Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.
Job Summary
- Seeking a Systems Engineer to support mission-critical operational systems and dataflow management within a dynamic technical environment
- This position directly contributes to mission success by helping ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems that process and deliver critical mission data to end users
- The role supports modernization of dataflows and operational systems, including the transition of legacy capabilities into cloud-based environments while maintaining real-time mission support
- The ideal candidate has experience with mission systems, dataflow technologies, Linux environments, and tools such as Apache NiFi
Primary Responsibilities
- Review and process Dataflow Management Requests (DMRs) and implement efficient, reliable dataflow solutions
- Create, configure, manage, and maintain dataflows using Apache NiFi
- Manage and support operational systems that process, route, and maintain mission data
- Evaluate existing dataflows and identify opportunities for modernization, optimization, and improved reliability
- Support migration of dataflows from hardware-based environments to virtualized and cloud-based platforms
- Develop technical requirements for new or modernized dataflow capabilities
- Rebuild and validate dataflows in coordination with operations teams and other technical stakeholders
- Support analytical requirements and evolving mission needs
- Develop and maintain system architecture diagrams depicting software components, interfaces, dataflows, and system functions
- Support Linux-based software configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades
- Monitor and troubleshoot operational systems and dataflow performance
- Coordinate with systems engineers, operations personnel, analysts, and mission stakeholders to ensure system availability and data delivery
- Support continuous improvement of dataflow processes, system reliability, and operational effectiveness
- Participate in on-call support after approximately six (6) months of on-the-job training
Required Qualifications
- Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- Ten (10) years of experience as a Systems Engineer supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university
- Five (5) additional years of Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working with mission data formats
- Familiarity with Linux operating systems and command-line interfaces for software configuration, maintenance, and upgrades
- Familiarity with Dataflow Management Requests (DMRs)
- Experience using Apache NiFi to build, configure, or manage dataflows
- Experience managing analytical requirements and mission needs
- Experience developing system architecture diagrams that depict software components and system functions
- Experience with one or more of the following technologies:
- Apache ZooKeeper
- Elasticsearch
- Grafana
- Apache NiFi Registry
Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA full-scope polygraph
- Ten years of experience as a Systems Engineer supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline
- Five additional years of Systems Engineering experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree
- Experience working with mission data formats
- Familiarity with Linux operating systems and command-line interfaces
- Familiarity with Dataflow Management Requests
- Experience using Apache NiFi to build, configure, or manage dataflows
- Experience managing analytical requirements and mission needs
- Experience developing system architecture diagrams
- Experience with Apache ZooKeeper, Elasticsearch, Grafana, or Apache NiFi Registry
What We Do
Momentum Engineering understands that our customer's unique missions require innovative software solutions and data-driven engineering methodologies. These approaches leverage DevOps principles and cloud-based automation ensuring that applications and systems can be characterized and reliably measured. Our specialists, working as trusted partners to our customers, have been developing, integrating and maintaining data-centric solutions since our founding in February 2015. Momentum Engineering provides highly-skilled System Engineers, Software Engineers, and formally trained Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Subject Matter Experts to our customers to help them move their missions forward.
