ME00495-Systems Engineer 5

Momentum Engineering, Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication-ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers' critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking a Systems Engineer to support analytic developers and CNE analysts in the development of custom network signatures for identification, filtering, extraction, and processing of network traffic
• The role involves tracking requirements, managing team taskings, documenting completed work, and serving as the primary interface with customers
• The ideal candidate will ensure technical tasks align with mission objectives and that workflow is coordinated across teams to maximize efficiency and effectiveness

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor system and project requirements to ensure all development efforts meet customer objectives
• Assign, track, and follow up on team taskings to ensure timely completion of analytic and engineering work
• Record completed work, system changes, and analysis results in a clear and organized manner to support project continuity and auditability
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and customers to clarify requirements, provide status updates, and address technical questions
• Facilitate the development and implementation of signatures used for the custom identification, filtering, extraction, and processing of network traffic
• Work closely with analytic developers, CNE analysts, and other engineers to ensure proper implementation of requirements and solutions
• Identify workflow bottlenecks and propose enhancements to improve team efficiency and technical output

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
• A Bachelor's Degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience
• Experience with network analysis to support Metadata Traffic Analysis
• Experience with capturing and documenting artifacts with Jira, Gitlab, and Confluence
• Strong customer outreach and product marketing skills for interfacing with mission and capabilities partners
• General knowledge and understanding of techniques, tools, behaviors and strategies used in computer network exploitation
• Familiarly with more common network protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, SMTP, SSH, etc.)
• Knowledge of processing systems to write plugins and fingerprints

Desired Qualifications

• No desired qualifications listed at this time

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The pay range for this role is:

160,000 - 225,000 USD per year ( Maryland Office )