
Senior Systems Engineer
Annapolis Junction, MDJob$168–240K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior System Engineer to join its intelligence team. The role applies systems engineering principles across the system life cycle and interacts with government stakeholders on technical considerations and issues. The engineer is responsible for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work and deliverables across one or more ISO/IEC 15288 process areas.
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Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2026!
Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior System Engineer to join our intel team.
Responsibilities:
Applies systems engineering principles throughout the systems life cycle phases:
Concept, Development, Production, Utilization, Support, and Retirement. Interacts with Government regarding System engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives. Responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 process areas defined by ISO/IEC15288:
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Technical Process Area - Stakeholder Requirements Definition, Requirements Analysis, Architectural Design, Implementation, Integration, Verification, Transition, Validation, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal.
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Project Process Area - Project Planning, Project Assessment and Control, Decision Management, Risk Management, Configuration Management, Information Management, and Measurement.
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Enterprise (Organizational Project-Enabling) Process Area - Project Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Management, Lifecycle Model Management, Human Resource Management, and Quality Management.
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Agreement Process Area - Acquisition and Supply.
Candidates should have the following qualifications:
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TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
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A High School Diploma or GED plus fourteen (14) years of general system engineering experience.
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- A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus ten (10) years of systems engineering experience.
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- A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.
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- A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.
Perks and Benefits:
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8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
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10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
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$5,000 annual training/tuition
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Student Loan Repayment Program
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100% company-funded HSA
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Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
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Dental coverage including orthodontia
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Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
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Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
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Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!
At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.
Salary Range: $168,000 to $240,000
Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$168–240K/yr
- Maryland median$121–199K/yr507 salary ranges
- US median$115–188K/yr7,864 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $204K, is 28% above the Maryland median midpoint ($159K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 632 open Systems Engineer jobs in Maryland and 10,536 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
- Northrop Grumman69 open
- Leidos55 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,741 postings).
- Education
- 4,680 of the 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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