Systems Engineer – NMCC
JCS Solutions LLC · Arlington, VA
$100,000–$119,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role supporting mission-critical IT infrastructure within the National Military Command Center, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance. Day-to-day work spans designing and managing enterprise systems, VMware and Veeam environments, Windows and Linux server administration, STIG-based security hardening, infrastructure modernization, and briefing DoD stakeholders. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable operating in a high-stakes, fast-changing defense environment.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI 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 $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589). 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 (9)
The role title is 'Systems Engineer' but the day-to-day work is primarily operating, administering, and hardening enterprise infrastructure (VMware, Windows Server, Active Directory, RHEL, Veeam) within a DoD facility — closer to systems/network administration (15-1244) than software development. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is noted as a runner-up given the architecture, integration, and requirements-analysis duties.
A Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is listed as a requirement, but the posting explicitly states that 8 years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree — the degree requirement is therefore set to None.
The 8-year experience figure appears as the degree-substitution threshold, not as a standalone role-level minimum; however, given the scope and complexity of the role it is treated as the effective total experience floor.
DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II certification is a hard gate; Security+ CE is listed first with six named alternatives (CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP) — captured as one skill with alternatives.
Hyper-V is listed as a required migration source ('migrating virtual machines from Hyper-V to VMware'), implying hands-on familiarity is expected.
Remedy (ticketing system) is mentioned in the responsibilities section rather than a formal requirements block; included as a required skill given the firm operational language ('Create and maintain Remedy tickets').
DISA compliance experience and Engineering Installation Plans (EIPs) appear under the 'How you will Wow Us' section, which functions as a preferred/bonus block — marked accordingly.
The location is inferred as the Washington, DC metro area based on the role supporting the National Military Command Center (NMCC) at the Pentagon.
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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