Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Senior Systems Engineer | Req # TLS-26-035

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Provide senior systems engineering across missile-defense programs - architecture, requirements, analysis, and integration.

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Clearance: Interim Secret | Level: Principal | Experience: 12+ years | Education: Master's | Location: Huntsville, AL | Type: Full-time

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What You'll Do

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• Combine expertise in API integration, cloud architecture, model-based systems engineering, dashboard development, DevSecOps, tactical interoperability, and digital engineering to coordinate and accelerate delivery of operational capabilities.
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• Lead onboarding and integration of external software, models, simulations, AI tools, and operational capabilities.
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• Design and implement secure API-based integrations and data exchange architectures.
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• Design and implement AI-enabled digital ecosystems supporting human-machine teaming.
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• Develop integration architectures connecting APIs, data services, semantic layers, knowledge graphs, and AI orchestration frameworks.
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• Implement semantic data models and ontologies to improve AI reasoning and data discoverability.
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• Develop AI-ready data pipelines that transform structured and unstructured data into consumable knowledge assets.
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• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI frameworks, and workflow automation services into enterprise environments.
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• Develop enterprise dashboards and common operational pictures.
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• Support MBSE activities using SysML, activity diagrams, and block diagrams.
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• Develop common data models and integration standards.
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• Support tactical interoperability including Link 16 and gateway architectures.
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• Support DevSecOps pipelines and cloud-native deployments.
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• Provide technical recommendations to government leadership.
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Required Qualifications

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• MS in STEM field.
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• 12+ years related experience in software integration, systems engineering, or enterprise architecture.
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• Experience with API design and integration.
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• Working knowledge of MBSE and SysML.
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• Experience building enterprise dashboards.
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• Experience with cloud environments and container technologies.
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• Active or Interim Secret clearance.
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Preferred Qualifications

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• Experience supporting DoD programs.
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• Experience with Cameo, MagicDraw, Sparx EA, or Rhapsody.
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• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Grafana, or Kibana.
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• Experience with Kubernetes, GitLab, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
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• Knowledge of Link 16, tactical data links, and C2 architectures.
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• Knowledge of AI-enabled workflows and digital engineering ecosystems to include Semantic Search, RAG Architectures, LLM Integration, Agentic AI Frameworks, AI Orchestration Platforms, and Data Fabric Architectures.
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About Telesis

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Telesis is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business advancing missile defense, systems engineering, AI, and aerospace design. Small team, high trust, no bureaucracy: you work directly with customers who know your name, on problems that matter, with leadership still in the technical fight. U.S. citizenship required.