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Cross Domain Systems Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton

Washington, DCFull-time$87–198K/yrPosted 4w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$87–198K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II Certification Within 6 Months, requiredTS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a senior Cross Domain Systems Engineer to lead development and deployment of digital cross-domain solutions for national security customers. The role includes capturing and decomposing system requirements, coordinating integration and testing, supporting Risk Management Framework accreditation, and planning secure data flows and user training. The engineer will lead customer engagement and may broaden skills in cross-domain and cloud technologies, Agile lifecycle, and cybersecurity.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Requirements Development, requiredTechnical Writing, requiredAtlassian Suite, requiredJira, requiredConfluence, requiredServiceNow, requiredRisk Management Framework, requiredSystems Delivery Planning, requiredSystem Testing, nice to haveConfiguration Management, nice to haveSystem Installation, nice to haveAgile Lifecycle, nice to haveCross-Domain Systems, nice to haveRaise the Bar Requirements, nice to haveCloud Technologies, nice to haveAWS, nice to haveAzure, nice to haveDevOps, nice to haveCI/CD, nice to haveDoDAF, nice to haveMBSE, nice to have

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI Clearance, requiredWilling to Take Polygraph, requiredBachelor's in Computer Science or Information Technology and 5+ Years Engineering or 12+ Years Engineering, requiredDoD 8570.1 IAT Level II Certification Within 6 Months, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Cross Domain Systems Engineer, SeniorThe Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security? You understand your customers’ environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.

As a Cross Domain Systems Engineer on our team, you have the chance to shape customer missions by leading an engineering team in the development and deployment of digital cross domain solutions. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technological solutions. You will lead customer engagement to capture, define, and understand user and security requirements, decompose hardware, software, interface, and security control requirements, coordinate with stakeholders throughout system development and fielding activities, coordinate and plan system integration, and test and deployment. You will support efforts to accredit systems following the Risk Management Framework. You will help plan security improvements to systems and team processes to address Raise the Bar (RTB) Cross-Domain security objectives. You will lead efforts to plan, design, and implement cross-domain data flows, help users understand and define their data schemas, and help define and validate appropriate data handling and filtering policies. You will lead efforts to plan and provide user training and drive user adoption of the new systems. On our team, you’ll be able to broaden your skillset into areas like Cross Domain technologies, Cloud technologies, Agile lifecycle, and cybersecurity.

Grow your skills by merging systems engineering, cybersecurity, and strong customer engagement to create successful mission platforms. Join our team and create the future of cyber security for national customers.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

  • Experience developing requirements, including capability and system-level requirements, hardware, software, interface requirements, user stories, or use cases

  • Experience developing technical written deliverables for a system delivery or deployment effort

  • Experience with online collaboration and work tracking tools such as Atlassian Suite, including Jira or Confluence and ServiceNow

  • Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework and how it applies to system accreditation

  • Ability to plan systems delivery and deployment efforts, including developing technical plans, schedules, resource allocations, and risk tracking

  • Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology and 5+ years of experience in engineering, or 12+ years of experience in engineering in lieu of a degree

  • Ability to obtain a DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II Certification within 6 months of start date

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience with system testing, configuration management, and installation

  • Experience with Agile lifecycle methodology

  • Experience with Cross Domain Systems (CDS) and RTB requirements for CDS

  • Experience with Cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure

  • Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD

  • Knowledge of DoDAF or MBSE

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,868 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$87–198K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$133–194K/yr140 salary ranges
  • US median$115–190K/yr8,798 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $142K, is 13% below the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($164K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 186 open Systems Engineer jobs in Washington, D.C. and 11,868 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,801 postings).
Education
4,398 of the 11,868 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) 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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