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Computer Systems Architect

BAE Systems

Sterling, VAFull-time$150–254K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$150–254K/yr
Location
Sterling, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

BAE Systems seeks Systems Engineers/Architects at junior through senior levels to support a classified Intelligence Community customer. The team modernizes legacy infrastructure and applications and protects systems using current cybersecurity practices. The role provides application, database, and client-server expertise across design, deployment, operations, integration, administration, maintenance, and related technical work in support of a national security mission.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

IaaS, requiredSaaS, requiredMulti-Tenant Architecture, requiredSoftware Deployment, requiredDatabase Development, requiredRemote Field Communications, requiredManaged Attribution Networks, requiredSystem Maintenance, requiredInfrastructure Patching, requiredOperating System Patching, requiredApplication Patching, requiredServer Deployment, requiredDatabase Deployment, requiredApplication Troubleshooting, requiredCross-Domain Solutions, requiredWritten Communication, requiredVerbal Communication, requiredMultitasking, requiredDeadline Management, requiredTeamwork, requiredInitiative, requiredCreativity, requiredIssue Identification, requiredCorrective Action, requiredAgile, nice to haveScrum, nice to haveDevSecOps, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's Degree, requiredIT Certifications, nice to haveInformation Technology or Engineering Degree, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

At BAE Systems, we believe your career should be filled with innovation and discovery. And that's exactly what you'll find here. Join us as our team develops, maintains, and protects the latest technology that directly aids in the defense of national security.

As part of our team, you ll be joining a diverse group of driven professionals who are modernizing legacy infrastructure and applications as part of a no fail mission, all the while protecting systems with the most-current cybersecurity practices. With us, you ll be able to make an impact while you hone your skills and grow in your career.

We are looking for Systems Engineers/Architects of all levels (junior to senior) to add their skills to our team supporting a classified customer in the Intelligence Community. In this role, you will be relied upon to work as part of a team to provide application, database, and client server technical expertise to design, deploy, operate, integrate, administer, patch, backup, archive, and maintain databases, web applications, websites, services, macros, templates, workflow management, specialized technical application software, diverse operating systems and other applications. This is an exciting and dynamic job opportunity where you ll not only work on an important project, but help advance the U.S mission to protect our Nation and partners.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Bachelor's or Master s Degree(s)

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree(s)

  • Experience using IaaS and SaaS to support multi-tenant compute and storage architecture and software deployments

  • Proven success providing technical expertise to support development and maintenance of custom databases, remote field communication systems, and managed attribution networks

  • Experience performing system maintenance by applying infrastructure, operating system, and application patches and upgrades

  • Experience deploying new servers, databases, and applications and troubleshooting/resolveing application issues

  • Ability to efficiently tailor, implement, and maintain multiple custom cross-domain solutions

  • Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods

  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines, both in a team and as an individual contributor

  • High degree of initiative, creativity, and technical ability

  • Ability to identify issues and implement corrective actions

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Information Technology or Engineer Bachelor's or Master s Degree(s)

  • IT certifications

  • Experience working in a team that uses Agile, Scrum, and DevSecOps

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Computer Systems Architect

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,032 open Systems Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–254K/yr
  • Virginia median$122–220K/yr63 salary ranges
  • US median$144–233K/yr841 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $202K, is 14% above the Virginia median midpoint ($177K) — in the top quarter of Systems Architect salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 73 open Systems Architect jobs in Virginia and 1,032 across the US. 16% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Systems Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 12 years (903 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 423 of the 1,032 open Systems Architect jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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