dataflow architectures.

Cybersecurity Data Expertise: Strong domain knowledge working with cybersecurity data, threat intelligence, and network telemetry formats.

Open-Source Data Ingestion: Experience ingesting, parsing, and integrating open-source cyber data into IC data stores and analytic frameworks.

Systems Lifecycle Engineering: Practical experience applying ISO/IEC 15288 process areas across requirements analysis, architectural design, verification, and lifecycle management.

Agile & CI/CD Automation: Hands-on experience within Agile Scrum environments, including building automated test and deployment pipelines.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 15+ years of professional systems engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in a related field, PLUS 13+ years of specialized professional experience OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 19+ years of hands-on technical systems engineering and dataflow implementation experience in lieu of a degree., ISO/IEC 15288 Process Mastery: Deep familiarity with enterprise-level project assessment, decision management, risk management, and portfolio management frameworks. Stream & Pipeline Engineering: Experience with complementary data transport and queuing technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka, Enterprise Integration Patterns). Containerization & DevSecOps: Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD orchestration platforms. Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated experience serving as a primary technical advisor to senior Government executives and customer program managers.

Pulled from the full job description

• Loan repayment program
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k) 10% Match, The annual base salary range for this role is $197,000-$232,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things., If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It’s flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.