Senior Systems Engineer
dragos • United States
Posted: August 5, 2026
Job Description
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Systems Engineer to join our Network Collections team. This role will use their deep system-level knowledge and experience to build and deliver a high-performance, minimal footprint network sensor to ingest and process Operational Technology (OT)/ Industrial Control System (ICS) network traffic. You will assist the team with the design, configuration, build, and deployment process for a reliable, efficient, and maintainable network sensor application for OT environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement lightweight and efficient workflows to build artifacts, manage dependencies, and deliver highly effective and reliable products.
- Collaborate with other development teams to ensure cohesive and intelligent solutions across the Systems Engineering community and organization at large, adhering to industry best practices and Dragos Engineering standards.
- Apply systems engineering principles throughout the systems development life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Validation, Delivery, and Support.
- Support production deployments and incident response when necessary.
- Formulates plans and guides the development and implementation of engineering solution(s), including deployment, resource requirements, testing, documentation, integration, and compliance.
- Ensures the maintainability and post-deployment stability of the team’s product.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices within your domain.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in system design, build, and integration.
- Cybersecurity experience
- Extensive experience in Linux packaging and package managers, as well as compiling and packaging code from source.
- Strong experience with configuration management tools and concepts
- Experience with artifact management (i.e. Artifactory) and industry standard tooling for both general purposes and language-specific package formats (Linux package management, cargo, go build, npm, maven/gradle, etc)
- Deep Linux configuration experience, with a focus on kernel parameter tuning and systemd service management, for resource-constrained, minimal footprint deployments.
- Experience deploying and maintaining on-prem AI/ML systems, including model serving infrastructure and integration into constrained network environments.
- Experience with industry standard CICD tooling (Github Actions preferred)
- Experience with container orchestration (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure)
- Experience with NGINX ingress configuration and management in Kubernetes environments
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Makefile)
- Experience working with modern programming languages (Rust preferred)
- Proficient understanding of networking concepts
Compensation:
- Salary: $165,000
- Competitive Equity Package
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
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Additional Content
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Systems Engineer to join our Network Collections team. This role will use their deep system-level knowledge and experience to build and deliver a high-performance, minimal footprint network sensor to ingest and process Operational Technology (OT)/ Industrial Control System (ICS) network traffic. You will assist the team with the design, configuration, build, and deployment process for a reliable, efficient, and maintainable network sensor application for OT environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement lightweight and efficient workflows to build artifacts, manage dependencies, and deliver highly effective and reliable products.
- Collaborate with other development teams to ensure cohesive and intelligent solutions across the Systems Engineering community and organization at large, adhering to industry best practices and Dragos Engineering standards.
- Apply systems engineering principles throughout the systems development life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Validation, Delivery, and Support.
- Support production deployments and incident response when necessary.
- Formulates plans and guides the development and implementation of engineering solution(s), including deployment, resource requirements, testing, documentation, integration, and compliance.
- Ensures the maintainability and post-deployment stability of the team’s product.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices within your domain.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in system design, build, and integration.
- Cybersecurity experience
- Extensive experience in Linux packaging and package managers, as well as compiling and packaging code from source.
- Strong experience with configuration management tools and concepts
- Experience with artifact management (i.e. Artifactory) and industry standard tooling for both general purposes and language-specific package formats (Linux package management, cargo, go build, npm, maven/gradle, etc)
- Deep Linux configuration experience, with a focus on kernel parameter tuning and systemd service management, for resource-constrained, minimal footprint deployments.
- Experience deploying and maintaining on-prem AI/ML systems, including model serving infrastructure and integration into constrained network environments.
- Experience with industry standard CICD tooling (Github Actions preferred)
- Experience with container orchestration (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure)
- Experience with NGINX ingress configuration and management in Kubernetes environments
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Makefile)
- Experience working with modern programming languages (Rust preferred)
- Proficient understanding of networking concepts
Compensation:
- Salary: $165,000
- Competitive Equity Package
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
#LI-NH1 #LI-REMOTE