Principal Systems Engineer (Mission Management)

About the role

The Principal Systems Engineer (Mission Management) position at Themis Insight supports a cryptologic dissemination customer in modernizing the process for auto-dissemination proposals. The role involves understanding and learning data flows, transforming, checking, and manipulating data to ensure compliance with policies, oversight, and security requirements. Key responsibilities include compiling and reviewing dissemination obligations, helping define efficient processes for requestors, and creating artifacts to support both requestors and adjudicators.

Responsibilities

• Understand and learn data flows between systems
• Learn how data is transformed, checked, and manipulated
• Support the client in defining processes for requestors
• Create artifacts to assist requestors and adjudicators
• Compile and review dissemination obligations
• Help define processes for requestors
• Create artifacts to support requestors and adjudicators

Requirements

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field with at least 20 years of systems engineering experience
• Familiarity with intelligence community law and policy
• Process engineering and/or Lean Six Sigma experience
• Systems engineering or development experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field
• At least 20 years of systems engineering experience
• Master’s degree or PhD may substitute for two years of experience
• High School Diploma or GED with 24 years of systems engineering experience

Skills

• Familiarity with U.S. or international privacy and civil liberties law and policy
• Legal training or expertise, either as a lawyer or in the legal profession
• Familiarity with the Cryptologic Dissemination Review Committee (CDRC)
• Operational SIGINT experience (CNO, NCSC, and Analytics)
• Experience as a SIGINT analyst/reporter/auditor
• Jira familiarity
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting
• Flexible and adaptable within a dynamic work environment
• Comfortable guiding people without having influence over them

Benefits

Themis Insight offers competitive health, dental, and vision plans with 100% paid premiums, a 401(k) plan with a company match, 11 standard holidays, 25 days of paid time off, career development opportunities, and employee referral bonuses.

Pay

Salary range is $150,000 - $200,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The position is located in Fort Meade, MD. Position location is subject to change based on client needs.