DevSecOps / Requirements Engineer

Parsons Corporation•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•$134,100 - $241,400

About The Position

Parsons is seeking a C2BMC Principal Systems Engineer to provide engineering support to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Operations Support team. This role focuses on requirements, modeling and simulation (M&S), and Verification & Validation (V&V) activities for missile defense and threat systems M&S development. The position involves interaction between missile defense systems and threat system disciplines and may include analyzing the integration of systems engineering processes and methodologies to ensure effectiveness.

Requirements

Microsoft Office Suite proficiency
BS in STEM field with 7+ years of experience
Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and how to apply them to requirements management
Knowledge of tools like Jira for issue tracking and Confluence for documentation; Knows how to build effective workflows, dashboards, and reports
Knowledge of using Git to manage and version-control requirements documents, treating them with the same rigor as source code
Ability to generate and interpret metrics on the requirements process itself (e.g., cycle time, throughput, backlog health) to identify bottlenecks

Nice To Haves

Experience in missile defense system simulation and modeling
Experience with DoD and/or MDA acquisition and systems engineering
Active Secret clearance

Responsibilities

Ensures that the flow of requirements from conception to implementation is efficient, transparent, and traceable; Focus is on the "How it's tracked."
Manages the requirements lifecycle using modern tooling and processes, ensuring clear communication and providing auditable traceability from the initial request to the final implementation
Designs the Jira project and workflow that every DES requirement follows on its journey to MDA/TF
Ensures every requirement is linked to its originating epic and that all discussions between DES and MDA/TF are captured in the ticket
Creates a dashboard for DES leadership that shows the status of all in-flight requests at a glance