System Engineer Level 2 at SSATI
Fort Meade, MD
$152,000–$206,000from the description
Aug 12, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role supporting a SIGINT Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) program at Fort Meade, MD, with no telework permitted. The engineer owns the full technical lifecycle — requirements analysis, architecture design, systems integration, testing, and cybersecurity documentation — for RF/SIGINT systems in a DoD environment. The position suits a deeply experienced systems engineer with RF background, DoDAF familiarity, and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · 14+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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.
What the occupation pays Median $138,582 (middle half $107,217–$160,197). 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 Aug 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title says 'Level 2' which could imply a mid-level band in the company's internal ladder, but the actual requirements — 14 years of systems engineering experience — clearly support a Senior classification; advertised seniority is set to Mid based on the 'Level 2' framing.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required, but the posting explicitly states that five additional years of SE experience may be substituted for the degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Confluence and Jira are listed together as a single requirement; they are distinct tools used for different purposes (documentation vs. issue tracking) and are emitted as separate skills, each listing the other as an alternative since the posting treats them as a paired requirement.
NiFi and JCIDS appear in the responsibilities/duties section rather than in the Minimum Qualifications block, so they are marked as preferred.
DoDAF and SOA appear in the duties narrative rather than the Minimum Qualifications block and are marked as preferred.
The role is on-site only at Fort Meade, MD; the nearest major CBSA is Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (Fort Meade sits within that metro).
SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used because 'Systems Engineer' in a DoD/SIGINT context spans requirements analysis, architecture, integration, and cybersecurity in a way that does not map cleanly to a single standard SOC; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest runner-up.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570 / IAT II.
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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