Systems Engineer Level 2

About the role

WOOD is seeking a skilled System Engineer to join our team in Fort Meade, MD. The ideal candidate will manage system requirements, lead design and development activities, and guide users in formulating requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure compatibility with defined system architecture(s).
• Contribute to the development of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Aid in the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of these to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
• 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 by which systems, subsystems, and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan.
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and fulfill functional analysis.
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Non repudiation, and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control, hashing, key management, etc.).
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions.
• Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete.
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
• Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan.
• Plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams, ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces.

Qualifications

• Fourteen (14) years experience as a System 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 System Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Three (3) years of experience in the legal or technical aspects of Intelligence Community Privacy Compliance.
• Two (2) years of experience with the customer's systems architecture.