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# System Engineer Level 6

- **Company:** Data Computer Corporation Of America
- **Location:** Anne Arundel County, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Linux, Network Interface Controllers, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, Reliability of Systems, DODAF
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17594993?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17594993%2FSystem-Engineer-Level-6-Maryland-Annapolis-Junction

## About the Role

* Must have Linux, experience designing technical experiments, an analytic mindset, understand system telemetry and it's correlation on system operation, failure rate and reliability analysis of components, and clearly must have experience with complex HPC systems

A High School Diploma or GED plus twenty-four (24) years of general systems engineering experience.
OR
A Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus twenty (20) years of systems engineering experience
OR
A Master's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience
OR
A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience.

## Description

Contributes to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents

Manages system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) - Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture.

Assists with the allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.

Coordinates the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.

Perform analysis of technical alternatives for a project and make preliminary recommendations.

Requirements:

 * Will correlate events/telemetry visible in dashboards to system issues
 * Rationalize and document system behavior in the presence of system issues; derive insights from the data
 * Design experiments to isolate and characterize specific types of behavior
 * Collaborate with analytic developers to capture needs for analytics
 * Monitor dashboards for abnormal behavior


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