Systems Engineer (Intermediate)

Primary responsibilities

• Advise and assist the government with the planning, engineering, integration, and O&M activities of mission systems
• Analyze and document site system architecture and impacts associated with system updates/deliveries
• Collaborates with Headquarters Directorates, site organizations, and mission partners to ensure understanding of project requirements and risks (cost, schedule, technical)
• Document, develop and deliver analysis, recommendations, plans, reports/briefings to the Government
• Develop and maintain Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) models of mission systems, integrating MBSE tools into a digital thread to connect siloed information systems
• Leverage digital twin technologies and modeling and simulation tools to support early-stage risk reduction, operational rehearsal, and system performance verification
• Support the development and integration of automated test solutions and continuous improvement in software design and architecture

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and Nine (9) years or more experience; or master's in STEM field and seven (7) years or more experience
• Knowledge of customer's space and ground domain mission and technical capabilities
• Systems engineering background; understanding of systems development life cycle from concept, requirements, engineering design, integration and test, deployment, maintenance, through decommissioning
• Experience in requirements definition, system architectures, systems analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation, and verification
• Polished communicator and proven collaborator; demonstrated ability to coordinate across all levels of government to ensure contracts effectively deliver required services and capabilities
• Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics
• Familiar with model-based systems engineering and digital engineering concepts and tools; Agile/DevSecOps development methodology, cloud technologies

Desired

• Experience in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling DoD or Intelligence Community projects or Programs
• Experience in architecture management, baseline audit, and verification
• Familiar with JIRA, Confluence
• Proficiency in using modeling tools and software (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect, or Capella)
• Familiarity with modeling languages such as SysML or UAFML
• Experience with cloud-based technologies and automation to optimize platform performance and reliability