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Eng Sr Prin II

Company:
BAE Systems
Location:
Herndon, VA, 20170
Posted:
June 16, 2025
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Description:

Requisition Number

113328BR

Job Description

BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the government, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.

At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

We are looking for experienced Systems Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. The Systems Engineer/SRE provides subject expertise and guidance to IT developers during the software development life cycle. Overseeing the development, testing, and implementation of technical solutions. Determining whether technical solutions meet defined requirements. The SRE may also provide Agile DevOps support to mission critical systems. The Systems Engineer/SRE may have the opportunity to build strong systems, software, and cloud environments and provide operations and maintenance for critical systems. The candidate will provide technical expertise and support in the design, development, implementation and testing of customer tools and applications. Based in a DevOps framework, participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding, and unit testing.

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Job Posting Title

Site Reliability Engineer (SME)

Job Family

Engineering

Travel Percentage

<10%

Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position

Top Secret/SCI Polygraph

Shift

1st Shift

Regular or Temporary

Regular

Typical Education and Experience

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 10 years work experience or equivalent experience

Required Skills and Education

The Systems Engineer will support the team in the following activities (including but not limited to):

Ensuring reliability, getting systems back to steady-state as quickly as possible

Eliminating toil, automating wherever possible

Driving better cross-team collaboration

Gaining full visibility into IT systems and services for system health

Identify system deficiencies and recommend solutions

Developing Service Level Indicators (SLI) for IT systems and services

Developing Service Level Objectives (SLO) for IT systems and services

Developing Service Level Agreements (SLA) for IT systems and services

Maintenance and continuous improvement of the processes, standards, policies, working methods and tools

Ensure appropriate tools and processes are in place to have a development/production environment that is reliable and reproducible

Ensure tool configuration consistency across Development, Testing, Integration, and Production environments

Participate in on-going production support and end user support

Research, understand, and develop using new technologies and standards as needed

Evaluates interface between hardware and software, operational requirements, and characteristics of overall systemRequired Education, Experience, & Skills:

A minimum of sixteen (16) years relevant experience with Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees

Knowledgeable in Incident Management, organizing Incident Response Teams, communicating with stakeholders and devising a strategy for resolving incidents

Good understanding of how the incident response role is structured and incident response concepts to automate the complex process required for rapid, effective incident resolution

Knowledgeable with SLO to help Operations provide, define, improve SLO for specific reliability for IT systems

CI/CD implementation expertise

Scripting to automate tasks, extract information, front-end and back-end such as MS PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP etc.

Ability to efficiently and appropriately estimate work effort requirements

Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods

Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines

Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Able to adapt to a constantly changing environment

Aptitude and willingness to work with variety of newer emerging technologies/tools as opportunities demand

Ability to deliver enhanced functionality, aid with new implementations, and provide continuous support within the scheduled time while preserving system integrity required

High degree of initiative, creativity, and technical ability to function on this team required

Ability to identify issues and implement corrective actions

Preferred Skills and Education

The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.

Experience with Java, Ruby, DevOps and DevSecOps

Knowledgeable with IT Operations Management (ITOM) software, intended to represent all the tools needed to manage the provisioning, capacity, performance and availability of computing, networking and application resources — as well as the overall quality, efficiency and experience of their delivery.

Understanding of Quality Assurance and Test Automation for software pre-deployment

Good understanding of DevOps concepts and best practices

Issue troubleshooting experience

Understanding of Networking concepts

Linux/Unix Concepts

ServiceNow knowledge in developing products using JavaScript and other coding applications

Database Administration (Oracle or MYSQL) experience

About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do—from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Department

0FDE00_Mission IT Ops

Company

TST_BAE Systems Tech Sols&Svcs Inc

Posting Requirements

Internal/External

Job Category

Engineering & Technology

U.S. Person Required

Yes

Business Area

Intelligence Solutions (I&S)

Salary Max Point

249330

Salary Min Point

146670

Union Job

None

Recruiter

Dee Dunn

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