Senior Systems Engineer IV at Red Canyon Engineering & Software
$115,000–$135,000
Jul 1, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior systems engineering role supporting the sustainment and enhancement of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System, which handles command, control, communications, and data processing for polar-orbiting Earth observation satellites. Day-to-day work involves verification and integration testing, requirements definition with stakeholders, and systems engineering documentation, with cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry) and microservices experience being relevant. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable leading technical teams on large, complex government ground systems.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $115,000–$135,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer systems analysts). range 2,350–8,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 (9)
The title 'Senior Systems Engineer IV' blends systems engineering (SE process, documentation, verification & validation) with hands-on software/cloud work, making the SOC classification genuinely ambiguous between 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). The primary framing — SE documentation (SEMP, test plans, SSPs), I&T test execution, and stakeholder requirements management — tips toward 15-1211, but the deep software-stack requirements (Java, JavaScript, microservices, Cloud Foundry/Kubernetes) make 15-1252 a credible alternative.
Java, JavaScript, SQL Server, NoSQL, REST/SOAP/XML, Cloud Foundry, and Kubernetes all appear in the main requirements body as direct experience gates, so they are treated as hard requirements.
The Cloud SME / BPIO section is explicitly labeled 'Recommended for the role but not a requirement,' so cloud platform experience (represented here as AWS or similar) is marked preferred.
NASA/NOAA SE process familiarity is described as 'ideal but not required' — omitted from the skills list as it is explicitly optional.
Cross-functional disciplines (RMA, SMA, Systems Security, etc.) and NOAA/NASA SE documentation experience appear in the main requirements body but name no specific technology or tool, so they are not emitted as skills per extraction rules.
The experience range of 8–15+ years is stated at the role level; 8 is used as the overall years minimum per the minimum-of-range rule.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
No security clearance is mentioned as a gate; the role supports a government program but the posting does not require candidates to hold or obtain a clearance.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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