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TS/SCI w/ POLY REQUIRED - **Company:** Falls Tech, Inc. - **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States - **Salary:** $150,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Applications Architecture, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Databases, DevOps, Middleware, Monitoring of Systems, Systems Architecture, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, HybridCloud, Kubernetes, Devsecops, Service Stack - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=911728f6613ea7cb ## About the Role * Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. * Significant hands-on systems engineering experience within complex enterprise or mission environments. * Strong understanding of infrastructure technologies including networking, compute, storage, and operating systems. * Experience working across middleware, database, platform, and application environments. * Experience analyzing and documenting existing system architectures and dependencies. * Experience developing detailed engineering designs and implementation plans. * Experience implementing, migrating, upgrading, or modernizing enterprise systems. * Experience with cloud infrastructure and cloud-based architectures. * Understanding of system availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements. * Experience integrating infrastructure and platforms with DevOps or DevSecOps pipelines. * Strong troubleshooting skills across multiple layers of the technology stack. * Experience developing technical documentation and architecture diagrams. * Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and leadership. * Ability to translate complex technical issues into mission and business impact. Desired Qualifications * Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical systems. * Experience working within AWS environments. * Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. * Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automated infrastructure deployment. * Experience with containerized platforms and orchestration technologies. * Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery environments. * Experience with system monitoring, logging, observability, and performance analysis. * Experience working across development, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and operations teams. * Experience leading technical troubleshooting efforts involving multiple engineering disciplines. ## Description Falls Technology is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer / SME to join our team supporting a complex mission environment in Chantilly, VA. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who understands the full technology stack-from networks, compute, storage, and operating systems through middleware, databases, cloud platforms, and applications. You'll serve as a senior technical resource responsible for solving complex system problems and helping modernize and evolve mission infrastructure and platforms. What You'll Do * Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, platforms, and applications. * Analyze existing environments and document current infrastructure, platform, and application architectures. * Work with System and Cloud Architects to develop detailed engineering designs for modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives. * Lead and execute system and cloud implementations, migrations, upgrades, and technology refreshes. * Engineer solutions to meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements. * Integrate infrastructure and platforms with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines and processes. * Troubleshoot complex issues spanning infrastructure, platforms, databases, networks, and applications. * Perform root-cause analysis and drive technical issues through resolution. * Collaborate across application, infrastructure, cloud, security, network, and mission teams to resolve system-level problems. * Develop architecture diagrams, engineering documentation, technical standards, implementation plans, and operational documentation. * Brief technical and program leadership on system status, risks, recommendations, and technical decisions. ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [DevSecOps: Injecting Security into Mobile CI/CD Pipelines](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/273-devsecops-injecting-security-into-mobile-ci-cd-pipelines) - [DevSecOps culture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/783-devsecops-culture) - [Hosting a modern justice system](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/332-hosting-a-modern-justice-system) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)