Senior System Engineer

Parsons Corporation•Annapolis Junction, MD

18h•$148,300 - $266,900

About The Position

Parsons is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for its Federal Solutions team. The role supports activities focused on defending against emerging cybersecurity threats by helping develop and tailor capabilities to prevent and eradicate threats to critical U.S. systems. The engineer will work with users, stakeholders, and technical teams across the system lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture and design, integration, verification planning, documentation, and analysis of alternatives.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
Bachelor's degree; additional years of experience may count in lieu of a degree.
15+ years of experience; additional education, training, and certifications may count in lieu of a degree.
Experience in a cybersecurity mission environment using tools and capabilities to generate threat intelligence, including working with cybersecurity analyst teams on data analysis and understanding adversary tradecraft.
Experience implementing knowledge management best practices and applying techniques to create automated solutions supporting the cybersecurity analytic mission.
Working knowledge of cloud architecture, containers, APIs, data services, identity/access management, and secure system integration.
Ability to understand how AI applications depend on platform components such as model hosting, pipelines, storage, orchestration, and monitoring.
Ability to translate complex technical issues into actionable guidance for technical and non-technical audiences.
Mission-oriented, collaborative, and proactive.

Responsibilities

Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements and specifications.
Guide users in formulating requirements, advise on alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies.
Provide technical leadership for integrating requirements, design, and technology.
Participate in interface definition, design, and changes throughout the project lifecycle, and capture interface designs in a commonly accessible repository.
Develop lower-level requirements from higher-level requirements and ensure they are complete, correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.
Plan verification efforts for new designs with system stakeholders early in the development lifecycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
Develop technical documentation, system architecture documentation, and design documentation.
Collaborate in agile scrum cycles, contribute to design sessions, conduct periodic reviews of evolving hardware and software configurations, and consider design alternatives for system expansion and growth.
Participate in Analysis of Alternatives efforts and recommend preferred solutions based on technology limitations, risk, and lifecycle costs.
Work with cybersecurity analyst teams on data analysis and threat intelligence activities.