System Engineer (Architecture/Mission Thread Support)

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? Do you want to improve products or enhance processes to get ahead of problems rather than waiting for them to occur? What if you could find a position that leverages your previous technical experience and problem-solving skills? Our team is looking for you, an experienced Intelligence Community System Engineer Lead with solid architecture and DoD mission understanding. Strong collaboration skills are required to provide guidance and support to senior level government directors enabling ground enterprise solutions in the IC and DoD.

This program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an IC customer with a focus on acquisition and operations of a complex mission system and supporting IT infrastructure.  The contract support is part of the customer core team focused on all aspects of the system’s life cycle including CONOPS development, capturing requirements, working with developers to deliver capability, testing to ensure capabilities meet requirements, transitioning to operations and operations support.  The program also supports innovations/technology development, provides acquisition and project management support to government program managers and IT information assurance security support.

The selected candidate will have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and supporting contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of customer/mission partner requirements and work directly with our developers and users in operations
• Understanding diverse data types and applying to enterprise level architectures and solutions 
• Experience with GEOINT/SIGINT/Multi INT Systems and developing architecture diagrams
• Experience/Certifications with Digital Engineering Modeling software
• Translating complex, technical findings into a narrative (e.g., tell a story with the information) in graphical, verbal, or written form 
• Ability to assist in preparation of presentations and reports
• Monitor system and segment schedules, recognize dependencies
• Identify risks and opportunities
• Aiding in meeting facilitation and information sessions
• Agile development experience
• Candidate will be required to sign and adhere to Non-Disclosure Agreement(s) and (2) Confidential Agreement and Conflict of Interest Certification

• Requires a technical degree: 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD
• Possess and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
• Intelligence Community experience and work history
• Experience developing technical architecture solutions - Knowledge of intelligence collection methods, capabilities, and tasking processes
• Experience in supporting Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering 
• Experience/Certifications with Model Base Systems Engineering software
• Strong project management skills and ability to concisely brief project status to senior leadership
• Apply Agile principles to management of a government/contractor development team working disparate projects
• Expected to create/brief packages which include technical requirements, implementation plan, risks and success criteria 
• Knowledge of, and experience executing, SAFe Agile methodology
• Excellent communication skills, multi-task and lead several projects simultaneously

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.