812215 Systems Engineer $300,000.00

About the role

This position requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with a polygraph. The role involves direct customer communication and serves as a point‑of‑contact to support application roadmap design and definition, perform risk identification and mitigation, and develop implementation timelines within a tailored SAFe Agile DevSecOps environment. The engineer works with internal systems engineers and scrum masters to ensure customer priorities are planned throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Technical planning and coordination between Agile teams and business needs
• Coordination of verification, validation, and fielding activities
• Evaluation of alternatives including cost, risk, supportability, and total‑system analyses
• Perform systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, and trade studies
• Requirements allocation and interface definition
• Technical coordination, integration, system testing, and quality assurance

Requirements

• Experience levels: Developmental (0‑2 years), Full Performance (3‑5 years), Senior (6‑10 years), Expert (11‑15 years), SME (16+ years)
• Must possess a Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph
• Experience with requirements management, portfolio management, Lean Six Sigma, and other optimization methodologies
• Black Belt or comparable certification desired

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 15 years of prior relevant experience, or Doctorate with 13 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience supervising others
• In‑depth experience operating in SAFe and Agile frameworks
• In‑depth experience planning and leading major technology assignments
• Extensive experience evaluating performance results and recommending changes affecting short‑term project growth
• Extensive experience as a technical expert across multiple project assignments

Skills

• Requirements management
• Portfolio management
• Lean Six Sigma
• SAFe and Agile methodologies
• DevSecOps practices
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Technical coordination and integration
• System testing and quality assurance
• Supervision and team leadership

Benefits

• Competitive salary up to $300,000 per year
• Full Vanguard 401(k) plan with 100% employer match up to 6% of salary; ability to max out contributions ($57k, $63.5k if over 50)
• Annual phantom stock awards (2‑year vesting)
• Medical insurance – United Health Care (multiple plan options)
• Dental insurance – United Concordia Flex Plan
• Vision insurance – Vision Service Plan (VSP) Signature Plans
• Short‑term disability – Mutual of Omaha (60% of salary up to $2,000/week)
• Long‑term disability – Mutual of Omaha (60% of salary up to $10,000/month)
• Life insurance – Mutual of Omaha ($200,000 coverage)
• Employee referral bonus – $3,000 per year for each referred employee who remains employed
• Paid Time Off – seven weeks per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time available upon customer approval

Pay

Salary: Up to $300,000 per year.

Schedule

Core hours: 9 am to 4 pm, with flexible work schedule and comp time available upon customer approval.