Lead Systems Engineer

The role is titled 'Lead Systems Engineer' — 'Lead' here functions as a seniority descriptor (senior technical lead for task orders), not a distinct band above Senior; the requirements (8 years total, 5 years domain) and scope (leading a multidisciplinary team on a single program) are consistent with Senior.

The clearance requirement is Active Top Secret with the ability to obtain SCI and SAP access. This is treated as a TS/SCI gate since SCI access must be obtainable.

Cameo and SysML are listed together as examples of MBSE tools ('Cameo, SysML, or equivalent'); Cameo is named as the primary with SysML captured as an alternative, since both are named explicitly.

'Satellite ground systems' is used as a proxy skill to represent the 5-year domain experience requirement (space, satellite ground systems, C2, telemetry, mission management); no single named tool covers this requirement.

SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used because Systems Engineering as a discipline — spanning requirements, integration, test, and technical baseline management — does not map cleanly to any single listed SOC; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest runner-up.

The preferred qualifications section lists experience with specific DoD organizations (USSF, SSC, NRO, MDA, etc.), TS/SCI and SAP program experience, cloud/hybrid architectures, Agile/DevSecOps/CI/CD environments, and an INCOSE certification (ASEP/CSEP/ESEP) — all marked as preferred.

A Master's degree is listed under preferred qualifications; the hard minimum is a Bachelor's degree.

Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, cloud architecture.

Requires a TS/SCI 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.