Senior Systems Engineer

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

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This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at Top Secret and/or DHS/CBP suitability level.

Vantor is currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Falcon team. This role can be performed remotely within the continental United States.

As a Vantor team member, you will have the opportunity to closely support our mission partners, and your work will have a direct impact on delivering reliable, mission-focused systems that enable timely operational awareness and data-driven decision-making. In this role, you'll work closely with software engineers, data scientists, end-users, and customer stakeholders to design, integrate, and sustain scalable systems that support complex mission workflows.

About Us:

• We are a multi-faceted software development and data science team working to build, integrate, and maintain analytical capabilities and supporting applications for mission partners.
• Our diverse background of experience in mission support, research and development, software delivery, and operational integration serves as a catalyst to solve unique and challenging intelligence problems.
• Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to our delivery approach, anchored by a need to ensure accuracy, reliability, scalability, and timeliness in support of the customer’s mission.
• Culture matters! The Falcon team values clear communication, technical ownership, collaboration without ego, and fostering each other’s growth through feedback and flexibility.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Leading and contributing to the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of mission-focused systems that support analytical workflows, operational users, and data-intensive applications. You will help translate mission and user needs into technical requirements, system designs, interface definitions, deployment patterns, and operational processes. You will partner with software engineers and data scientists to ensure applications, data pipelines, infrastructure components, and external integrations operate together reliably, securely, and at mission speed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a US citizen.
• Current Top Secret security clearance or DHS/CBP suitability.
• Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related technical field (4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. A master's degree may count as an additional 2 years of experience.).
• 8+ years demonstrated professional experience in systems engineering, software systems integration, technical architecture, requirements development, or mission system sustainment.
• Experience translating mission, operational, and stakeholder needs into technical requirements, system designs, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Working knowledge of modern software, data, and infrastructure concepts, including APIs, databases, cloud or cloud-like environments, containerization, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience supporting system integration, test planning, verification and validation, troubleshooting, and operational readiness activities.
• Working knowledge of agile delivery practices and tools, such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab.
• Strong verbal, written, documentation, and organizational skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Must be willing to work in a remote setting or nearby Vantor facility and comfortable communicating via video calls.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of systems engineering experience supporting mission, defense, homeland security, intelligence, or operational technology programs.
• Experience developing system architectures, interface control documents, CONOPS, requirements traceability matrices, test plans, deployment plans, and operational support documentation.
• Experience with cloud or cloud-like environments such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, or similar platforms.
• Experience with containerized deployments and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience supporting CI/CD tools and workflows such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, Harness, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, performance analysis, and reliability improvement for production systems.
• Familiarity with low-latency, streaming, or event-driven data processing technologies and paradigms, such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with SQL databases, data stores, and data lake/table formats, such as PostgreSQL, Apache Iceberg, or similar technologies.
• Experience coordinating across software engineering, data science, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, customer, and mission user communities.
• Understanding of security, compliance, authorization, and change-management practices for systems operating in controlled or mission-sensitive environments.
• You are a creative problem-solver who wants to apply practical, reliable technologies for the good of humanity and to keep our country safe.

Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings.  The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

The base pay for this position within California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and for all other states is:

Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.