Systems Engineering Analysis, Senior

Senior Systems Engineer Gaithersburg, MD

Whether it's architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision-measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions.

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team as a Senior Systems Engineer, supporting the NGA customer mission.

As a key member of our engineering team, you'll help design, integrate, and evolve cutting-edge systems that enable our customers’ mission. You'll work alongside software engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and government partners to transform mission needs into scalable, secure, and resilient solutions using modern engineering practices and DevSecOps principles. At Leidos, you'll have the opportunity to innovate, lead, and grow while contributing to technologies that matter.

Lead systems engineering activities across the full system lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture development, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.

Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Agile development teams to refine features and translate mission needs into technical solutions.

Perform systems decomposition, functional analysis, allocation, and traceability using industry-standard systems engineering practices.

Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical roadmap development.

Evaluate system performance, identify technical risks, and develop mitigation strategies.

Support verification and validation activities, ensuring requirements are fully tested and documented.

Participate in design reviews, architecture reviews, technical interchange meetings, and customer briefings.

Support DevSecOps initiatives and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.

Ensure compliance with customer and Intelligence Community engineering standards and security requirements.

Requires Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related STEM discipline

8+ years of professional systems engineering experience

INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification (ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP)

Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and the systems development lifecycle

Experience working with Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)

Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GovCloud)

Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD tools

Experience supporting the customer's mission systems or GEOINT programs

Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML

Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized applications

INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification (ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP)

SAFe Agilist (SA), Scrum Master, or Agile certification

Experience supporting cloud-native or hybrid cloud environments

Intelligence Community Experience preferred

Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses

You'll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community

Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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