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Systems Engineering Lead

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company

Bethesda, MDJob$124–160K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$124–160K/yr
Location
Bethesda, MD
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Systems Engineering Lead architects, develops, and integrates enterprise solutions supporting complex engineering and business processes. The role provides technical leadership, oversees system integrations, and ensures secure, high-performing infrastructure and applications. It also leads systems development, testing, process improvement, and client engagement while mentoring teams and maintaining architectural standards.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems Engineering, requiredSystems Analysis, requiredRequirements Analysis, requiredServer Administration, requiredNetworking, requiredDatabase Administration, requiredInfrastructure Support, requiredIT Security Design, requiredSystems Provisioning, requiredSystems Installation, requiredSystems Configuration, requiredSystems Maintenance, requiredProgramming Languages, requiredOperating Systems, requiredComputer Hardware, requiredTroubleshooting, requiredProcess Engineering, requiredAnalytics, requiredOperations Research, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredQuality Focus, requiredDeadline Management, requiredMultitasking, requiredPrioritization, requiredAnalytical Skills, requiredCommunication, requiredWriting, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredCreative Problem Solving, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Relevant Field or Equivalent, requiredMaster's Degree, nice to haveAdvanced Computing Certification, nice to have8+ Years Systems Engineering/Analysis, required

Full job description

Lead the architecture, design, development, and integration of enterprise solutions that support complex engineering and business processes. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, implement scalable platform capabilities, oversee system integrations, and ensure secure, high-performing solutions through configuration, custom development, workflow automation, and technical governance. Provide technical leadership by mentoring development teams, conducting design reviews, driving platform optimization, and maintaining architectural standards and documentation to support long-term business objectives.

  • Provides technical expertise and analytical support to the users in solving the most complex issues with ongoing high-level support within multiple disciplines including system infrastructure operations of administration, analysis, engineering, and design.

  • Provides high-level technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new IT software projects and initiatives to support and enhance existing systems.

  • Recommends new or improved design solutions and processes; reviews literature, patents and current industry practices of relevance to assigned project.

  • Designs and develops reusable components, code and document custom automation frameworks, maintains scripts, and updates as needed to build continuous delivery pipelines, ensuring rapid availability of the product.

  • Ensures designs including architecture requirements are accurately documented.

  • Leads complex systems development and design work that may include operating systems upgrades, systems enhancements logic design, I/O design, firmware development, model formulation, manufacturing and development cost projections, computer architecture analysis and design, and analog or digital systems engineering.

  • Develops technical specifications based on user needs, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, analyzes configuration and processing solutions, and tests conformance to specifications.

  • Analyzes business operations and processes to identify opportunities for process improvement, management control of work, or automation. Generates process and solution options and reviews with appropriate stakeholders.

  • Plans and coordinates business case analysis and feasibility, including the examination of costs, benefits, and risks associated with the proposed investment or project. Recommends alternatives for solutions and highlights strategic implications.

  • Serves as technical expert and liaison with clients, participating in meetings to ensure client needs are met.

  • Architects, designs, implements, supports, and evaluates secure, infrastructure focused tools and services.

  • Ensures that the technical infrastructure is sufficiently robust, scalable, and efficient to deliver the integrated services underlying the physical environment that supports the processes, resources, and operators required for developing, integrating, sustaining enterprise applications and support services.

  • Leads high-level analytical support in the conceptualization, development, and implementation of complex, inter-linked systems.

  • Responsible for all aspects of development, integration, and testing processes such as lifecycle cost analysis, design, schedules, and feasibility studies.

  • Develops solutions by preparing and evaluating alternative workflow solutions, validates results by testing programmers, and ensures operation by training client personnel and providing support.

  • Leads the installation, configuration, testing, and maintenance of operating systems, applications software, and system management tools.

  • May act as a mentor and/or team lead for junior staff.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, other relevant field, or equivalent relevant experience; Master's Degree preferred.

  • Advanced computing certification preferred.

  • 8-15 years of experience in Systems Engineering/Analysis.

Other Job Specific Skills

  • Attention to detail, and a commitment to quality work.

  • Ability to elicit, analyze, document, and validate the system requirements that support the required system changes to meet the business need.

  • Must have the ability to work under aggressive deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and prioritize as necessary.

  • Excellent analytical, comprehension, communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.

  • Strong skills in IT fundamentals including, but not limited to: server administration, networking, database support/administration, infrastructure support, and IT security design.

  • Demonstrated ability to provision, install, configure, operate, and maintain systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.

  • Ability to work with various programming languages, operating systems, and computer hardware platforms.

  • Proven ability to investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complicated technical issues.

  • Demonstrated capability to creatively solve complex requirements needs.

  • Strong experience applying process and systems engineering, analytics and operations research methods at every phase of a project.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

$124-160K

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, gender identity, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, veteran status, disability, gender identity, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,102 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$124–160K/yr
  • Maryland median$133–206K/yr123 salary ranges
  • US median$133–206K/yr2,215 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $142K, is 16% below the Maryland median midpoint ($170K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineering salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 150 open Systems Engineering jobs in Maryland and 3,102 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,466 postings).
Education
1,042 of the 3,102 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) 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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