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System Engineer L2 (RF, NiFi, Data Flow)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Howard County, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
20 August 2026 (3 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
17 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Unisity LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing expert services in the Information Technology fields. We pride ourselves on delivering what is promised as some would say we just do. We are highly-qualified self-driven professionals who work towards a common goal as a team leading when appropriate and following when needed.
Description:
Analyzes users requirements concept of operations documents and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities. Guides users in formulating requirements advises alternative approaches and conducts feasibility studies. Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements design and technology. Incorporates new plans designs and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation system architecture and system design documentation. Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems issues or conflicts. Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates with other program personnel government overseers and senior executives.
Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) etc.
Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans Initial Capabilities Documents Requirements specifications and Interface Control Documents.
Assist with the development of system requirements functional requirements and allocation of the same to individual hardware software facility and personnel components.
Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings design reviews program reviews and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations.
Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components.
Generate alternative system concepts physical architectures and design solutions.
Define the methods processes and evaluation criteria by which the systems subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.
Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis.
Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS) work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP).
Participate in the development of system engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans Initial Capabilities Documents Requirements Specifications and Interface Control Documents.
Participate in interface definition design and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle.
Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness.
Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill and ensure these requirements are complete correct unique unambiguous realizable and verifiable.
Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements designs interfaces test procedures etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers.
Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality Integrity Non repudiation and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g. Identification Authentication Access Control Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords cryptography discretionary access control mandatory access control hashing key management etc.).
Implement comprehensive SOA solutions.
Implement operational view technical standards view and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards.
Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate comprehensive and complete.
Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan.
In conjunction with system stakeholders plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions.
Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements consider impacts prior to commitment to change gain stakeholder buy-in eliminate ambiguity ensure traceability to source requirements and track and settle open actions.
Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance.
Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes).
Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents (i.e. Initial Capability Document Capabilities Description Document IA Strategy).
Provide technical direction for the development engineering interfacing integration and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation analysis and functional allocation conducting systems requirements reviews developing concepts of operation and interface standards developing system architectures and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis.
Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system the user and the environment that satisfies operational support maintenance and disposal needs.
Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability Maintainability Vulnerability Survivability Produceability etc.
Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces.
Required Qualifications:
Fourteen (14) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity is required.
Bachelors degree in System Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Science Engineering Management or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
Required Technical Skills:
Experience with Radio Frequency (RF) systems with understanding of analog to digital dataflow and conversion processes.
Access production NiFi and ensure that inbound data is operational/flowing correctly.
Data management requests (DMRs) and change (DCRs) submissions.
Preliminary system design with capability to explain system design to stakeholders.
Coordinate any data samples needed.
Prior experience with requesting IPs be added to System Security Plans.
Ensure there are no backlogs/errors of data.
Assist customers with data formatting issues.
Experience with creating and updating engineering and RF antenna drawings and network diagrams.
Capable of creating dataflow diagrams documenting the network connections required for system functionality.
Experience with Confluence/Jira used for communication and documentation.
Required Certifications:
Active IAT II CWIP / DoD 8570 compliant certification (i.e. Security) REQUIRED.
Due to federal contract requirements United States Citizenship and a position appropriate security clearance is required you must have an Active TS/SCI security clearance with customer appropriate polygraph.
Salary:COMING SOON(Annually)
Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience knowledge skills and competencies; certifications and geographic location.
Benefits Package:
Unisity LLC believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 12% of each employees gross compensation to the company 401k plan with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
Unisity LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Affirmative Action Statement:
Unisity LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities women individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Accommodations:
Unisity LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process please contact us at We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.
Description:
Analyzes users requirements concept of operations documents and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities. Guides users in formulating requirements advises alternative approaches and conducts feasibility studies. Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements design and technology. Incorporates new plans designs and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation system architecture and system design documentation. Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems issues or conflicts. Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates with other program personnel government overseers and senior executives.
Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) etc.
Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans Initial Capabilities Documents Requirements specifications and Interface Control Documents.
Assist with the development of system requirements functional requirements and allocation of the same to individual hardware software facility and personnel components.
Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings design reviews program reviews and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations.
Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components.
Generate alternative system concepts physical architectures and design solutions.
Define the methods processes and evaluation criteria by which the systems subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.
Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis.
Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS) work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP).
Participate in the development of system engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans Initial Capabilities Documents Requirements Specifications and Interface Control Documents.
Participate in interface definition design and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle.
Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness.
Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill and ensure these requirements are complete correct unique unambiguous realizable and verifiable.
Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements designs interfaces test procedures etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers.
Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality Integrity Non repudiation and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g. Identification Authentication Access Control Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords cryptography discretionary access control mandatory access control hashing key management etc.).
Implement comprehensive SOA solutions.
Implement operational view technical standards view and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards.
Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate comprehensive and complete.
Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan.
In conjunction with system stakeholders plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions.
Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements consider impacts prior to commitment to change gain stakeholder buy-in eliminate ambiguity ensure traceability to source requirements and track and settle open actions.
Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance.
Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes).
Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents (i.e. Initial Capability Document Capabilities Description Document IA Strategy).
Provide technical direction for the development engineering interfacing integration and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation analysis and functional allocation conducting systems requirements reviews developing concepts of operation and interface standards developing system architectures and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis.
Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system the user and the environment that satisfies operational support maintenance and disposal needs.
Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability Maintainability Vulnerability Survivability Produceability etc.
Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces.
Required Qualifications:
Fourteen (14) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity is required.
Bachelors degree in System Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Science Engineering Management or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
Required Technical Skills:
Experience with Radio Frequency (RF) systems with understanding of analog to digital dataflow and conversion processes.
Access production NiFi and ensure that inbound data is operational/flowing correctly.
Data management requests (DMRs) and change (DCRs) submissions.
Preliminary system design with capability to explain system design to stakeholders.
Coordinate any data samples needed.
Prior experience with requesting IPs be added to System Security Plans.
Ensure there are no backlogs/errors of data.
Assist customers with data formatting issues.
Experience with creating and updating engineering and RF antenna drawings and network diagrams.
Capable of creating dataflow diagrams documenting the network connections required for system functionality.
Experience with Confluence/Jira used for communication and documentation.
Required Certifications:
Active IAT II CWIP / DoD 8570 compliant certification (i.e. Security) REQUIRED.
Due to federal contract requirements United States Citizenship and a position appropriate security clearance is required you must have an Active TS/SCI security clearance with customer appropriate polygraph.
Salary:COMING SOON(Annually)
Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience knowledge skills and competencies; certifications and geographic location.
Benefits Package:
Unisity LLC believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 12% of each employees gross compensation to the company 401k plan with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
- A Choice of Medical Plan Options some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Vision and Dental
- Unisity LLC provides an additional 12% of employees gross compensation to be used for benefits any remaining funds are then forwarded to the employee as taxable income
- Life and AD&D Benefits (Company Paid)
- Short and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid)
Unisity LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Affirmative Action Statement:
Unisity LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities women individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Accommodations:
Unisity LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process please contact us at We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.
Required Experience:
IC
