Sr. Systems Engineer – Interagency Coordination

Position Overview :

NIRA, Inc., a rapidly expanding women-owned small business, is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

In this role, you will work closely with FAA project leads and external stakeholders to ensure that information about National Airspace (NAS) is securely and effectively shared across organizational boundaries.

As the FAA evolves its information delivery backbone and integrates new technologies like DevSecOps, API management, and Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), your contributions will be crucial.

Specifically, you will collaborate with international aviation partners and civil aviation organizations to enable the secure exchange of information between Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and maintain U.

S. leadership in global aviation.

Key Responsibilities :

• Participate in discussions on the evolution of FAA information delivery infrastructure, including capabilities related to service security, service discovery, and service interoperability.
• Contribute to the design of web service interfaces and APIs to ensure interoperability between the FAA, inter-agency partners, the aviation industry and international aviation authorities and ANSPs.
• Developing and reviewing artifacts such as Concept of Operations, Program Requirement Document, Shortfall or Gap analysis to support procurement of IT systems.
• Coordinating activities between partners including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Developing white papers, demonstrations, and presentations on technology subjects.
• Supporting FAA's industry outreach efforts including facilitating discussions forums with industry including the airlines.

Key Requirements :

• B.S. in Computer Science, System Engineering, or a related field
• 16+ years of experiences as System Engineer, Software Engineer, System Analysis or a similar role
• Knowledge and experiences with middleware platforms or enterprise application integration approaches, especially using messaging, or web services, or API
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Desired Experiences :

• Experiences supporting major federal acquisition programs, especially previous experiences supporting the FAA or ICAO, or other international organizations
• Knowledge and experiences with SOA and IT governance practices;
• Experience coordinating inter-agency or inter-organizational activities.

This position is a hybrid role that requires a flexible schedule, with the expectation of working one to two days per week on-site in our Washington, DC office.

NIRA, INC. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.