Junior Systems Engineer at CACI International
Colorado Springs, CO
$58,000–$115,900from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level engineering role focused on sustaining a military Satellite Control Network, including the communication systems connecting satellite operations centers to remote tracking stations worldwide. Day-to-day work involves obsolescence analysis on system configuration items, writing engineering analyses with government recommendations, and supporting requirements management — suited to a recent engineering or science graduate with up to three years of experience.
Junior level · National · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $108,178 (middle half $84,682–$137,059). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
Location is not specified in the posting; CACI supports the Satellite Control Network (SCN), which has installations at multiple US sites. No CBSA could be determined.
Clearance is listed as 'None required to start' but the Required qualifications state the candidate 'must have the ability to obtain Secret Clearance' — this is treated as a gate on clearance eligibility, not active possession; set to Secret accordingly.
The salary range ($58,000–$115,900/year) is unusually wide for a Junior role (0–3 years); CACI notes it reflects multiple geographic and contract-rate factors.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily systems/obsolescence analysis (15-1211), but the engineering-of-record framing and satellite communications context could also fit 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other).
Requirements management and functional analysis are listed as required experience areas; 'requirements management' is retained as a named discipline skill since it is explicitly called out as a required competency.
IMDS and ILS-S are listed together as examples of DoD databases under the Desired section; IMDS is used as the primary skill name with ILS-S in alternatives, as they are presented as co-equal examples of the same type of tool.
Obsolescence studies and DoD/Air Force/Space Force Systems Engineering knowledge appear only under Desired and are soft skills/domain knowledge rather than named tools — omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
Travel requirement is up to 10% local travel.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): requirements management.
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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