MBSE Enterprise Architect

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives. We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com . For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom . Join a winning team! Be part of a dynamic team that delivers excellence and quality for a Systems Engineering organization. SAIC is seeking to fill an opening for a Space Enterprise System Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) services to an IC customer. The customer organization we support provides the system enterprise architecting, analysis, and system of systems engineering solutions that determine the current and future national space systems. Make a difference in securing our nation’s security through quality engineering and innovation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with at least nine (9) years of relevant experience with five (5) being at the Chantilly IC Customer
Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
Understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure
Proven experience with technical fundamentals in IC space collectors, command and control, mission control, and mission processing
Expert-level proficiency with use of system architectures to support senior level enterprise decision making
Experience with lifecycle readiness from architecture concept development and trade-offs, through system decommissioning
Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives
Experience in supporting Requirements Engineering, CONOPS development, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
Strong oral and written communication skills
Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums
OCSMP Certified

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline
Experience with IC customer’s Request for Change (RFC) process and the Engineering Review Board process
Expert-level understanding of core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
Knowledge of SIGINT and GEOINT remote sensing systems, protection, and overall space and ground architecture including mission management and/or mission processing functions
Integration and enterprise closure experience within overall customer domain
Detailed knowledge of customer's mission and overall space and ground architecture
Experience in UAF and SysML applications
Prior US military and/or IC customer experience

Responsibilities

Coordinating and supporting enterprise requirements, CONOPS, and architectures in various domains
Supporting enterprise and system level requirements development for future systems
Overseeing the allocation and closure of acquisition-level requirements with developers
Participation in readiness events in support of enterprise, system and acquisition-level ground milestones
Leading and supporting project planning
Assessing schedule and risk
Generating and presenting engineering briefings
Interfacing with numerous customers
Working across multiple Directorates and Offices to identify and define future space capability needs
Identifying and defining future space capability needs
Identifying key architecture and system level trades
Developing strategies in support of IC and Department of Defense (DoD) architectures
Assessing the performance of current and future architecture concepts
Providing technical and programmatic guidance to the architecture and system level requirements process
Developing system architecture models to capture the holistic perspective within the context of a larger enterprise
Preparing briefings for senior decision makers