Chief Software Systems Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Colorado Springs, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in national security? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution. As a leader in systems engineering, we’re looking for you to solve complex challenges and shape the client by leading the Systems Engineering Team. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. Share your expertise through leadership and mentoring, while broadening your skillset into areas like Common Operating Picture, framework and platform development, Mission Planning, Scheduling, and Execution, and grow your skills by merging COTS software, cloud computing, and AI for decision support, predictive analysis, and weapons target pairing to create a resilient, robust, and secure software solution for operations. Join our team and create the future of Space Electronic Warfare. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

10+ years of experience with leading enterprise systems engineering across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements management, technical integration, validation, and verification
5+ years of experience leading system integration for government furnished, contractor-developed, and third-party capabilities
Experience leading complex, multi‑contractor integration efforts
Experience in cloud‑native architectures, microservices, API governance, and DevSecOps
Experience ensuring technical compliance of platform hosted mission applications, SDK evolution, and framework services delivered across capability releases
Knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems as an operator, engineer, or developer, and agile software development using Kanban, Scrum, or SAFE methodologies
Ability to develop the system to the architectural pillars including MOSA, human‑centered design augmented by AI / ML, scalable mission continuity, and modular application evolution for complex enterprise systems
Ability to oversee development and lifecycle management of API contracts, common data models, and module-integration specifications
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field

Nice To Haves

Experience with Electronic Warfare systems as an operator, engineer, or system developer
Experience guiding integration and supporting contested-communications environments, multi-domain operations, and distributed operations.
Knowledge of cybersecurity engineering and understanding of continuous Authority to Operate and its implication on cybersecurity approvals
Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture, threat-informed Defense principles, and risk-management constructs
TS/SCI clearance
Master's degree in Systems Engineering or a STEM field

Responsibilities

Leading enterprise systems engineering across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements management, technical integration, validation, and verification
Leading system integration for government furnished, contractor-developed, and third-party capabilities
Leading complex, multi-contractor integration efforts
Ensuring technical compliance of platform hosted mission applications, SDK evolution, and framework services delivered across capability releases
Developing the system to the architectural pillars including MOSA, human-centered design augmented by AI / ML, scalable mission continuity, and modular application evolution for complex enterprise systems
Overseeing development and lifecycle management of API contracts, common data models, and module-integration specifications