Hiring: Senior IT Systems Engineer - JobID-0280 Company: Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) Location: San Diego, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:58:40 Employment Type: Full-time / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Assembly, Defense Industry, Linux, OpenShift, Red Hat, Security Clearance, Subnetting, Systems Integration, TCP/IP About the job Experience: •5+ year’s of experience working with DoD and Naval C4I or combat systems Required Skills: •Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense technology company, is seeking a Systems Engineer to be part of our Integrated Mission Systems (IMS) team and based out of our San Diego, CA location. •Lead, mentor, and task a team of matrixed systems and network engineers, enforcing high engineering standards and directing engineering workflows. •Provide IT systems support on IDT and government physical and virtualized environment assets located within IDT and Navy labs. •Install and provision newly purchased pieces of hardware equipment and evaluate future hardware needs. Conduct market research and recommend hardware and software architectures and modifications to meet or exceed project and IDT requirements. •Implement, maintain, and review security processes to maintain compliance and ensure user permissions are set accordingly, leading the team in updating DISA STIG checklists and preparing systems for RMF assessments •Interact with technical members from multiple internal and external organizations in a team environment. Establish roles and responsibilities, collective performance objectives and schedule goals to meet requirements. •Establish and maintain up-to-date documentation on system infrastructures. •Troubleshoot basic issues on end-user, infrastructure, and customer applications. Qualifications: •All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. •This is an on-site position. Requiring at least 4 days in office, based out of our San Diego, CA location and nearby government facilities. Compensation: •$135,000 - $273,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!