Senior Staff Systems Engineer

Why This Role Matters 

The Senior Staff Systems Engineer for Mission Support Systems owns the enterprise systems JCO operations run on. You shape the data contracts and integration patterns connecting crew records, qualification tracking, scheduling, and reporting, reconcile requirements across divisions and partner nations, and define how those systems are supposed to behave under operational load. The user base spans multiple time zones and partner organizations, so changes are evaluated against operational impact before they ship. 

What You Own 

• Own the end-to-end mission support solution spanning crew records, qualifications, scheduling, and readiness reporting. 
• Shape the data architecture: entities, relationships, data contracts, and integration patterns between platforms. 
• Design and maintain the access control model, including security groups, permissions, and trust boundaries across partner organizations. 
• Reconcile conflicting requirements between operational divisions, training, evaluation, and partner nations. 
• Define what good looks like for mission support systems and how system health is measured. 
• Lead trade studies on build-versus-configure, platform selection, and automation approach with documented rationale. 
• Turn operational incidents and failed workflows into architecture and process changes, and grow engineers behind you. 

What You Bring 

Required Education & Experience 

• High School Diploma/GED and 14+ years of relevant experience, OR 
• Associate degree in a related field and 12+ years of relevant experience, OR 
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 10+ years of relevant experience, OR 
• Master’s degree in a related field and 8+ years of relevant experience 

Must-Have 

• Demonstrated ownership of an enterprise system supporting operational users, from requirements through sustainment in production. 
• Experience designing data models and access control architecture for systems serving multiple user populations and trust boundaries. 
• Proven ability to elicit requirements from operational stakeholders and translate them into working, documented solutions. 
• Hands-on development of workflow automation and reporting layers with measurable reduction in manual effort. 
• Experience managing platform integration and vendor relationships, including corrective action when upstream changes break operational workflows. 
• Track record sustaining a distributed user base across time zones and partner organizations through documentation, training, and direct support. 

Preferred 

• Active TS/SCI. 
• Administration experience with work-management or LMS platforms such as ClickUp, Canvas, Jira, or ServiceNow, including automation development. 
• Experience supporting international or partner-nation users and coordinating access across organizational boundaries. 
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent information technology certification. 

Salary Range (CO)

$155,000—$185,000 USD

Clearance Requirement: This position may require an active TS/SCI Clearance. Current clearance holders are strongly encouraged to apply. If you don't currently hold one, Bluestaq will sponsor eligible candidates through the clearance process based on program needs.

Relocation: Relocation assistance is available for full-time positions.

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About Bluestaq
At Bluestaq, we build secure data platforms that matter for space missions, national defense, healthcare systems, and commercial innovation. Founded in 2018, we've become a leader in enterprise software and secure data management by staying focused on what counts: modern architecture, operational excellence, and mission impact.

We're engineers, problem-solvers, and builders who take the mission seriously, but not ourselves. We automate the repeatable, question the status quo, and design systems that are as reliable as they are scalable. Whether we're supporting space, defense systems, or healthcare advancements, we build with the same principles: cloud-native solutions, security by design, and relentless simplicity.

What We Offer:
For full-time positions

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• Up to 6% match to 401(k) contributions with additional discretionary 4% profit share on day one. Roth options available; no vesting period.
• Every role is eligible for an annual performance bonus
• $200,000 employer-paid life insurance, plus short- and long-term disability coverage
• $5,000 annual professional development budget per employee
• 20 days PTO, plus 8 paid holidays
• Pet insurance, onsite gym, and flexible schedule

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Bluestaq is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Bluestaq will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities and employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to Bluestaq or a direct threat. Employees needing such accommodation are instructed to contact Human Resources immediately at contact.us@bluestaq.com.

Applications will be accepted for 60 days beyond the posting date, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first.