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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Cornerstone Defense
- **Location:** Sterling, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000 - $175,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Antivirus Softwares, Systems Engineering, Confluence, Cyber Security, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Requirements Traceability, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, Jama (Software), Cloud Platform System, Virtual Environment, Containerization, Devsecops
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9314859/systems-engineer

## About the Role

* Typically requires a bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience
 * Experience defining system requirements for Agile software development and test teams, ensuring verification through acceptance criteria
 * Engineering experience within the full systems and/or software engineering lifecycles
 * Experience in system requirement creation and decomposition of capabilities into features with acceptance criteria using agile development tools like JIRA, CONFLUENCE, and JAMA
 * An active TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date.
Preferred Qualifications:

 * Familiarity utilizing Cloud environments, tools and utilizing associated processes and procedures
 * Systems engineering experience in DoD architecture and service-oriented system architectures development program and platforms
 * Experience using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE),
 * Experience in performing Project Management
 * Current Certification in Security +
 * Experience with Containerized Application, Orchestration and Virtual Environments,
 * Experience working in a DevSecOps environment, utilizing associated practices and procedures
 * Experience working with RedHat Operating Systems
 * Experience with Virus scanning application and execution
 * Experience working with NIST 800-53, Privacy Framework and Cybersecurity Framework requirements

## Description

* The senior systems engineer will execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering discipline, to include support of software development and test, requirements traceability into software functions, system performance analysis, and system integration and test activities to ensure system requirements achieve validation
 * The system engineer will interact with the agile development teams regarding technical considerations, risks, and issue closure associated with the system capabilities and features
 * The candidate must also possess the ability to multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the appropriate levels of the organization and support schedules and delivery milestones