Senior Systems Engineer at Altamira Technologies Corp.
Warrenton, VA
$200,000
Jun 28, 2026
Warrenton, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering and integration role supporting mission-critical national security programs within a small, cross-functional team. Day-to-day work spans requirements derivation, interface design, system architecture documentation, network configuration, and verification and validation tasks. The position suits a generalist engineer with a decade of experience across integration, deployment automation, and secure-environment operations who holds at least a Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $150,000–$200,000
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $127,040 (middle half $99,690–$161,310). 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 (6)
The role has four possible work locations: Warrenton, VA; State College, PA; Augusta, GA; and Centennial, CO. The primary CBSA is mapped to the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro (Warrenton, VA falls within that broader region), but candidates may be based in any of the four sites.
The clearance requirement is stated as 'minimum of a TOP SECRET clearance', implying TS or higher (e.g. TS/SCI) may be needed; only the stated minimum (Top Secret) is captured here.
Technologies listed (Java, Elasticsearch, Docker) appear under a 'Familiarity with' qualifier in the experience section, indicating preferred/contextual exposure rather than hard gates.
Bash and Python are listed as examples of scripting tools for deployment automation under the required experience block; they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for that requirement.
The role blends systems engineering, integration, and some software/scripting work, making it a genuine hybrid between Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211) and Computer Occupations, All Other (15-1299); 15-1211 was chosen as the primary given the emphasis on architecture documentation, requirements derivation, and system integration.
Requires a Top 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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