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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
- **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Linux System Administration, Ansible, Software Requirements Analysis, SQL Databases, Scripting, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2959572937-2

## About the Role

* Systems engineering
 * Data platform architecture
 * ETL and data pipelines
 * SQL and No
 * SQL databases
 * Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
 * Linux administration
 * Networking and security fundamentals
 * Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
 * Monitoring and observability tools
 * Scripting (Python, Bash or similar)

## Description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Systems Engineer for Data & Analysis Infrastructure to design, build, and sustain secure, scalable data platforms that power mission-critical research in national security, space, and health. You will architect and integrate data pipelines, storage, and analytics environments; collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate mission needs into resilient systems; and apply automation, monitoring, and optimization to ensure high performance and reliability. Join APL's mission-driven, collaborative culture with strong support for innovation and professional growth., * Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable data and analytics infrastructure to support research and mission programs.

 * Integrate data sources, pipelines, and storage solutions to enable advanced modeling, simulation, and analytics.
 * Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and analysts to translate mission needs into technical system requirements.
 * Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot system performance, reliability, and security in production environments.
 * Automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring using modern Dev
 * Ops and infrastructure-as-code tools.
 * Document architectures, interfaces, and operational procedures in accordance with APL and sponsor standards.


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