Systems Engineer 2

About the role

Join a growing team at Weeghman & Briggs supporting critical government initiatives at Ft. Gordon, GA. Weeghman & Briggs specializes in delivering high-impact analytical services to government agencies and private organizations, earning a reputation as a trusted, results-driven company with an exceptional team of professionals.

Responsibilities

• Support mission-critical programs in secure government environments
• Analyze requirements and translate them into actionable solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results
• Ensure compliance with contract and security standards
• Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency, and performance
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure delivery of production systems compatible with DoDAF, SOA, and other architectures
• Develop sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Assist with development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
• Coordinate resolution of action items from CCB meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews requiring cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams to design new capabilities based on evaluation of development and operational considerations
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
• Define methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for verification against requirements in a written plan
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and fulfill functional analysis
• Review and provide input to program and contract WBS, work packages, and the IMP
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to configuration between affected groups throughout the life cycle
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements ensuring completeness, correctness, uniqueness, unambiguity, realizability, and verifiability
• Establish and gain approval of system or component definitions providing a common reference for developers
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services and Security Mechanism Technology
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions
• Implement operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards
• Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure accuracy, comprehensiveness, and completeness
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository
• Assess risks to the program, determine probability of occurrence, and quantify consequences of failure per approved risk management plan
• Plan verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development lifecycle to ensure compliance with requirements
• Prepare timeline analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, ensuring traceability and tracking of open actions
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, updating it as changes are imposed during the lifecycle
• Support planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process and other government C&A processes
• Support development and review of JCIDS documents (e.g., Initial Capability Document, Capabilities Description Document, IA Strategy)
• Provide technical direction for development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of complex hardware/software systems
• Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept describing interactions between system, user, and environment
• Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas (e.g., Reliability, Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability)
• Establish and follow formal procedures for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• Experience supporting government or DoD programs
• Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university
• Five (5) years of additional Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications (Security+, CISSP, PMP, AWS, etc.)
• Agile, cloud, or modernization experience
• Background in process improvement or analytical services

Pay

The projected salary range for this position is $156,700–$174,100, dependent upon experience, qualifications, and contract requirements.