The Role
Lead technical modernization and enforce enterprise engineering standards across platform-aligned product teams. Drive application refactoring, CI/CD and release-train management, performance tuning, and technical debt reduction while ensuring compliance with federal security baselines. Collaborate with government leadership, product owners, and vendors; produce engineering documentation, reference architectures, and configuration baselines.
Summary Generated by Built In
GCyber is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for a critical program supporting the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Software Yard - Capability Development Branch. The Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for providing engineering leadership, establishing consistent technical approaches, and driving application modernization and technical debt reduction strategies across assigned technology platforms.
In this role you will serve as a technical leader for enforcing architectural coherence, enterprise standards, and long-term sustainability across platform-aligned Product Teams. Working within a vendor-heavy environment, you will translate complex mission needs into scalable, secure, and continuously delivered capabilities.
This position is located in Kearneysville, WV, and will be a hybrid position (2-3 days/week onsite).
As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will:
In this role you will serve as a technical leader for enforcing architectural coherence, enterprise standards, and long-term sustainability across platform-aligned Product Teams. Working within a vendor-heavy environment, you will translate complex mission needs into scalable, secure, and continuously delivered capabilities.
This position is located in Kearneysville, WV, and will be a hybrid position (2-3 days/week onsite).
As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will:
- Lead and enforce consistent engineering approaches and technical standards across multiple Product Teams developing applications on assigned platforms.
- Drive technical modernization initiatives, including application refactoring, code modernization, and comprehensive technical debt reduction.
- Oversee continuous software delivery pipelines and lead disciplined release train management activities aligned with enterprise requirements.
- Architect and execute complex performance tuning, scalability enhancements, and deep root-cause analysis for system and software failures.
- Ensure all engineered capabilities and automated deployment frameworks strictly comply with federal security standards, government baselines, and DISA STIGs.
- Embed technical continuity within the Capability Development branch, preventing the accumulation of brittle, siloed systems that increase cybersecurity risk.
- Collaborate closely with government leadership, Product Owners, and external vendors to shape and prioritize product backlogs based on technical and mission demands.
- Create, review, and maintain comprehensive engineering documentation, reference architectures, configuration baselines, and standard operating procedures.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security).
- 6+ years of relevant technical experience, prior experience supporting USCG of DHS preferred
- Senior-level systems engineering experience leading software system modernization, infrastructure engineering, or enterprise platform management.
- Proven experience design-leading application refactoring, systemic bug mitigation, and technical debt extraction within complex environments.
- Comprehensive operational understanding of modern software delivery architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and disciplined release train management.
- Strong experience engineering solutions that mitigate cybersecurity risks and enforce architectural coherence across multiple technology domains.
- Proficiency steering engineering tasks and managing technical baselines within enterprise tools (such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow).
- Strong foundational understanding of diverse IT domains including enterprise virtualization, software-defined infrastructure, network boundaries, and enterprise storage.
- Familiarity with PEO C5I enterprise strategies, architectural policies, and command structures.
- Relevant enterprise-level certifications highly preferred (e.g., AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect, VMware VCP/VVC, or Red Hat Certified Engineer).
- Advanced understanding of container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Tanzu, OpenShift) and automating containerized software workloads.
- Experience leading engineering teams or serving as a primary technical liaison in a high-density, multi-vendor environment.
Skills Required
- Active DoD Secret Clearance
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security)
- 6+ years of relevant technical experience
- Senior-level systems engineering experience leading software system modernization, infrastructure engineering, or enterprise platform management
- Experience leading application refactoring, systemic bug mitigation, and technical debt extraction
- Operational understanding of modern software delivery architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and release train management
- Experience engineering solutions that mitigate cybersecurity risks and enforce architectural coherence
- Proficiency with enterprise tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow)
- Foundational understanding of enterprise virtualization, software-defined infrastructure, network boundaries, and enterprise storage
- Familiarity with PEO C5I enterprise strategies, architectural policies, and command structures
- Enterprise-level certifications (AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, VMware VCP/VVC, Red Hat Certified Engineer)
- Advanced understanding of container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Tanzu, OpenShift) and automating containerized workloads
- Experience leading engineering teams or serving as a primary technical liaison in a multi-vendor environment
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The Company
What We Do
GCyber was founded to create innovative information technology solutions for the federal, state, and commercial markets. GCyber engineers have provided professional services supporting the information technology industry for over 15 years. Along with our engineering staff, we have relationships with partners, vendors, and analysts who have specialized expertise in the federal market. GCyber’s broad experience, focus toward execution with measurable results, and commitment to innovation provide responsive and long-lasting solutions to our customers. It is the mission of GCyber to always remain focused on our customer’s goals and improving their existing landscape. Our company accomplishes this by focusing on opportunities for innovation, while remaining mindful of industry successes and failures in the deployment of technologies. If your road map needs increasingly innovative solutions, GCyber can help you get there.
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