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Sr. Staff Systems Engineer

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Westminster, CO, USA
128K-187K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Westminster, CO, USA
128K-187K Annually
Senior level
Leads the definition and delivery of complex software solutions by translating business needs into technical requirements, system designs, and target-state architectures. Partners with product, business, architecture, and engineering teams; identifies dependencies, risks, and architectural impacts; and ensures solutions meet security, scalability, maintainability, and enterprise architecture standards. Provides technical direction throughout solution definition and documents requirements, interfaces, use cases, architectures, and test plans for Agile development teams.
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Systems Engineer – Software Engineering 

Position Summary 

The Systems Engineer partners with product management, business stakeholders, solution architects, and software development teams to define and deliver software solutions that meet business objectives. This role is responsible for translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements, developing system and software designs, and documenting the target-state architecture required to support future capabilities. 

The Systems Engineer serves as the technical lead during solution definition, ensuring requirements are complete, architectures are scalable and maintainable, and software engineering teams have the technical direction needed to successfully implement complex capabilities. 

Responsibilities 

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, product management, and software engineering teams to translate business needs into clear, actionable functional and non-functional technical requirements.  

  • Develop end-to-end software solution designs, define and document current-state and target-state architectures, and identify the changes required to achieve future capabilities.  

  • Identify cross-team dependencies, technical risks, and architectural impacts across multiple software domains.  

  • Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, scalability objectives, and engineering best practices. 

Minimum Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.  

  • 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, solution engineering, or software architecture.  

  • Experience leading requirements analysis and use case definition, and producing interface control documentation, ConOps documentation, and test plans. 

  • Experience translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements for Agile software development teams.  

  • Experience developing software system designs and architecture documentation.  

  • Strong understanding of software architecture, system integration, APIs, and modern software development practices.  

  • Experience with Agile methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).  

  • Excellent analytical, communication, and technical documentation skills.  

  • Preferred Qualifications 

  • Experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems.  

  • Experience with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.  

  • Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar engineering collaboration tools.  

  • INCOSE, SAFe, AWS, Azure, GCP or other relevant technical certifications are preferred.  

Pay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.

● The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $128,000.00 - $170,000.00 - $187,000.00 annually. 

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

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

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

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. 

The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.

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.

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