American Systems
National Security · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation
Domain protected (DMARC)
178Open roles69 posted in 30 days+15 this week
$150kMedian advertised pay$120k – $180k−6% vs market
16 daysTime to fillmedian of 96 closed rolesmarket: 37 days
Lately:+15 roles posted this weekFollow changes →
Facts
as of Nov 14, 2026American Systems is an employee-owned government services contractor headquartered in McLean, Virginia, delivering information technology, engineering and analysis, test and evaluation, and training services to national priority programs. Founded in 1975, it became a majority ESOP company in 1997 and fully employee-owned in 2015, works largely for US defense customers such as the Navy and NAVAIR, and has absorbed the contractor Epsilon. Its openings span aerospace and software engineers, cybersecurity analysts, network and systems administrators, mechanical designers and test engineers, many requiring security clearances.
It is hiring: 178 open roles, 69 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Headquarters
- McLean, United States
- Founded
- 1975
- Employees
- 1001-5000estimated range
- Open roles
- 178 in 38 citiesAlion job postings
- Official records
- Wikidata Q64141477
- Website
- americansystems.com
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 178 open roles at American Systems. American Systems is headquartered in McLean, United States. It was founded in 1975. The median pay stated in its open roles is $150k, across 148 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Domain and mail securityamericansystems.com · Nov 14, 2026
Spoofed mail (DMARC)
Spoofed mail is rejected
Good
Who may send its mail (SPF)
Other senders fail (-all)
Good
HTTPS certificate
Valid certificate · Let's Encrypt
Good
HTTPS enforced (HSTS)
Enforced
Good
Security contact (security.txt)
No security.txt
Weak
Encrypted mail delivery (MTA-STS)
Enforced
Good
Signed DNS (DNSSEC)
Not signed
Weak
Certificate issuers (CAA)
Any authority may issue certificates
Weak
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices The domain: its DNS records, its site's headers and certificate.
Hiring
All open roles →Hiring steadily, with new roles every week.
Industrial Engineering is the largest family, 16 of open roles.
69Posted in 30 days39% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 178
12Roles in AI7% of open roles
38Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
313 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 2.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Alion signals0-100
Demand81
Pay64
Your chance44
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 146 then, 0 now
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 87%High School Diploma 9%Associate's Degree 2%Master's Degree 2%
Experience asked: 6.6 years on average, in 150 postings. 136 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Contract type
Part-Time 3Internship 1
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
What its postings pay, by level.
$150kMedianmarket estimate $160k
$120k – $180kTypical rangeUSD a year
$332kHighest paying roleProgram Manager
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $160k
$0$63k$125k$188k$250k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Footprint
Hiring in 38 cities in 1 country.
38Cities
1Countries
ArlingtonBusiest site
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| Site | Type | Open roles | Hires most for | Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean United States | Headquarters | 13 | Industrial Engineering, Support, Backend | 23% |
| Arlington United States | Support & operations | 34 | Analytics, Management, Operations | 44% |
| Washington United States | Regional office | 10 | Industrial Engineering, Hardware, DevOps | 60% |
| Orlando United States | Regional office | 9 | Backend, QA, Industrial Engineering | 56% |
| Colorado Springs United States | Engineering / R&D | 9 | QA, Security, Networking | 78% |
| Middletown United States | Engineering / R&D | 9 | Security, Backend | 100% |
| Alexandria United States | Regional office | 7 | Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Defense | 43% |
| Norwich United States | Plant / site | 7 | Industrial Engineering, Hardware | 14% |
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Peers
Compare →Ranked #3 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.
| # | Company | HQ | Open roles | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leidos | Reston, United States | 1,628 | 5000+ | |
| 2 | Scalian | Toulouse, France | 453 | 1001-5000 | |
| 3 | American Systems | McLean, United States | 178 | 1001-5000 | |
| 4 | Scientific Research Corporation | Atlanta, United States | 161 | 1001-5000 | |
| 5 | Saalex | Camarillo, United States | 109 | 1001-5000 | |
| 6 | Entarian | Greenbelt, United States | 94 | 1001-5000 | |
| 7 | Credence | Tysons, United States | 79 | 1001-5000 | |
| 8 | Integral Federal | McLean, United States | 64 | 501-1000 |
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)
Financials
1 public grant on record, $238k in total.
$238kPublic grants1 public grant
Money by yearUSD, rounds and grants
Largest rounds and grants
2016
$238k
Sources: funding announcements, grant and company registers
Tech stack
Full chapter →Technologies named in job postings at American Systems over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
142Technologies in use
172Postings analysed
67/100Stack modernityAI adopter
Frameworks & librariesInstructor 1%Qt 1%React.js 1%Vue.js 1%
Cloud & platformsLinux 31%Windows 22%VMWare 20%Azure 17%
AI & MLLLM 1%
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Full American Systems tech stack142 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Milestones
May 1, 2016
Won a grant $238k · CORDIS
1975
Founded
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press
Newsroom
May 132026
News · thedenverpost
American Systems is a 100% employee-owned federal IT and engineering firm known for its veteran-friendly culture and mission-driven team.
Sep 12, 20252025
News · virginiabusiness.com
Sep 9, 20252025
News · GovCon Wire
AMERICAN SYSTEMS CEO John Steckel said the Epsilon acquisition highlights its commitment to advancing national priorities.
Sep 8, 20252025
News · YahooFinance
Acquisition of Information Technology Solutions Firm Expands Service Offerings and Deepens Customer ValueCHANTILLY, Va., Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a le…
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once