Dark Wolf Solutions
Senior Systems Engineer
$210K–$235K
Chantilly/Herndon, VA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- Chantilly/Herndon, VA
Chantilly, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 15+ years’ work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science or Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph clearance required. All hires must verify identity, confirm US Citizenship, and complete employment eligibility verification.
About the job
Designs and operates cloud-native data systems for defense and intelligence missions, including architecture, implementation, security, and customer-facing engineering support.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and implement software systems and services based on requirements; evaluate operational feasibility and recommend improvements.
- Maintain system and solution code, architecture, and security documentation, including security accreditation packages.
- Consult with customers and facilitate cross-team engineering discussions to develop implementation strategies that meet mission needs.
What they ask for
- 15+ years’ work experience plus a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science or Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience designing and operating cloud-native architectures and big data systems; writing efficient SQL queries; and working with relational databases, NoSQL databases, or object storage.
- Experience with agile software development and testing, data security and governance, regulatory and compliance requirements, and security accreditation package development.
- Experience with container orchestration, large multi-tenant cloud environments, IT Service Management, and customer needs assessment.
Nice to have
- AWS or other cloud technology certifications; Agile certification.
- Experience with the listed databases, languages, operating systems, orchestration, development tools, and data types.
Pay
$210,000.00 – $235,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Google, IBM, Oracle, SQL, JupyterHub, LDAP, Kubernetes
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