System Engineer

Job Description

A Senior System Engineer is needed to support adding new capabilities to a complex system with exacting interface, performance, and security requirements.

• The selected candidate will provide system engineering expertise in the following areas : system architecture and design;
• development and integration; requirements analysis; data flow analysis; network design and implementation; test / verification and validation;

and documentation for the system. He / she will analyze user requirements and work with other technical experts in developing and resolving complex system issues and problems.

There are opportunities to be a member of our overarching systems engineering team or to be embedded in an agile development team depending on mission needs, candidate strengths, and candidate preference.

Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.

Primary Responsibilities :

The selected candidate will provide guidance and support for system engineering of large-scale systems, major system elements, and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components.

He / she will interface with program management, system and software integration engineers, test engineers, information assurance engineers, and other project team members in an Agile environment.

He / she will be responsible for implementing system engineering practices to ensure the proper degree of engineering rigor is applied to all assigned tasks.

The selected individual will be responsible for technical planning and trade-off analysis and will provide guidance for system development and implementation planning through assessment of system engineering plans and system integration and test plans.

He / she will support the development of system configuration documentation, including designs for capacity and performance planning and will perform activities such as risk assessments and analyses of alternatives for a variety of system-related issues and concerns.

The selected individual will be responsible for defining task success criteria and test procedures and will collaborate with internal technical professionals on a day-to-day basis, and with POCs from customer organizations when necessary.

He / she will actively participate in program increment planning and related agile team activities.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS :

Bachelor’s Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related field and at least 5 years of related experience.

Additional experience may be substituted for a Degree.

• Must be capable of performing systems engineering activities in support of agile teams.
• At least three (3) years of experience designing and developing large integrated classified systems.
• Must possess a solid understanding of secure systems engineering and development.
• Must be comfortable working on multiple systems and components simultaneously in various configurations.
• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
• Must possess SysML or equivalent experience.
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking and communicate clearly regarding technical options and trade-offs.
• Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Software development or shell scripting experience.
• Past experience using CAMEO a plus.
• Model-based systems engineering experience a plus.
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology or as a member of an agile team.
• Experience with technical documentation development.
• Past Test Driven Development (TDD) experience a strong plus.
• Experience with CUCUMBER or similar TDD automation framework a plus.

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