Mission Engineer & Integrator
About The Position
Mission Engineer and Integrator provides technical and operational expertise and support for technical operations planning and execution. This role involves supporting the deployment of operational technology systems and equipment, writing operational correspondence, assisting with risk management and governance, analyzing situational conditions to identify appropriate technologies, supporting the generation of concepts of operations, and providing operational input to the development of new systems. The position also requires providing tradecraft recommendations, ensuring technical and operational constraints are communicated, performing trade studies, supporting the development of operational procedures, providing recommendations on system capability gaps, reviewing all-source reporting for counterintelligence guidance, performing technical security and risk assessments, validating operational and technical requirements, and addressing system non-compliance using Sponsor standards and regulations.
Requirements
- TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance is required
- Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Customer-specific experience.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; ability to communicate with a both technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Technical operational experience is highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Support the deployment of operational technology systems and equipment
- Write or contribute to operational correspondence and operational approval processes in various formats and venues.
- Assist Sponsor personnel conducting risk management and governance responsibilities in reviewing, defining, and clarifying operational requirements
- Analyze situational conditions and constraints to identify appropriate technologies, capabilities, systems, and equipment to meet operational requirements
- Support the generation of, and updates to, concepts of operations
- Provide operational input to the development of new systems, capabilities, and equipment
- Provide tradecraft recommendations and best practices during operations planning, assessment, and approvals
- Ensure technical and operational constraints are communicated and addressed as part of operational planning and execution
- Perform trade studies from testing and evaluation lessons learned, new intelligence gained, and/or operational feedback and provide recommendations for system modifications and upgrades
- Support the development of operational procedures to include identification of mission contingencies
- Provide recommendations with respect to end-to-end system capability gaps affecting usability and operability of systems
- Review all-source reporting on assigned portfolios to produce counterintelligence guidance on inherent or known risks and mitigations surrounding the use of technology
- Perform technical security and risk assessments to identify points of vulnerability and operational security risks, and recommend risk mitigation strategies
- Validate and verify operational and technical requirements
- Use established Sponsor standards and regulations to address system non-compliance and provide recommendations to improve compliance
Benefits
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
