Senior Systems Engineer at Parsons Corporation
Huntsville, AL
$134,100–$241,400from the description
Aug 11, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports the Missile Defense Agency's Chief Digital Officer mission, combining cloud architecture, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and AI/digital ecosystem integration. The engineer will design secure API integrations, build AI-enabled data pipelines and enterprise dashboards, support DevSecOps pipelines, and provide technical guidance to government leadership. It suits an experienced systems engineer with a background in DoD or defense programs.
Senior level · 10+ years · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (7)
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting; CBSA fields are left blank. Given the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) customer, the role likely sits near a major MDA hub (e.g., Huntsville, AL or the DC metro area), but this cannot be confirmed from the posting alone.
SOC classification is a judgement call: the role blends systems engineering (MBSE/SysML), software/API integration, AI pipeline development, and cloud architecture. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) was chosen as the best fit for a broad systems-engineering-plus-digital-engineering hybrid; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a plausible runner-up given the emphasis on building integrations, pipelines, and dashboards.
The required experience floor is 10+ years per the Required Skills section; the Desired Skills section mentions 12+ years tied to a preferred MS degree — the 10-year figure is used as the overall years minimum.
An active or interim Secret clearance is listed as required in the Required Skills section and confirmed again in the Security Clearance Requirement section.
Cameo, MagicDraw, Sparx EA, and Rhapsody are listed together as interchangeable MBSE tooling options under Desired Skills; Power BI, Tableau, Grafana, and Kibana are similarly grouped as dashboard tool alternatives.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design and integration.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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