Colorado State University System
Higher Education
Truth index BSponsors visasDomain protected (DMARC)
254Open roles103 posted in 30 days+35 this week
$68kMedian advertised pay$50k – $85k−19% vs market
26 daysTime to fillmedian of 168 closed rolesmarket: 36 days
B 76/100Truth index
Facts
as of Nov 15, 2026The Colorado State University System is the public higher education system of the State of Colorado that governs Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CSU Pueblo and the online CSU Global, with its system office in Denver. Overseen by a Board of Governors, it traces its roots to the land-grant college Colorado established in 1870 and runs initiatives such as the CSU Spur campus in Denver and a center in Todos Santos, Mexico. The linked job board is the Fort Collins campus board, which hires faculty, postdoctoral researchers, research associates, lab and field technicians, trades staff and administrators.
It is hiring: 254 open roles, 103 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 19% below the market estimate for the same roles.
- Headquarters
- Denver, United States
- Founded
- 1877
- Employees
- 1001-5000estimated range
- Open roles
- 254 in 16 citiesAlion job postings
- Official records
- Wikidata Q30279569
- Website
- csusystem.edu
As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 254 open roles at Colorado State University System. Colorado State University System is headquartered in Denver, United States. It was founded in 1877. The median pay stated in its open roles is $68k, across 167 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.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: B
76/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
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 securitycsusystem.edu · 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 · Google Trust Services
Good
HTTPS enforced (HSTS)
Enforced, ready for browser preload
Good
Security contact (security.txt)
No security.txt
Weak
Encrypted mail delivery (MTA-STS)
No MTA-STS policy
Weak
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 at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Field & Service is the largest family, 20 of open roles.
103Posted in 30 days41% of open roles are fresh
6%Remote roles16 of 254
8Roles in AI3% of open roles
16Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
399 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 16.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Alion signals0-100
Demand99
Pay39
Your chance46
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: 223 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
B
76 / 100Colorado State University System scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 89 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 98% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 26 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale98%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 30%Doctoral Degree (PhD) 29%High School Diploma 22%Master's Degree 13%Associate's Degree 6%
Experience asked: 3.1 years on average, in 147 postings. 206 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Contract type
Full-Time 153Part-Time 38Contract 4Internship 3
Visa sponsorship in some rolesRelocation offered
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Pays 19% below the market estimate for the same roles.
$68kMedianmarket estimate $84k
$50k – $85kTypical rangeUSD a year
$400kHighest paying roleDean, College of Health and Human Sciences
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $84k
$0$63k$125k$188k$250k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Visa
Full chapter →Named in the work visa registers of United States.
13Adverts offering sponsorship in 24 months
251Open roles in United States
In the register as Colorado State University System
Other sponsors in the same field
Emory University 257 filingsColumbia University 239 filingsYale University 236 filingsTexas A&M University 213 filings
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The employer's own adverts on Alion · checked Nov 15, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 16 cities in 1 country.
16Cities
1Countries
Fort CollinsBusiest site
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| Site | Type | Open roles | Hires most for | Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver United States | Headquarters | 2 | Administrative, HR | 0% |
| Fort Collins United States | Engineering / R&D | 206 | Education, Science & Research, Field & Service | 23% |
| Wahiawa United States | Plant / site | 4 | Field & Service, Legal | 0% |
| Boulder United States | Not classified | 2 | Design, Field & Service | 0% |
| Leesville United States | Not classified | 2 | Management, Field & Service | 0% |
| Hilo United States | Not classified | 1 | Field & Service | 0% |
| Akron United States | Not classified | 1 | Field & Service | 0% |
| Fort Drum United States | Not classified | 1 | Field & Service | 0% |
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Peers
Compare →Ranked #8 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.
| # | Company | HQ | Open roles | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania State University | State College, United States | 1,029 | 5000+ | |
| 2 | City of New York | New York, United States | 739 | 5000+ | |
| 3 | Texas A&M University System | College Station, United States | 622 | 5000+ | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, United States | 469 | 5000+ | |
| 5 | University of Washington | Seattle, United States | 368 | 5000+ | |
| 6 | AeroVironment | Arlington, United States | 335 | 1001-5000 | |
| 7 | ASRC Federal | Reston, United States | 277 | 1001-5000 | |
| 8 | Colorado State University System | Denver, United States | 254 | 1001-5000 |
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)
Tech stack
Full chapter →Technologies named in job postings at Colorado State University System over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
87Technologies in use
68Postings analysed
69/100Stack modernityAI adopter
Frameworks & librariesASP.NET Core 3%DUNE 1%Instructor 1%CUDA 1%
Cloud & platformsLinux 13%Windows 9%Power BI 6%Kubernetes 4%
AI & MLLLM 1%
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Full Colorado State University System tech stack87 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
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