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title: Systems Engineer Lead at Booz Allen Hamilton
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| **Company** | [Booz Allen Hamilton](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/booz-allen-hamilton?utm_source=ai_markdown) |
| **Location** | Fayetteville, NC (Hybrid) |
| **Salary** | $99K/yr - $225K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Oct 14, 2026 |
## Description

Systems Engineer, Lead

**The Opportunity:** 

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in simulation training environments for our United States military? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission.

As a Systems Engineer Lead on our team, your focus will be on leading people and driving project execution. You’ll provide hands‑on leadership to a large team of engineers by setting priorities, managing workloads, and fostering a culture of accountability, communication, and professional growth, all the while balancing operational priorities. Your role will focus on coordinating day‑to‑day engineering efforts, ensuring projects remain on schedule, and resolving obstacles that impact delivery. You will oversee engineering activities across software development, architecture design, network engineering, system engineering, information assurance—ensuring the right people are aligned to the right tasks and supported with clear guidance. You’ll mentor engineers, develop processes that strengthen team performance, and help shape how work is executed across an enterprise network. By understanding project requirements, aligning resources, and reinforcing technical rigor and best practices, you’ll increase the team’s effectiveness and help improve the reliability, security, and availability of critical systems. Your leadership will empower the team to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful improvements in support of national security-related missions.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

**You Have:** 

- 10+ years of experience in IT Engineering
- Experience working in the Special Operations Community
- Experience with performing capacity planning and performance monitoring to proactively address potential bottlenecks and recommend scaling solutions
- Experience with managing complex projects from initiation to completion, while coordinating with cross-functional teams
- Experience with mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers
- Ability to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of critical enterprise IT infrastructure, including server, storage, virtualization, and cloud environments
- Ability to develop and maintain strategic roadmaps for systems technology evolution
- Ability to assist in establishing and enforcing system configuration, change management, and security policies across the server landscape
- TS/SCI clearance
- HS diploma or GED

**Nice If You Have:** 

- Experience with conducting root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents, implementing corrective and preventive measures to minimize future disruptions
- Experience in Windows Server or Linux operating systems
- Experience with architecting and implementing high-availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) solutions to ensure maximum system uptime and business continuity
- Experience with driving automation initiatives across system deployment, monitoring, and maintenance using scripting languages, such as PowerShell and Python
- Experience with expert-level administration and troubleshooting of Virtualization platforms, such as VMware vSphere, or Microsoft Hyper-V
- Knowledge of Enterprise Storage and Backup solutions, such as SAN, NAS, object storage, Veeam, and Commvault
- Knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and identity management systems

**Clearance:**

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

**Compensation**

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

**Identity Statement**

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

**Candidate AI Usage Policy**

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on **your** own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited **unless permission is explicitly provided**.

**Work Model**  
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

- **Remote**: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- **Hybrid**: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- **Onsite**: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

**Commitment to Non-Discrimination**

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
## Skills

- High Availability Systems
- Cloud Computing
- Open Web Application Security Project (Owasp)
- Scripting
- ICT Infrastructure
- Hyper-V
- Enterprise Storage Systems
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dhcp)
- Active Directory
- Investigation
- Network Engineering
- System Deployment
- Systems Engineering
- Object Storage
- Python
- Architectural Design
- Automation
- Commvault
- Root Cause Analysis
- System Configuration
- Group Policy (Windows)
- Microsoft Windows Server
- VMware vSphere
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- Project Execution
- Performance Monitoring
- Windows PowerShell
- IT Infrastructure
- Mentoring
- Security Policies
- Coordinating
- Information Assurance
- Distributed Directory Information Services
- Leadership
- Maintenance
- Linux
- Domain Name System
- National Security
- Strategic Roadmaps
- Disaster Recovery
- Communication
- Change Management
- Virtualization
- Backup and Recovery
- Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (Ts/sci Clearance)
- Business Continuity
- Capacity Planning
## Benefits

- Disability Insurance
- Professional Development
- Financial Aid/Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance

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