Senior Systems Engineer Verified today
About the Role
Vantor is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Falcon team. You will lead and contribute to the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of mission-focused systems that support analytical workflows, operational users, and data-intensive applications.
You will translate mission and user needs into technical requirements, system designs, interface definitions, deployment patterns, and operational processes. You will partner with software engineers and data scientists to ensure applications, data pipelines, infrastructure components, and external integrations operate together reliably, securely, and at mission speed.
About Vantor
Vantor is a software development and data science team building analytical capabilities and supporting applications for mission partners. The team brings diverse experience in mission support, research and development, software delivery, and operational integration.
The Falcon team values clear communication, technical ownership, collaboration without ego, and fostering growth through feedback and flexibility.
Minimum Qualifications
- U.S. Citizen
- Current Top Secret security clearance or DHS/CBP suitability
- Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, computer science, information systems, software engineering, or related technical field (4 additional years experience may substitute; master's degree counts as 2 additional years)
- 8+ years demonstrated professional experience in systems engineering, software systems integration, technical architecture, requirements development, or mission system sustainment
- Experience translating mission, operational, and stakeholder needs into technical requirements, system designs, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans
- Working knowledge of modern software, data, and infrastructure concepts including APIs, databases, cloud or cloud-like environments, containerization, and CI/CD workflows
- Experience supporting system integration, test planning, verification and validation, troubleshooting, and operational readiness activities
- Working knowledge of agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab
- Strong verbal, written, documentation, and organizational skills with ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Willing to work remotely or at nearby Vantor facility and comfortable communicating via video calls
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years systems engineering experience supporting mission, defense, homeland security, intelligence, or operational technology programs
- Experience developing system architectures, interface control documents, CONOPS, requirements traceability matrices, test plans, deployment plans, and operational support documentation
- Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, or similar platforms
- Experience with containerized deployments and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience supporting CI/CD tools and workflows such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, Harness, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, performance analysis, and reliability improvement for production systems
- Familiarity with low-latency, streaming, or event-driven data processing technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or similar tools
- Familiarity with SQL databases and data stores such as PostgreSQL, Apache Iceberg, or similar technologies
- Experience coordinating across software engineering, data science, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, customer, and mission user communities
- Understanding of security, compliance, authorization, and change-management practices for systems in controlled or mission-sensitive environments
Compensation
Base pay: $180,000 - $210,000. Actual pay determined by experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic location, and market conditions.
Benefits
Vantor offers 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
Location
Remote within continental United States.