Systems Engineer Mid-Level
Integrity Technology Consultants, Inc. · Fort Meade, MD
$150,000–$190,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level Systems Engineer role supporting U.S. Government programs, focused on translating user needs and concept-of-operations documents into system requirements, architecture, and design documentation. Day-to-day work spans leading integration and test planning, maintaining Linux systems (including applying security patches), and serving as the technical point of contact between program staff, developers, and government stakeholders. Suits an experienced SE with a TS/SCI clearance including full-scope polygraph.
Senior level · 14+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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 posting is titled 'Mid-level Systems Engineer' but requires 14 years of SE experience — the actual scope and experience demand clearly supports a Senior classification, not Mid.
A TS/SCI with Full-Scope (FS) Polygraph is a hard gate; this is the most restrictive clearance tier and will significantly constrain the candidate pool.
A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering/CS discipline is required, but the JD explicitly allows substitution of 5 additional years of SE experience (19 total) in lieu of the degree — degree requirement is therefore not a hard gate.
Location is not specified in the posting; no CBSA or state could be determined. Given the clearance requirement (TS/SCI + FS Poly), the role is almost certainly in the National Capital Region or another major cleared-contractor hub, but this cannot be confirmed from the text.
'Systems engineering' and 'process improvement' are listed as required skills here because the JD uses firm gating language ('required', 'ability to', 'experienced with') in the Requirements section — these represent the core technical competencies of the role rather than generic soft skills.
IAVA (Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert) remediation and Linux system maintenance are explicitly called out as required in the Requirements section.
Activity/data modeling and performance management appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, activity and data modeling, performance management.
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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