Systems Engineer at Abacus Technology
San Antonio, TX
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Jul 5, 2026
San Antonio, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role supporting a military command, control, communications, and intelligence directorate at Lackland AFB. Day-to-day work involves reviewing program portfolios, maintaining technical baselines, conducting system-level testing, preparing technical documentation, and supporting acquisition through sustainment activities. Suited to engineers with DoD background, familiarity with the full system development lifecycle, and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Mid level · 3+ years · San Antonio, TX · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled 'Systems Engineer' but the day-to-day work is primarily systems analysis, requirements elicitation, trade-off analysis, and technical documentation in a DoD acquisition/sustainment context — closer to Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211) than to software development. 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the defense/C3I systems engineering flavor.
Degree requirement is listed as a Bachelor's in a related field, but the JD explicitly states 'additional years of experience may be substituted for degree requirements' — treated as no hard degree gate.
The 3+ years in a DoD environment is stated as a sub-requirement within the overall 3+ years of systems engineering experience; the overall years minimum is set to 3 accordingly.
Digital Engineering, Digital Thread, and Digital Twin are explicitly called out as required techniques in the qualifications section.
SEAM (Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model) is listed as a required compliance framework in the responsibilities section.
No compensation figures were provided in the posting.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD systems engineering, Digital Engineering, process modeling, trade space analysis.
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.
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