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# Systems Engineer (Test Focused)

- **Company:** Visionist, Inc
- **Location:** Columbia, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Software Applications, Application Testing, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Software Documentation, Linux, DevOps, Linux System Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Regression Testing, Grafana, Gitlab
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9242312/systems-engineer-test-focused

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)

 - 10 years of experience in systems engineering
 - Experience with GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.
 - Experience working in Linux environments (RHEL 8/9, Rocky Linux 8/9).
 - Experience with manual software testing, including functional and regression testing.
 - Experience documenting test cases, test results, and software defects.
 - Experience with Jira and Confluence for test documentation and defect tracking.
 - Familiarity with Grafana for reviewing system information in support of test activities, as needed.
 - Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical teams.

## Description

Visionist has an exciting new opportunity for a Systems Engineer with a focus on testing on our PRIME contract. You will join a team of 20+ who work together to provide full-lifecycle support to a software application that provides multi-media ingest, storage, query, playback, analysis, and transcription capabilities. This program performs development, pre-production staging, and production maintenance and support activities. Dependent on the role being performed this program allows hybrid work from home opportunities 2 days a week., Perform manual testing of system and application testing to validate functionality, usability, and system performance against defined requirements

 - As an Epic Champion, collaborate with DevOps and Development teams to define testing needs and develop compliant test plans and cases
 - Execute functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing as appropriate
 - Document test results, identify defects, and submit detailed findings through established defect-tracking processes
 - Perform system and application installations, upgrades, and configuration validation in support of testing responsibilities
 - Develop and maintain test documentation, procedures, and supporting technical material
 - Provide training to users on application functionality and system usage / monitoring
 - Collaborate with development teams to validate defect fixes and verify that changes meet acceptance criteria
 - Participate in occasional CONUS/OCONUS travel (approximately 1-2 times per year)