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Senior Systems Engineer

Astrion

San Antonio, TX • $110,000 to $140,000 / yr • 10/21/2026

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER

LOCATION: Lackland AFB, TX

JOB STATUS:Full-time

CLEARANCE: TS/SCI

TRAVEL:Limited, as needed

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineerdirectly suporting the Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division (HNC) within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)which is located at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas.

QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS:

  • Must be US Citizen
  • Active TS/SCI clearance is required;
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 4 years of experience in an engineering role with 2 years in a DoD Environment
  • Knowledge of Cyber Situational Awareness, to include Security Information and Event Management (SIEM: Atc, Splunk, Elastic Stack, etc.) and/or other cyber tools
  • Understand risks with the probabilities/consequences and creating risk matrices.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS:

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of interdisciplinary engineering experience and exposure to procurement activities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include but not limited to:

  • Provides the Early Systems Engineering Program with engineering and acquisition support; vocalize and apply technical expertise on the systems engineering policies and processes.
  • Apply engineering expertise to systems and subsystems including configuration management, data management, security and other technical integration functions.
  • Manages complex system interfaces, identify and document interfaces, and assure the effective integration of multiple subsystems.
  • Ensure system requirements meet user requirements; utilize user requirements to design, develop, fabricate, test, and evaluate system concepts, perform assessments, and review the system design.
  • Perform and/or support capability analyses and COTS/GOTS evaluation, select components, and develop system interfaces to ensure compliance with DoD and commercially accepted standards and requirements.
  • Constructs models and simulations of systems to demonstrate the ability to meet user requirements.
  • Conducts engineering performance, cost-effectiveness, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessment, and scheduling trade-off studies and document this information in a technical report as directed by the task order.
  • Provide aid or guidance as necessary in the accomplishment of other engineering tasks.